Trump SCOTUS Nominee is ‘bioethicist’
Donald Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, is “a bioethicist” -- at least according to one article published after Trump’s announcement. Gorsuch, currently a...
Doctors told not to call pregnant women “mothers”
British doctors have been told not to call pregnant women ‘mothers’ in a BMA document. British doctors have been told not to call pregnant women...
Should doctors talk about Trump’s mental health?
Should psychiatrists and psychologists should share their opinions on political figures? During the 2016 US Presidential Campaign, BioEdge reported on the ethics of the psychological...
Leading Adult Stem Cell Researcher named Australian of the Year
Adult stem cell researcher Alan Mackay-Sim has been named Australian of the Year. A little over a decade ago Australia was fiercely debating the ethics...
Doctor-assisted suicide could save Canada $140 million a year, study suggests
Euthanasia now has a financial impetus. Euthanasia could save the Canadian taxpayer C$139 million a year, health analysts believe. A study in the Canadian Medical...
Lack of women in peer review – how do bioethics journals fare?
Not to badly, actually. As commentators decry ‘sexism in academia’, it’s useful to consider how bioethics journals fare among peer-reviewed science journals. Generalised science journals,...
Euthanasia debate heats up in New South Wales
The euthanasia debate has intensified in New South Wales. The euthanasia debate has intensified in the Australian state of New South Wales, with reports from...
Scientists closer to growing human organs in pigs
US researchers reporting that they have created human-pig chimera embryos. Scientists have moved closer to growing human organs in animals, with US researchers reporting that...
Australian nurse arrested in Cambodia’s surrogacy crackdown
An Australian nurse and fertility specialist has been arrested in Cambodia. Tammy Davis-Charles being interviewed by Cambodian police An Australian nurse and fertility...
Staggering discarded embryo figures released in UK
New HFEA figures indicate that close to 2.5 million embryos have been discarded in the UK. New official figures indicate that close to 2.5 million...
More gay couples using surrogates in US
An increasing number of gay couples in the US are turning to surrogacy. An informal study by a fertility data service suggests an increasing number...
Can chimpanzees be psychopaths?
Researchers have used chimpanzees as models for human psychopathy. Psychopaths have long pricked the curiosity of philosophers; they do after all, say a lot about...