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Hi there, The Swiss seem to be endlessly inventive, bioethically speaking. Their liberal legislation on assisted suicide has made it a small cottage industry. Not...
International pressure to force Costa Rica to legalise IVF
Government is resisting Activists are determined to haul Costa Rica before the Inter-American Court on Human Rights to force the Central American country to legalise...
Switzerland mulls over decriminalised incest
Is this an agenda-setting event?Progressive as always, Swiss legislators are discussing the decriminalisation of incest. Apparently the argument is that there are only three or...
Synthetic biology report under fire
What about the precautionary principle? The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues today came under fire for not being sufficiently wary of synthetic...
World-first in animal-to-human transplantation
Type 1 diabetes treatment uses cells grown in pigs A world-first type 1 diabetes treatment using insulin-producing cells grown in pigs has been approved for...
Kosovo organ trafficking: the gruesome saga continues
Prime Minister accused of links to traffickers Was Kosovo’s recently re-elected Prime Minister involved in murdering Serb prisoners for their organs during the 1999...
Assisted-suicide law challenged in Atlanta
Final Exit members and Huntington’s woman contest law A woman with Huntington’s disease and two members of the Final Exit Network have challenged Georgia’s “Offering...
Class action filed over blood of newborns
Parents seek destruction of leftover samples A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Texas Department of State Health Services by parents whose newborn...
Good advice of the week: no coke on job for doctors
Don’t snort cocaine on the job, Italian hospital director says The director of a hospital in Italy sent a memo to doctors and nurses asking...
WikiLeaks: are Chinese spies stealing Iceland’s genetic database?
WikiLeaks docs point at spies Another bioethics angle has emerged in Wikileaks. Chinese spies are investigating genetic research companies in Iceland, according to cables written...