January 13, 2009
Britain’s effort to lead the world in stem cell research with the creation of human-animal “hybrid” clones has ground to a halt through lack of funding less than a year after the controversial technique was legalised. Funding bodies are refusing … Read More
January 13, 2009
An advance digital version of the latest report from the President’s Council on Bioethics, “Controversies in the Determination of Death” is now available. You can download the white paper (in pdf form) by pasting the following link into your browser: … Read More
January 12, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration does almost nothing to police the financial conflicts of doctors who conduct clinical trials of drugs and medical devices in human subjects, government investigators are reporting. (New York Times)
January 12, 2009
In more fallout from publication of a lung cancer screening study, the New England Journal of Medicine has changed its procedures for disclosing potential conflicts of interests by its authors, according to The New York Times. (The Boston Globe)
January 12, 2009
Pressure for a review of surrogacy law is mounting in legal, media and political quarters following the case of Re X & Y (Foreign Surrogacy) 2008 (reported in Bionews on 14 December 2008). The case – the first to test … Read More
January 12, 2009
The U.S. National Stem Cell Bank — located at the WiCell Research Institute, a private, nonprofit support organization for UW-Madison — announced Monday it has received deposits of two human embryonic stem cell lines from Cellartis AB. The National Stem … Read More
January 12, 2009
The first drug made using genetically engineered animals to near U.S. approval won key support on Friday from an advisory panel that judged it safe and effective despite concerns from groups worried about the genetic tinkering. (Reuters)
January 12, 2009
Last fall I submitted to the latest high-tech way to bare your soul. I had my genome sequenced and am allowing it to be posted on the Internet, along with my medical history. The opportunity arose when the biologist George … Read More
January 12, 2009
The first baby girl in Britain to have been screened before conception for a genetic form of breast cancer has been born, doctors said on Friday. While a first in Britain, the strategy has been used elsewhere across the world … Read More
January 12, 2009
MUCH TO its credit, the Irish Hospice Foundation is continuing to open new vistas on dying, death and bereavement with its call for submissions from the public on end-of-life issues. This is the first stage of a national listening exercise … Read More
January 12, 2009
Since they burst on the criminal justice scene about 20 years ago, DNA samples have been used to free innocent people from prison and solve crimes once thought to be impossible, bringing closure to longstanding, heinous crimes such as rape … Read More
January 12, 2009
Diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children has increased dramatically in the US, and Australia is struggling to resist temptations to follow suit, writes Margaret Rice. (Sydney Morning Herald)
January 12, 2009
As clinical trial sponsors look to foreign countries to shorten drug development timelines, lower operating costs, and expand the pool of study participants, one growing concern is the use of insurance to compensate patients who might be injured in international … Read More
January 12, 2009
Cell Stem Cell (Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Rats, Cats, and Elephants, but Still No Unicorn: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from New Species” by Alan Trounson, 3. “One Breath Closer to Making … Read More
January 9, 2009
A new robotic suit could transform the lives of paralyzed people, giving them the ability to walk again. A lightweight robotic suit can help some wheelchair users walk. The invention, known as ReWalk, acts like a kind of exoskeleton. It … Read More
January 9, 2009
The 11th Annual Ethical Issues in Global Health Research Workshop June 8-12, 2009 Harvard School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts Overview As more health research is conducted in developing nations, significant ethical issues that reflect differences in cultures, politics, wealth, … Read More
January 9, 2009
The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 9, Issue 1, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Internationalism and Global Norms for Neuroethics” by Stephen J. Toope, 1-2. “Ethical Challenges and Interpretive Difficulties with Non-Clinical Applications of Pediatric fMRI” by Andrew … Read More
January 9, 2009
International Conference on Bioethics Committees in Hospitals UNESCO Chair in Bioethics May 17-20, 2009 Zefat, Israel Conference Topics: The challenge and tasks of bioethics committees Establishing bioethics committees Different forms of bioethics committees: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Policy-making … Read More
January 9, 2009
The pharmaceutical industry, confronting sluggish growth, low prestige and the prospect of more-aggressive government oversight, is moving on several fronts to burnish its image and align itself rhetorically with the health reform goals of President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic … Read More
January 9, 2009
A man who donated his kidney to his wife eight years ago now wants it back after she cheated on him and filed for divorce. (Sky News)
January 8, 2009
The body’s healing system could be “supercharged” after a new discovery which gives people with heart disease or broken bones new hope of a better, faster recovery. (Telegraph)
January 8, 2009
WHAT would our forebears have made of test-tube babies, microwave ovens, organ transplants, CCTV and iPhones? Could they have believed that one day people might jet to another continent for a weekend break, meet their future spouse on the internet, … Read More
January 8, 2009
2nd International Meeting of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (University of Barcelona): Human Dignity as a Basis of UNESCO’s Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights (26-27 January 2009)  The UNESCO Chair in Bioethics of the University of Barcelona will be organizing its 2nd International Meeting from 26-27 … Read More
January 8, 2009
BioSocieties (Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2008) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Corporate Science and the Husbandry of Scientific and Medical Knowledge by the Pharmaceutical Industry” by Alastair Matheson, 355-382. “The Commodification of Emergence: Systems Biology, Synthetic … Read More
January 8, 2009
Bioethics (Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2007) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Finding Autonomy in Birth” by Rebecca Kukla, Miriam Kuppermann, Margaret Little, Anne Drapkin Lyerly, Lisa M. Mitchell, Elizabeth M. Armstrong, and Lisa Harris, 1-8. “Postnatal Reproductive Autonomy: … Read More
