July 31, 2025
(Undark) – In May, U.S. officials terminated all NIH applications for grants with foreign subawards — the type of grant that applies to Wright’s work. The agency previously approved some 3,600 grants that awarded about $400 million to support researchers … Read More
July 25, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – It has been a grim few months for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) community. There had been some excitement when, a couple of years ago, a gene therapy for the disorder was approved by the US … Read More
July 24, 2025
(Wired) – In a measure that flouts the FDA, Florida says doctors can give unapproved stem-cell therapies for wound care, pain management, or orthopedic purposes. Florida is the latest state to sidestep the authority of the Food and Drug Administration … Read More
July 23, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Researchers in the field have long criticized the Geiers’ methodology as sloppy, and noted that their conclusions are at odds with those of numerous higher-quality studies. Since March, when The Washington Post reported that David Geier had … Read More
July 23, 2025
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 21, 2025
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (vol. 22, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 18, 2025
(STAT News) – The Office for Human Research Protections’ work is critical — and now has less support than ever Deciding whether to participate in a clinical research study can be difficult, especially for people who are newly diagnosed with … Read More
July 17, 2025
(BBC) – Scientists say they can study our bodies as we age in greater detail than ever before, thanks to more than a billion scans of UK volunteers. The world’s biggest human imaging project says it has now hit its … Read More
July 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – New study is among first to examine cancer risk among people exposed to lower levels of environmental radiation People who spent their childhood in the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s living near Coldwater Creek, a tributary of … Read More
July 15, 2025
(Nature) – Data from five large open-access health databases are being used to generate thousands of poor-quality, formulaic papers, an analysis has found. Its authors say that the surge in publications could indicate the exploitation of these databases by people … Read More
July 14, 2025
(The Guardian) – Research papers found carrying hidden white text giving instructions not to highlight negatives as concern grows over use of large language models for peer review Academics are reportedly hiding prompts in preprint papers for artificial intelligence tools, … Read More
July 11, 2025
(Hastings Center) – A multisite research team has issued ethical and policy recommendations for first-in-human clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig kidneys into humans. The first trial has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and could … Read More
July 9, 2025
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 7, 2025
(The Guardian) – Scientists are just a few years from creating viable human sex cells in the lab, according to an internationally renowned pioneer of the field, who says the advance could open up biology-defying possibilities for reproduction. Speaking to … Read More
July 4, 2025
(Science) – A major scientific publisher, Taylor & Francis, said yesterday it has paused submissions to its journal Bioengineered so editors there can investigate some 1000 of its papers that bear signs they contain manipulated results or came from shady … Read More
July 3, 2025
(Undark) – Although the evidence is limited, some psychiatrists are using ketogenic diets to treat psychiatric disorders. In fact, ketogenic diets have long been used in conventional medicine to treat severe or intractable epilepsy. Several studies published in the past … Read More
July 3, 2025
(New York Times) – Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world. Scientists know it is happening, even if they don’t do it … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Axios) – UC San Diego scientists are testing a new potential cancer treatment in space. Why it matters: The NASA-funded mission will analyze whether the drug rebecsinib works on ovarian cancer, metastatic breast cancer, leukemia and glioblastoma multiforme (an aggressive … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Among members of the Richardson family who carry a mutation in the PSEN1 gene, the average age when symptoms start is 39 Hannah’s family has a history of a rare genetic mutation that, when inherited, virtually … Read More
June 30, 2025
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 25, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 25, 2025
(New York Times) – In the wake of two court rulings taking issue with the axing of medical research grants by the Trump administration, a senior official at the National Institutes of Health has directed agency staff members not to … Read More
June 24, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – AI and deep-pocketed billionaires are amping up interest in hardware in a new way The world is on fire, and that’s giving some of the richest men the audacity of hope. Hope that their billions, brains … Read More
June 17, 2025
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (vol. 28, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Engineers carry data to countries where Nvidia chips are available, frustrating Washington’s aims In some cases, Chinese AI developers have been able to substitute domestic chips for the American ones. Another workaround is to smuggle AI … Read More
June 16, 2025
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 51, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
