Merry Christmas
Hi there, We wish all of our readers a very Happy Christmas and send our best wishes for the New Year. I realise that many...
Looking for films about bioethics?
Hey, this is pretty cool: an annotated list of dramas and documentaries about bioethical topics at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics (SCHB). It was...
US to curtail chimpanzee research after report
Given that chimpanzees are so closely related to us, American researchers should allow them to be used in biomedical research only under stringent conditions, says...
Organ donation overhaul contentious
A New South Wales government proposal to prevent families from overturning their deceased relatives’ wishes on organ donation has garnered mixed reactions. A New South...
The grubby reality of Indian surrogacy
From the outside, it’s a two-room apartment. However, within its walls, it’s a barn for 15 surrogate mothers, all at various stages of pregnancy. From...
North Carolina’s eugenic past makes headlines again
North Carolina’s eugenic past has made headlines again as legislators push to compensate the estimated 7,600 victims of its eugenics program. This ran between 1933...
Do we need to rename “persistent vegetative state”?
Do we need to change the name of persistent vegetative state? Do we need to change the name of persistent vegetative state? A feature in...
UK to study guidelines for doctors who are asked to help in a suicide
The UK body for regulating doctors, the General Medical Council, has announced that it is working on guidelines for telling doctors what they should do...
Panel gives US govt funded clinical research clean bill of health
Current rules and regulations provide adequate safeguards to mitigate risk in clinical trial, says the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. After a...