Landmark stem cell paper questioned
With 10,000 harmful single-gene mutations known, there is a lot at stake.Oh no! Not again! Such must be the sentiments of stem cell scientists after...
Nurse may have killed at least 90 in German nursing homes
The real dimension of the killings by Niels Högel is likely many times worse, say policeNiels Högel / EuroNews A male nurse may have...
If this is fatherhood, well, I’m a Dutchman
The 18th Century adventurer Giacomo Casanova measured his virility by the number of women he had seduced. After the reproductive revolution, his epigones benchmark theirs...
HMS Bioethics Journal launched
Harvard Medical School gets into the gameHarvard Medical School has published the inaugural issue of a bioethics journal, called – wait for it! --- Bioethics...
Study fails to discount link between fertility treatment and cardiovascular disease
If more and more older women are seeking fertility treatment, this could be a big dealThe authors of the first meta-study of links between fertility...
Revisiting “Father’s” Day
“Fatherhood” is what the guys in the business of policing the language call an “essentially contested concept” – no matter how much palaver you invest...
Are ‘brain dead’ patients really dead?
A provocative new journal article challenges conventional accounts of human death. A new article in the Journal of Medical Ethics challenges conventional accounts of human...
“Vulnerable populations”: a necessary concept in research ethics?
How important is the label “vulnerable populations” in research ethics? How important is the label “vulnerable populations” in research ethics? “Vulnerable populations” are groups of...
The ethical imperative for AI researchers
How can we stop AI robots from becoming killing machines? How can we stop AI robots from becoming killing machines? Ethicists are offering various answers....
Another anti-vaxxer barred from entering Australia
A prominent anti-vaccination campaigner has been barred from entering Australia. A prominent American anti-vaccination campaigner has been barred from entering Australia, after immigration minister Peter...