What Luke Skywalker tells us about bioethics
Hi there, Our lead story this week comes from Argentina. A court there has sentenced former president Jorge Rafael Videla to an additional 50 years...
Will International Criminal Court hear complaint about Down Syndrome eugenics?
A New Zealand pro-life group has resorted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to get justice for Down Syndrome children. And, improbable as it seems,...
US appeals court makes it legal to pay donors for their bone marrow tissue
A US appeals court has put the price of bone marrow at about US$3,000 in a ruling that now makes it legal to purchase bone...
Prenatal genetic screening “may be inaccurate”
New genetic tests to screen unborn babies will not be 100% accurate and might worry parents into believing their child will be born with a...
22-year-old man who died from dehydration called police for a drink of water
A 22-year-old who died from dehydration while in hospital needed a drink of water so badly that he called the police from his bed for...
Argentine junta leader sentenced for baby abductions
The former president of Argentina, Jorge Rafael Videla, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in abducting infants from their mothers and...
5 million IVF babies since Louise Brown
Five million "test tube babies" have been born to date, according to research estimates presented to a fertility conference this week. Five million "test tube...
IVF clinics already offering “breast cancer-free” embryos
IVF clinics are already offering clients the possibility of sifting their embryos to ensure that they will not inherit the breast cancer genes BRCA1 and...
Putting menopause on ice
Women could remain fertile indefinitely if they freeze slices of ovaries, IVF doctors believe. Women could remain fertile indefinitely if they freeze slices of ovaries,...
Japanese doctor smashes world record for bogus research
Japanese anesthesiologist Yoshitaka Fujii, a 52-year-old at Toho University, has eclipsed all contenders for the record of most scientific papers retracted.Something new for the Guinness...
Justice needed for injured research subjects, says bioethicist
University of Minnesota bioethicist Carl Elliott has composed a handy primer on how to exploit a research subject in his blog: “Step 1: Design a...
Miss Holocaust Survivor and human dignity
The question of defining human dignity is one of the most contested issues in bioethics. Some bioethicists deny that it means anything, some believe that...