Tag: Bioethics
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Defeating Death
Thousands of years ago it was written in Corinthians 15:26: "And the last enemy to be destroyed is death." Throughout history, we humans...
Nobel laureate: Ethics debate unstilled by stemcell success
Newly-crowned Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka on Monday cautioned that stem cells could still spur sharp debate, despite his achievement in creating...
Growing Babies: The Ethics of Artificial Wombs
Earlier this year, scientists published a study that detailed the successful use of an artificial uterus to bring shark embryos to term. Once ‘...
Transplant ethics
Honor for Chinese leader at the University of Minnesota dishonors victims, according to 22 local and national leaders in bioethics, medicine and...
The Age of Genetically Optimized Sports
The eyes of the world will be on Oscar Pistorius when he competes at the London Olympics. Mr. Pistorius, a double amputee who runs with the aid of...
Is Future-Use DNA Sampling Ethical?
Is it OK to take DNA today for one purpose, and use it tomorrow for another? Should future use of DNA information be part of informed consent for...
'Three-parent babies' cure for illness raises ethical fear
Mitochondrial disease, passed from mother to child, is incurable. Scientists see a way to eliminate it using donor DNA but this has set off a debate...
Ethics panel debates how to develop child protections against anthrax, other bioterror threats
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is asking a presidential commission to help decide an ethical quandary: Should the anthrax vaccine and...
How Bioengineered Humans Could Solve Climate Change
Most solutions to climate change require radical changes in the way we live. That’s why a small community of academics is starting to...
Mind over matter? The ethics of using the placebo effect
There’s good evidence showing expectations to get better have significant effects on how patients suffering a variety of ailments feel....
Is cosmetic surgery “ethically corrupt”?
The flames of bioethical controversy crackle loudest in the media when stem cells or euthanasia or abortion are tossed onto the flames. But tempers...
Campaigners question ethics of Britain's first 'male mother'
The ‘male mother’, who is believed to be in his 30s, was able to carry a child after taking female hormones to reverse the effects of his...
5 Questions: Magnus on the role of research ethics consultations
In the past decade, a growing number of academic medical centers have begun offering research ethics consultation services, in which bioethics...
Should families have the final say on organ donation?
Almost half say no when the time comes, despite their dying relative's wishes. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/should-...
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