December 31, 2025
New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
Research Ethics
December 23, 2025
US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies
(AP) – The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa that is raising ethical concerns. The unusual contract was awarded to scientists who have been … Read More
December 23, 2025
Researchers Are Getting Organoids Pregnant with Human Embryos
(MIT Technology Review) – In three papers published this week by Cell Press, scientists are reporting what they call the most accurate efforts yet to mimic the first moments of pregnancy in the lab. They’ve taken human embryos from IVF … Read More
December 22, 2025
This Company Is Developing Gene Therapies for Muscle Growth, Erectile Dysfunction, and “Radical Longevity”
(MIT Technology Review) – At some point next month, a handful of volunteers will be injected with two experimental gene therapies as part of an unusual clinical trial. The drugs are potential longevity therapies, says Ivan Morgunov, the CEO of … Read More
December 22, 2025
A New Edition of Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health Is Now Available
Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health (vol. 33, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 19, 2025
Why the New Cannabis Classification Matters
(New York Times) – Moving cannabis to a category of drugs that includes some common medicines will have implications for research, businesses and patients. President Trump on Thursday ordered cannabis to be downgraded to a lower category of drugs, a … Read More
December 17, 2025
Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave U.S. behind
(STAT News) – STAT spoke with a half-dozen scientists who have left or are in the process of leaving the U.S., and while each had individual circumstances that enabled their move, there were two broad reasons for people to jump … Read More
December 17, 2025
A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 51, no. 11, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 16, 2025
DES drug scandal: Mothers given controversial pregnancy drug in 1960s meet for first time
(ITV News) – After decades of suffering alone, more women exposed to the controversial drug Stilbestrol are breaking their silence to speak out on what’s been described as one of the worst medical disasters in NHS history. ITV News has … Read More
December 8, 2025
AI is saving time and money in research — but at what cost?
(WSJ) – Artificial intelligence tools are boosting researchers’ productivity, but some worry about the effect of a growing reliance on them. Scientists are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to do their work. Many say the tools are saving them time … Read More
December 5, 2025
Ban on Use of Embryos Created for Science Set to Be Lifted
(Dutch News) – A majority of MPs is likely to support a draft proposal to lift the ban on the use of embryos specifically grown for scientific research to improve IVF treatment but much will depend on the Christian Democrats, … Read More
December 3, 2025
A New Edition of Bioethics Is Now Available
Bioethics (vol. 39, no. 9, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 1, 2025
A New Edition of Research Ethics is Now Available
Research Ethics (vol. 21, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 26, 2025
Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?
(The Atlantic) – The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition. For years, the idea of geoengineering—artificially lowering global temperatures through technological means—has been met with skepticism. Only a handful of dedicated and … Read More
November 26, 2025
New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
November 25, 2025
A Battle with My Blood
(The New Yorker) – When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. On May 25, 2024, my daughter was born at 7:05 in the morning, ten minutes after … Read More
November 24, 2025
A New Edition of Journal of Medical Humanities Is Now Available
Journal of Medical Humanities (vol. 46, no 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 19, 2025
A New Edition of European Journal of Human Genetics Is Now Available
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 10, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 14, 2025
These technologies could help put a stop to animal testing
(MIT Technology Review) – Today, countries like the UK and the US regulate animal research and require scientists to hold multiple licenses and adhere to rules on animal housing and care. Still, millions of animals are used annually in research. … Read More
November 10, 2025
First map of the developing brain provides insight into origin of mental disorders
(El Pais) – A multibillion-dollar project reveals critical moments during pregnancy, and even after birth, when the risk of neurological development disorders like autism, schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder is highest These recent results are first steps towards understanding the … Read More
November 7, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 10, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 5, 2025
The Editor Got a Letter From ‘Dr. B.S.’ So Did a Lot of Other Editors.
(New York Times) – The rise of artificial intelligence has produced serial writers to science and medical journals, most likely using chatbots to boost the number of citations they’ve published. Letters to the editor from writers using chatbots are flooding … Read More
November 4, 2025
FDA Official Steps Down, Sued by Drugmaker
(WSJ) – George Tidmarsh, who resigned Sunday, is accused in a lawsuit of seeking a bribe and defaming a drug A Food and Drug Administration official who resigned on Sunday was sued by a Canadian pharmaceutical company, which accused him … Read More
October 31, 2025
The Island Where People Go to Cheat Death
(The New Republic) – In a pop-up city off the coast of Honduras, longevity startups are trying to fast-track anti-aging drugs. Is this the future of medical research? In July 2024, I flew to a pop-up city named Vitalia that … Read More
October 21, 2025
The Astonishing Embryo Models of Jacob Hanna
(MIT Technology Review) – Instead of relying on the same old recipe biology has followed for a billion years, give or take, Hanna is coaxing the beginnings of animal bodies directly from stem cells. Join these cells together in the … Read More
