Serbian soldiers were killed for organs – EU task force
An EU investigation into criminal activity during the 1999 Kosovo war has found that several Serbian soldiers were killed by Albanian militants for the purposes...
Should we eliminate all suffering in the world?
Many sci-fi novels consider what life would be like without suffering. Philosopher David Pearce believes we can have such a life - and indeed, that...
New Thai laws leave hundreds of babies in limbo
New surrogacy regulations introduced by the Thai junta government have placed hundreds of surrogate newborns and fetuses in a legal limbo. New surrogacy regulations introduced...
Controversy over Canadian fertility clinic’s mixed-race IVF prohibition
A Canadian fertility clinic has come under intense scrutiny for refusing to provide IVF for parents of different races. A Canadian fertility clinic has come...
#Repligate: Social priming research in crisis
Debate over social priming research has intensified following an inquiry into the replicability of priming experiments. Debate over social priming research has intensified following an...
Calls for regulation as Iran’s kidney trade spirals out of control
The peak body overseeing Iran’s kidney trade is lobbying the government for tighter regulation on foreign nationals procuring kidney transplants. Street art in Tehran depicting...
Top physician dies after treating Ebola patients
The most senior Sierra Leone doctor helping to fight the Ebola epidemic has died after contracting the virus from patients. The most senior Sierra Leone...
Savulescu on changing the world – literally
In a recent Practical Ethics post, Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu defended the notion of geoengineering, suggesting that it could be the only way to combat...
Bioethicists defend ‘manipulative’ Facebook study
After the flurry of criticism for the now infamous Facebook ‘social contagion’ study, bioethicists are defending its authors. After the flurry of criticism for the...
Woman loses baby in tragic mishap
An Indian woman has lost her baby after doctors accidentally administered an abortifacient. An Indian woman has lost her unborn baby after doctors accidentally administered...
Compassionate use: Putting drug regulations to the test
When should pharmaceutical companies grant compassionate use of experimental treatments? How readily available should the drugs be? A PBS news segment considers these issues. When...
Does dress matter in medicine?
An ongoing debate amongst physicians has broken into academic discourse – should doctors dress formally for clinical practice? An ongoing debate amongst physicians has broken...