The bioethics Oscars
My apologies – some of the news is a bit dated, as BioEdge was on holiday last week. There’s one item in this week’s newsletter...
We are healers, not “providers”, US physicians protest
“Customer,” “consumer,” and “provider” are words that do not belong in teaching rounds and the clinic, two Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians, Pamela Hartzband...
Trapiantiamo la felicità: we transplant happiness!
Illustrating the increasing commercialization of medicine, an indignant Italian surgeon sent BioEdge a link to a video made by a transplant unit in Cagliari,...
Will the stem cell wars erupt again?
Scientists at the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory have scripted another perplexing episode in the on-going mystery of producing human embryonic stem cells. In...
Nominations for a bioethics hall of fame
As part of a promotional interview in The Atlantic, Dr Jonathan Moreno was asked to nominate organisations and individuals for a “bioethics hall of fame”....
What is the ideal number of parents? 2? 4? 5?
How many parents is too few, or too many, or just right? Dr Kamal Ahuja, a well-known IVF specialist at the London Women’s Clinic, once...
Organ donors need compensation, says UK bioethics think tank
Organ donors should have their funerals subsidised and women who donate their eggs for research should be paid, says an influential British bioethics think tank....
Nevada doctor charged in alleged stem cell case
A Nevada paediatrician has been charged with conspiring to implant chronically ill patients with stem cells collected from human placentas. A Nevada paediatrician has been...
Defending the rights of surrogate mothers in India
Commercial surrogacy is booming in India. Commercial surrogacy is booming in India. It has, so far, gone unregulated – but an assisted-reproduction technologies (ART) bill...
Trial opens for 7 Kosovars in organ-trafficking case
The trial of seven Kosovars accused of participating in an international organ trafficking ring opened recently. The trial of seven Kosovars accused of participating in...
Women as young as 18 seek Internet sperm donors
While IVF was initially intended for women whose biological clocks had run out or who could not conceive naturally, some young women are seeking sperm...
Sperm donors father colossal families in Canada, US
Experts are concerned about lax regulations on sperm donation in Canada and the US where some men have anonymously fathered dozens of children. Experts are...