December 19, 2019
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December 18, 2019
How an Economist Helped Thousands Get a New Kidney
October 23, 2019
Scientist Gets £2m Decades After He Invented Diabetes Test
October 21, 2019
U.S. Initiative Grapples with Ethical Questions on Brain Research
October 14, 2019
Species Membership Should Not Carry Instant Right to Life
October 10, 2019
Former GP Spurs 20+ Retractions Over Forced Transplants from Chinese Patients
October 7, 2019
Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Discovering How Cells Sense and Adapt to Oxygen Levels
October 4, 2019
‘It’s Really a Horrific Situation’: What One Doctor Thinks About Drug Shortages, and How to Solve Them
September 13, 2019
The Redemption of James Wilson, Gene Therapy Pioneer
August 12, 2019
Can Learning About Ethics Actually Make Us More Ethical People?
July 22, 2019
Daniel Callahan, a Pioneer in Bioethics, Dies at 88
July 16, 2019
Head of Planned Parenthood Groups Departs, Cites Differences over Abortion
June 19, 2019
South Africa Euthanasia Activist Convicted of Murder
June 14, 2019
What Medicine Can Learn from Doctors and Researchers with Disabilities
March 22, 2019
IVF Ethics Pioneer Mary Warnock Dies
(BBC) – The philosopher and IVF ethics pioneer Baroness Mary Warnock has died at the age of 94. She chaired a number of inquiries to inform government policy. They included a report which led to the creation of the Human … Read More
March 13, 2019
Renowned Sudanese Geneticist Behind Bars for Opposing Regime
(Science) – A leading Sudanese geneticist has been imprisoned for speaking out against the country’s repressive regime. Muntaser Ibrahim, who heads the University of Khartoum’s Institute of Endemic Diseases, was arrested on 21 February in Khartoum and has been detained … Read More
March 5, 2019
FDA Chief Gottlieb Resigns
(Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb said on Tuesday he plans to step down in a month, calling into question how the agency will handle critical issues such as e-cigarette use among teens and efforts to … Read More
February 27, 2019
Bill Jenkins, Who Helped End the Infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Has Died at Age 73
(CNN) – Bill Jenkins had already started a promising career in public health in the mid-1960s when he learned about one of the darkest chapters in American medical history: the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. Jenkins, an epidemiologist, played a significant role … Read More
February 18, 2019
Once a ‘Refugee,’ a Gene Therapy Pioneer Finds a Renewed Calling as the Field Advances
(STAT News) – At the turn of the century, the once-promising idea of replacing a faulty gene with a corrective copy took a tragic turn. A 1999 clinical trial resulted in the death of an 18-year-old patient, dashing the ambitions … Read More
January 21, 2019
A New Edition of Christian Bioethics Is Now Available
Christian Bioethics (vol. 24, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Christian Bioethics Loses Its Founding Editor” by Ana S Iltis and Mark J Cherry “Taking Our Meds Faithfully? Christian Engagements with Psychiatric Medication” by Warren … Read More
January 18, 2019
A Surgeon Reflects on Death, Life and the ‘Incredible Gift’ of Organ Transplant
(NPR) – Each organ responds to transplant in a different way. “The liver will start pouring bile. The lungs start essentially breathing,” Mezrich says. “Maybe the most dramatic organ, of course, is the heart, because you put it in and … Read More
December 14, 2018
Bypassing Paralysis
(Knowable Magazine) – Donoghue himself went on to further develop the system to allow people to open and close a robotic hand, and to reach, grasp and drink from a bottle by using a multijointed robotic arm. Last year, he … Read More
November 27, 2018
Crashing the Boards: Neuroscientist Maureen Condic Brings a Different Voice to NSF Oversight Body
(Science) – On Wednesday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will welcome the first cohort of members appointed by President Donald Trump to its oversight body, the National Science Board. Most of the seven fit the mold of senior academic leaders, … Read More
November 9, 2018
Why Michelle Obama’s Revelation That She Had a Miscarriage and Did IVF Matters
(Vox) – President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are famous for keeping the details of their personal life private. But the Obamas have just gone public with a very intimate and painful struggle: They had a miscarriage … Read More
October 17, 2018
Stephen Hawking Predicted That Genetically Engineered Superhumans Could Destroy Humanity
(Newsweek) – Before his death in March of this year, Stephen Hawking warned that genetic engineering could lead to the rise of a superhuman species, with disastrous consequences for the rest of humanity. The stark message is just one of … Read More
