Distelmans under fire over Auschwitz trip
Belgium’s foremost practitioner of euthanasia who is also the head of the government euthanasia regulator has become collateral damage in the debate across the Channel....
Transforming ethics this summer
What a blockbuster teaches us about bioethics. Yes, in our on-going quest for cultural relevance, we have uncovered bioethics even in the summer blockbuster Transformers:...
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine rattles the tin again
Hi there, In 2004 voters in California passed Proposition 71, a ballot measure which set up the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and allotted...
Questions over wireless-controlled contraceptives
Would the device be safe and unhackable? New ethical dilemmas may be coming if a Massachusetts company succeeds in developing a contraceptive chip which could...
Oldest Down syndrome skeleton found in France
Not stigmatised by community, say researchers. Earlier cultures may not have stigmatized people with Down syndrome as much as we do, archaeologists have suggested after...
Government responds to Canadian bioethicists’ complaint
The CIRH puts its point of view. Last week BioEdge reported that Canadian bioethicists were angry at the Harper Government’s refusal to appoint a strong...
Remembering Nikola Tesla, eugenicist
He thought that the unfit should be sterilized. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk celebrated Nikola Tesla’s birthday this week with a US$1 million donation to set...
The best kick of the World Cup
Hi there, Perhaps the most thrilling moment of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has already passed. Although most television stations missed it, a paraplegic...
Psychiatrist heaps fuel on fiery transgender debate
A leading psychiatrist, Dr Paul McHugh, has challenged the trend towards acceptance.Denee Mallon Denee Mallon is a 73-year-old Army veteran and male-to-female transsexual,...
The ethics of tracking Taliban detainees
Is it possible that the CIA may have “chipped” the detainees so that they can track them? Attaching chips to dementia patients is becoming a...
Assisted suicides in Washington state up by 43%
Legal assisted suicide deaths in Washington state rose by 43% in 2013, according to an official report. Legal assisted suicide deaths in Washington state rose...
Were Irish orphans of the 30s used in clinical trials?
Once again the Catholic Church in Ireland is in the middle of a media firestorm about past abuse, this time about clinical trials in the...