More shameful syphilis experiments by US doctors
Hi there, Before I forget, there will be no BioEdge next week, as its staff are on holiday. Back on October 16! Bioethics stories seem...
Stem cell breakthrough at Harvard
Depends on synthetic modified messenger RNA molecules Scientists at Harvard Medical School have developed an even better way of producing alternatives to human embryonic...
US apologizes for 1940s unethical research in Guatemala
696 people infected with syphilis It was bioethical bow, scrape and grovel time on Friday in Washington DC. After learning that public health researchers had...
Ignore wishes of dead if their organs are needed, say British bioethicists
Choice when dead is nonsense One of Britain’s leading bioethicists has endorsed compulsory deceased organ donation. Writing in the Journal of Medical Ethics, John Harris,...
Caste still an important factor in IVF in India
Ancient system remains relevant, especially in IVF Cutting-edge medical treatments clash with age-old caste divisions in India’s booming fertility industry, as parents seek donors from...
FedEx your embryo to India
Couriers arrested in MumbaiOne little-known feature of surrogate motherhood is the possibility of delivering embryos by courier to a surrogate mother in India and picking...
Doctors reveal patient information on Facebook
Warnings over flippancy online Australian doctors disclosing sensitive information – and even mocking patients – on Facebook have been warned by state authorities that online...
Fake Australian doctor wins job at top UK medical school
Con man breaks two-year good behaviour bond An Australian man who has been convicted for pretending to be a doctor has conned his way into...
Dark past of Danish disabled
More than 300 lobotomised between 1947 and 1983 More than 300 mentally handicapped Danes, including children, were lobotomised between 1947 and 1983 and many died...
Bulgarian mistreatment of disabled revealed
25 have died each year between 2000 and 2010 About 25 mentally-disabled children a year have died in Bulgarian orphanages of systematic neglect, according to...
Canada bans assisted suicide ad
Exit International banned again Australia-based assisted-suicide group Exit International is considering taking legal action after Canadian regulators refused to allow one of its advertisements to...