LEADING BIOETHICIST SUPPORTS REPRODUCTIVE CLONING
The co-editor of one of the world's leading bioethics journals, Bioethics, has stated that he supports reproductive cloning. Writing in his blog, Udo Schuklenk, of...
BMJ PROPOSES BOYCOTT OF RIVAL JOURNAL
The British Medical Journal supports euthanasia, therapeutic cloning and abortion, but draws the line at the tainted association of its rival, The Lancet, with the...
THE DANGERS OF DOCTORS BLOGGING
Blogging has mushroomed amongst American doctors, but some health professionals worry about violations of confidentiality. Sometimes their internet diaries include harsh judgements of patients and...
QUALMS OVER DONATIONS AFTER CARDIAC DEATH
A controversial standard for determining death is multiplying the number of organs available in the US, but creating bioethical quandries. "Donations after cardiac death" (DCD)...
ENTRUSTING LIVES TO A COMPUTER PROGRAM
Living wills are one solution to the anguish of deciding on treatment for a loved one in a coma. The patient's instructions -- theoretically --...
IRAN’S LIBERAL BIOETHICS
Despite its reputation in the West for intolerant Islamic fundamentalism, Iran has relatively liberal legislation on abortion and stem cell research. Writing in the Indian...
THE DOWN SIDE OF THE GAY GENE THEORY
What if homosexuality is biological and not volitional, determined by genes and not by choices? Is this good news or bad news? Most frequently, gay...
LOS ANGELES CLINIC STARTS GAY IVF PROGRAM
A controversial Los Angeles IVF doctor is a bit more controversial now after publicising a dedicated program for gay men who want biologically related children....
IS THE BRAIN DRAIN A ZERO-SUM GAME?
The threat of a brain drain of talented scientists to other countries is frequently used as a reason to support embryonic stem cell research. Now...
HOSPITALS MANIPULATE TV MEDICAL COVERAGE, CLAIMS JOURNALIST
Hospitals scrambling for patients and TV stations hungry for cheap and easy stories are creating "fake health news", complains a leading health reporter. Writing in...
South Korea to be leader in robot ethics
Although South Korea has still not recovered from the bioethics scandal of Hwang Woo-suks's faked cloning data and coercive egg donation, it is busy drawing...
NEUROSCIENCE COULD TRANSFORM CRIMINAL LAW
In recent years, the burning issues of bioethical debate have been related to euthanasia and various aspects of procreation, like IVF and embryonic stem cell...