A sceptical look at synthetic biology
It's already a multi-billion dollar industry which has immense social and environmental implications.Here's a sceptical look at a controversial subject: synthetic life (or synthetic biology)....
British right-to-die campaigner starves herself to death
She was afraid that the other alternative, a drug overdose, would not work and she wanted to die at home, not in Switzerland, where assisted...
Drug tests in East Germany get “conceded pass”
Informed consent was not completely ignored in the 1980s, researchers find. Respect for informed consent is not regarded as one of the greatest virtues of...
Is conflict of interest a real problem for doctors?
Aaron E. Carroll, a blogger at The Incidental Economist, summarises recent research about conflicts of interest. In this YouTube video Aaron E. Carroll, a paediatrician...
Bioethics consultancies: the way of the future?
ethicists in the US are creating independent ‘ethics consulting’ services for healthcare professionals and scientists. Informal bioethics consulting has been common in many countries for...
Should all Ebola volunteers be quarantined?
Hundreds of foreign healthcare workers have been shuttling in and out of Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. Hundreds of foreign healthcare workers have been shuttling...
Radical measures to prevent the spread of Ebola in hospitals
At least three US hospital systems are currently considering whether they withhold certain treatments from Ebola patients. At least three US hospital systems are currently...
Assisted suicide debate intensifies in Scotland
British Anti-euthanasia group Care Not Killing (CNK) has launched a major online campaign intended to derail a new assisted-suicide (AS) bill being debated in the...
Nasal cells allow paralyzed man to walk again
Stem cell scientists say we could soon treat a huge range of nervous system conditions. Scientists who developed a treatment to allow a paralysed man...
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Cab Calloway as dementia therapy
Hi there, Helping patients with dementia will probably be one of the biggest human dignity issues of our century, as the proportion of elderly grows...
Cab Calloway as dementia therapy
Helping patients with dementia will probably be one of the biggest human dignity issues of our century, as the proportion of elderly grows across the...