August 8, 2016
(Australian News) – ALMOST a hundred desperate Australians have turned to the black market to buy a human organ as demand for transplants outstrips supply. Risking their own health many of them end up sick in hospital back in Australia … Read More
August 6, 2016
(MIT Technology Review) – Should the U.S. government use tax dollars to fund scientists fusing human stem cells into early animal embryos in order to create “chimeras” that are part human and part pig? Or part mouse? The U.S. National … Read More
August 4, 2016
(New York times) – The National Institutes of Health announced on Thursday it is considering lifting its ban on funding some research that injects human stem cells into animal embryos. The N.I.H. announced its proposal in a blog post by … Read More
August 4, 2016
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 42, no. 8, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Adolescent Autonomy Revisited: Clinicians Need Clearer Guidance” by Joe Brierley and Victor Larcher “Legal and Ethical Aspects of Organ Donation After Euthanasia in Belgium … Read More
August 3, 2016
(The Epoch Times) – Instead, when The Transplantation Society (TTS) holds its biennial conference in Hong Kong this August, China will be the star. In sessions like “The New Era of Organ Transplantation in China” and “Transplantation Reform in China,” … Read More
July 28, 2016
Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy (vol. 19, no. 2, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Measuring ‘Virtue’ in Medicine” by Ben Kotzee and Agnieszka Ignatowicz “Questioning Engelhardt’s Assumptions in Bioethics and Secular Humanism” by Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran “You Hoped … Read More
July 28, 2016
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 42, no. 7, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medical Involvement in Torture Today?” by Kenneth Boyd “Are Healthcare Professionals Working in Australia’s Immigration Detention Centres Condoning Torture?” by David Isaacs “The Clinician … Read More
July 25, 2016
(Los Angeles Times) – Two men in China died of rabies after receiving kidney transplants from an infected donor, according to Chinese medical researchers. Last summer, a 55-year-old man from Hebei province near Beijing and a 43-year-old man from Liaoning … Read More
July 22, 2016
(The Telegraph) -Healthy livers are being grown from rejected donor organs after British scientists discovered how to combat diseased tissue. Researchers at the Royal Free in London have shown it is possible to strip away the damaged parts of donor … Read More
July 22, 2016
(BBC) – The UK’s first double hand transplant operation has taken place at Leeds General Infirmary and the patient says his new hands look “tremendous”. Chris King, from Doncaster, lost both his hands, apart from the thumbs, in an accident … Read More
July 20, 2016
Bioethics (vol. 30, no. 6, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Biodefense Field” by Emilio Mordini “Enhancing Beyond What Ought to be the Case – A Conceptual Clarification” by Raphael Van Riel “The Epistemology of Moral … Read More
July 13, 2016
(JAMA) – Effective antiretroviral therapy has dramatically changed the health outcomes of people living with HIV. Although many HIV-positive patients now enjoy life expectancies similar to those of the general population, certain chronic diseases are more prevalent, and when present, … Read More
July 4, 2016
(The Phnom Penh Post) – The National Assembly yesterday adopted a law banning commercial organ transplants in a bid to curb trafficking in the so-called “red market” trade, introducing heavy jail sentences for breaches. The law, which also covers human … Read More
June 29, 2016
(The Guardian) – Organ transplantation saves lives. People with end-stage kidney disease who receive a transplant tend to live much longer than those who undergo dialysis. A kidney from a living donor will last from 12 to 20 years, on … Read More
June 28, 2016
(Med Page Today) – For decades HIV-positive patients were barred from organ donation, but recent policy changes have seen that federal ban reversed. Now surgeons at transplant centers that meet specific requirements including involvement in clinical research can implant organs … Read More
June 28, 2016
(The Wall Street Journal) – Earlier this year, an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and UNOS working committee wrote a report about the ethical considerations of a type of “imminent-death donation,” in which a living donor through a surrogate donates … Read More
June 24, 2016
(The Epoch Times) – When the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Res. 343, the Chinese Embassy in Washington said it was a groundless accusation, and they also said in 2015 that the Chinese government was stopping the harvesting from executed … Read More
June 23, 2016
(News-Medical) – The risk of HIV infection as a result of receiving an organ transplant is low. All organ donors undergo screening for HIV risk factors and are tested for the infection. However, although HIV testing is very accurate, the … Read More
June 20, 2016
(The Wall Street Journal) – Earlier this month, a woman marched into a police station in India’s capital to file a domestic-abuse complaint and then made another allegation: that her husband was involved in illegal organ-trafficking. Police said that accusation … Read More
June 20, 2016
(The Epoch Times) – A decade after evidence emerged of one of the gravest and most extraordinary human rights violations today, the United States House of Representatives has added its voice to the chorus of censure. H.Res.343, an item of … Read More
June 16, 2016
(ABC News) – A misdemeanor charge accusing an anti-abortion activist of trying to buy human organs while making an undercover video looking into Planned Parenthood practices has been dismissed, and his attorneys said Tuesday they are working to have a … Read More
June 14, 2016
(Reuters) – The U.S. government announced plans on Monday to invest $200 million to help shorten the waiting list for patients waiting for organ transplants. The investment, to be led by the Department of Defense, was announced at a White … Read More
June 10, 2016
(Reuters) – Police have charged the suspected ringleader of an organ trafficking network accused of luring poor people to one of Delhi’s top hospitals to have their kidneys removed and sold, a police official said on Wednesday. T. Rajkumar Rao … Read More
June 8, 2016
(Digital Journal) – With the recent arrests of five people, including the personal secretaries of one neurologist at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, India, police unearthed an elaborate kidney trading racket. The illegal sale of organs in India is … Read More
June 7, 2016
(Reuters) – An experimental wearable artificial kidney shows promise as a substitute for dialysis machines, researchers report. More than 2 million people worldwide with kidney failure require chronic dialysis. They must follow strict limitations as to what they eat and … Read More
