First American success with editing human embryos
Shoukhrat Mitalipov, of Oregon Health and Science University, has successfully edited a gene for a genetic disease in scores of human embryos American scientists have...
Tennessee judge offers jail credit for sterilization
But an outcry forces him to step back from his planEvery once in a while, someone in the American justice system has a bright idea:...
Only in Sweden? But why?
At least a thousand refugee children awaiting political asylum are unable to eat, speak and move. Child protection agencies all over the world should examine...
BioEdge on holidays
There is plenty of variety in this week’s BioEdge: a euthanasia pioneer surveys its progress in the Netherlands; a neuroethicist despairs over ‘fake news’; a...
Update from the UK: Noel Conway can challenge assisted dying ban
Although Parliament is clearly opposed, a way is opening in the courts Noel Conway and supporters A possible tipping point in overturning the United Kingdom’s...
How can neuroethics combat ‘fake news’?
What we need is effective 'nudges to reason', says Neil LevyFake news has a bioethical dimension, argues neuroethicist Neil Levy, in The Hastings Center blog....
CIA waterboarding was illegal human experimentation: report
Did psychologists use data from torture to test their hypotheses? Guidelines from the CIA’s Office of Medical Services in December 2004 For years now, the CIA’s...
Should medics embed with Iraqi Army for safety?
Unless doctors are safe, they can't work; to be safe, they have to work for the ArmyMore than 8,000 civilians have been killed in the...
Transgender puberty blues
Parents of transgender kids have enrolled them in a dangerous experimentThe January issue of National Geographic magazine featured profiles of gender-bending young people around the...
A Dutch euthanasia pioneer surveys the wreckage and despairs
Safeguards for the mentally ill and the demented are slipping awayIf there is anyone who could be called a patron saint of Dutch euthanasia, it...
Michelle Carter found guilty
A Massachusetts woman has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a case which was reported across the United States and could affect the debate...
An urgent need for palliative care as the world turns grey
New research shows that the need for palliative care could increase by 40% by 2040Is the developed world prepared for the avalanche of elderly people...