A bioethical telenovela from Argentina
June 18, 2010 Hi there! I realise quite keenly and lament the fact that BioEdge’s coverage of the world of bioethics is biased towards the...
DNA and Argentina’s Dirty War
Heirs of Argentine media fortune battle with government A billion-dollar inheritance, a swaggering media conglomerate, newspaper rivalry, an incompetent government rankling over criticism, the open...
A decade later, human genome yields little success for medicine
Few cures result from genetic mapTen years ago, President Bill Clinton announced the completion of the first draft of the human genome – and the...
Will obesity be our greatest public health threat?
Federal panel calls for dietary change Americans were urged this week to radically change their diets and get more physical activity by an expert panel...
Is Nitschke linked to suicides of two university students?
Are the young taking Nitschke's advice? British police are reportedly studying whether the suicides of two students at Edinburgh University are linked to literature published...
Peter Singer muses on the meaning of life
Controversy in New York Times With the World Cup, controversies from South Africa feature in every newspaper in the world. But the South African controversy...
Julian Savulescu on power naps and other bioethical issues
Euthanasia, Peter Singer &c. The controversial Julian Savulescu, an Australian-trained doctor and bioethicist who now teaches at Oxford University in the UK, is one of...
Experts worried about stem cell claims
Stem cell scientists worried about shonky curesThe International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) announced today that it has launched “A Closer Look at Stem...
FDA cracking down on commercial genetic tests
Watchdog issues letters to five major drug companies The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cracked down on five manufacturers of genetic tests, sending...
Jack puts his cards on the table
Sanjay Gupta interviews Jack Kevorkian Jack Kevorkian, the American doctor who killed more than 130 people as part of his campaign to promote assisted suicide,...
Birth defect risk higher for IVF babies
”A public health issue,” French scientists say In the largest-ever study of IVF birth defects, French researchers have found that more than 4% of all...
abortion by telemedicine
June 11, 2010 Hi there, Amongst the intriguing stories this week is one which deals with the incendiary issue of abortion. We don’t cover the...