Have embryonic stem cells hit the wall?
MIT Technology Review expresses some scepticism “Will Embryonic Stem Cells Ever Cure Anything?” is a sceptical headline which you would expect to read in a...
Untested stem cell treatments in Australia
Australia has seen a sharp rise in the use of unproven stem cell treatments. Australia has seen a sharp rise in the use of unproven...
Down Syndrome test may lead to a rise in termination
A safer and more accurate screening test for Down Syndrome is set to become available on the UK’s NHS. A safer and more accurate screening...
California grants assisted suicide to disabled, but not to prisoners
California wants to prohibit prisoners from receiving “aid in dying”. Following the legalisation of assisted suicide in California, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)...
Is unbearable pain still a reason for euthanasia?
If not, what reasons will be advanced next? “Growing old isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative,” used to be a joke. But for...
Medical paternalism lives on in China
The case of the accidental haemorrhoid operation. Mr Wang recovering from his operation. From China Daily If you were searching for evidence that medical...
It’s tough being a 60+ single mother. Or maybe impossible
A Florida woman boasted of her late IVF pregnancy. Now her toddler has beaten her infant daughter to death. Stories about older women having IVF...
Diversity, disability and eugenics: an interview with Rob Sparrow
In a provocative interview with BioEdge, influential bioethicist and philosopher Rob Sparrow discusses various current controversies in bioethics. Australian bioethicist Rob Sparrow has written extensively...
The greatest show on earth
The Games of the XXXI Olympiad have just started in Rio de Janeiro. A few thousand young men and women will be sweating in their competitions;...
NIH close to new policy on chimera research
Ban on funding may be lifted by JanuaryMouse, mouse-rat chimera, rat-mouse chimera and rat The National Institutes of Health announced this week that...
19 intellectually disabled murdered in Japan
Killer wanted to reduce the burden on societyPrayers at the care centre Japan’s biggest mass murder since World War II has provoked a debate...
Doping and Rio#1: artificial enhancement?
The Brazil Olympics has stimulated spirited discussion about human enhancement and the ethics of doping. The advent of the Brazil Olympics has stimulated spirited discussion...