October 31, 2024
(Axios) – The Biden administration this week is hosting a first-of-its-kind international summit about the use of artificial intelligence in the life sciences as governments and private industry increasingly push the boundaries of biotechnology. Why it matters: The convergence of … Read More
October 30, 2024
(The Guardian) – In avatar therapy, a clinician gives voice to their patients’ inner demons. For some of the participants in a new trial, the results have been astounding This new therapy demanded that voices were listened to closely, and … Read More
October 30, 2024
(Nature) – Charting the evolution of cancer at single-cell resolution could open up avenues for early diagnosis and treatment. Detailed maps that pinpoint the positions of cells in tumours and probe the tumours’ biology are offering insights into the development … Read More
October 29, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – A radical experiment uses focused ultrasound waves to reset cells inside the brain’s reward center to combat cravings In Appalachia, in the heart of one of the earliest and deadliest waves of the opioid crisis, doctors … Read More
October 28, 2024
(Wired) – Science Corporation’s retinal implant allowed some people who lost their central vision to read, play cards, and recognize faces. For years, they had been losing their central vision—what allows people to see letters, faces, and details clearly. The … Read More
October 23, 2024
(STAT News) – New research calls into question the high-profile conclusion of the first major study to show that the race of physicians influences health outcomes. In August of 2020, a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academies … Read More
October 23, 2024
(New York Times) – The leader of the long-running study said that the drugs did not improve mental health in children with gender distress and that the finding might be weaponized by opponents of the care. In the nine years … Read More
October 21, 2024
(MedPage Today) – World Medical Association releases “Declaration of Helsinki” principles for medical research The World Medical Association (WMA) voted unanimously today to approve revised ethical principles for human participants in medical research. (Read More)
October 21, 2024
Research Ethics (vol. 20, no. 4, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 17, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Max Hodak’s company, Science, is selling devices and software that make it easier for researchers to probe the mind. The brain implant industry has boomed over the past decade as companies such as Neuralink, Precision Neuroscience and Synchron … Read More
October 17, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – Researchers have created a robotic system that can follow verbal cues and perform experiments. Lab scientists spend much of their time doing laborious and repetitive tasks, be it pipetting liquid samples or running the same analyses … Read More
October 16, 2024
(Nature) – Although some countries have made marked strides in reporting trial results, others still face a long road ahead. After nearly a decade of effort, the latest raw data suggest that reporting rates are improving. The website EU Trials … Read More
October 16, 2024
(Axios) – GlaxoSmithKline is suing Moderna for allegedly using technology patented by GSK in its COVID-19 vaccine. Why it matters: It’s the latest in a series of legal fights over who owns the intellectual property behind mRNA technology and whether … Read More
October 14, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – Deleting your data from 23andMe is permanent and cannot be reversed. But some of that data will be retained to comply with the company’s legal obligations, according to its privacy statement. That means 23andMe and its … Read More
October 14, 2024
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
October 9, 2024
(Nature) – This year’s prize celebrates computational tools that have transformed biology and have the potential to revolutionize drug discovery. For the first time — and probably not the last — a scientific breakthrough enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) has … Read More
October 8, 2024
(The Atlantic) – Embryo models—that is, embryos created using stem cells—could provide a real alternative for studying some of the hardest problems in human development, unlocking crucial details about, say, what causes miscarriages and developmental disorders. In recent years, Hanna … Read More
October 2, 2024
(Nature) – As development of the technology accelerates, countries are weighing the costs and benefits of how they regulate it. The dominance of the United States raises concerns about the potential for unequal access to implantable BCI technologies as they … Read More
October 2, 2024
(NBC News) – To help families find answers, NBC News is publishing the names of more than 1,800 people whose unclaimed bodies were given to the University of North Texas Health Science Center, according to county records. These survivors said … Read More
October 2, 2024
(Undark) – Precision medicine relies on genetic data that’s lacking in Latin America — especially for Indigenous groups. At stake is the practice of precision or personalized medicine, which uses individual variability, including genes, to make decisions regarding diagnosis or … Read More
October 2, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 11, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 1, 2024
(Associated Press) – An 81-year-old Montana man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for illegally using tissue and testicles from large sheep hunted in Central Asia and the U.S. to create hybrid sheep for captive trophy hunting … Read More
September 27, 2024
(Wired) – This morning, surgeons at the University of Manchester temporarily placed a thin, Scotch-tape-like implant made of graphene on the patient’s cortex—the outermost layer of the brain. Made by Spanish company InBrain Neuroelectronics, the technology is a type of … Read More
September 26, 2024
(Science) – A Science investigation has now found that scores of his lab studies at UCSD and NIA are riddled with apparently falsified Western blots—images used to show the presence of proteins—and micrographs of brain tissue. Numerous images seem to … Read More
September 26, 2024
(Fierce Pharma) – The PCMPA has slammed Moderna over an unapproved WhatsApp message that offered children in the U.K. 1,500 pounds sterling ($2,000) to participate in a clinical trial of its COVID-19 booster vaccine. U.K. self-regulatory body the PMCPA received a … Read More
