Scientists grow skin to save Syrian boy’s life
Skin grown in a lab has been used to treat a boy with a life-threatening condition. Good news about stem cells! A group of scientists in...
Let death be didactic
Why not return to the ancient practice of burying the dead instead of cremating them? The old Jewish cemetery, Prague / National Geographic The burning...
German serial killer nurse may have killed at least 106
Niels H abused his position to murder vulnerable people with lethal injectionsNeils H in court in 2015 with his lawyer As a reminder that you...
Should Facebook have its own chapter in a bioethics text?
Another challenge for justice and autonomyWhy hasn’t bioethics taken on the challenge of social media? After all, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and other products are changing...
Is human gene editing around the corner?
No, says a stem cell scientist The development of CRISPR gene editing technology has quickly led to calls for modifying the human germline. In a...
Choice and non-choice in an organ market
Is the choice to sell organs a choice we want? Several ethicists have argued in favour of legalising the sale of human organs. Some claim...
Woman in minimally conscious state should be allowed to die – UK court
A British High Court judge has ruled that an elderly woman in minimally conscious state should have artificial feeding withdrawnA British High Court judge has...
Japanese grant residency to AI chatbot
A chatbot programmed to be a seven-year-old boy has been granted residency in Tokyo, Japan. Last week BioEdge reported that Saudi Arabia had become the...
Is euthanasia for psychological suffering changing Belgian medicine?
The national media is examining the topic after an exclusive appeared in the Washington Post Belgium’s debate over euthanasia for psychological suffering is heating up....
New Hippocratic Oath for doctors approved
There are some subtle but significant differencesA modern successor to the Hippocratic Oath for physicians around the world has been approved by the World Medical...
New study casts doubt on effectiveness of euthanasia regulation in the Netherlands
“Strict”, “scrupulous” and “rigid”. These are some of the words that have been used to describe the regulation of euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) in...
Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to a robot
The Middle-East nation garnered criticism after the announcement. Saudi Arabia garnered criticism and claims of hypocrisy this week after it became the first country in...