UPDATES: Jeffrey Epstein. NSW abortion bill. Victoria euthanasia death
Following up important stories of past weeks Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein (BioEdge, Aug 3) has committed suicide in his New York jail cell. This will...
Fudged research results erode people’s trust in experts
Only a modest proportion of all flawed publications are identified and retracted.Reports of research misconduct have been prominent recently and probably reflect wider problems of...
‘The last frontier in prison reform’: assisted suicide?
Denying inmates the right is ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ Photo by Larry Farr on Unsplash Activist Philip Nitschke once described euthanasia as the “last frontier in prison reform”....
Misreporting science is unethical and even dangerous
Sensationalism is rife in science journalism. I work in the field of bioprinting, where the aim is to build biological tissues by printing living cells...
Parents of deceased West Point cadet get right to use his sperm to create a child
Judge says that the man would have agreed although there is no written proof Peter Zhu A New York judge has ruled that the...
Does transgender medicine for kids need more bioethical scrutiny?
Experts complain that data is lacking Interest in transgender medicine is growing rapidly – “at an incredible rate”, according to Karen Parker, director of the...
Parents request sperm retrieval from brain-damaged West Point cadet
They plead for family line not to be extinguished A court has allowed doctors to retrieve sperm from the body of a brain-damaged West Point...
Womb transplants could be a “vital medical service” for transgender women
Demand could be strongA well-known British cosmetic surgeon says that transgender women (ie, natal males) should be entitled to womb transplants when the technique becomes...
34 elderly are dead. Why haven’t you read about it?
What may turn out to be one of the biggest crimes in US history is being ignored Abuse of the disabled and elderly is a...
Celebrating the reproductive revolution
Occasionally we tag one of our articles “reproductive revolution” because it exemplifies how far law and technology take us once sex has been detached from...
German nurse confesses to 100 murders; could be many more
The truth will probably never be known Niels Högel covers his face in the courtroom As we reported a year ago, a nursing home nurse in...
What are the ethical complications of a womb transplant?
Have you ever considered a black market in uteruses? In 2014, the first child to have been gestated in a donated uterus was born in...