September 2, 2009
Like many women struggling with infertility, Cinnamond was delighted when a laboratory took sperm and egg and provided five chances for a second child after Kaitlin’s birth. In many ways, infertility is a numbers game — more embryos created means … Read More
September 2, 2009
A British woman who became the first in the world to conceive using a pioneering IVF technique has given birth to a healthy baby boy. The 41-year-old woman was treated by doctors in Nottingham after suffering two miscarriages and having … Read More
September 2, 2009
Fears that medical research using tissue such as blood or material from biopsies would be obstructed by the Human Tissue Act 2004 may have been unfounded, a new study from the University of Leicester reveals. In fact, the research suggests … Read More
September 2, 2009
For most of the last decade, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proceeded cautiously in exercising its regulatory authority over nanoscale materials. This caution was largely a reflection of EPA’s conclusion that the agency lacked sufficient information to assess whether … Read More
September 2, 2009
Genetic testing for risk of depression requires a reconsideration of ethical issues in genetics and how they manifest in psychiatric practice. A precautionary approach is advocated in that there should be limits on the use of the 5-HTT genetic test … Read More
September 2, 2009
Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 35, Number 9, September 2009) is now available by subscription only. “Reframing the conflicts of interest debacle: academic medicine, the healing alliance and the physician’s moral imperative” by Norman J Kachuck, 526-527. “Eyewitness in Erewhon Academic … Read More
September 2, 2009
American Journal of Transplantation (Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “The AJT Report:Â News and issues that affect organ and tissue transplantation” by Sue Pondrom, 1960-1970. “Clinical Implications of Advances in the Basic … Read More
September 1, 2009
Bioethicists might prefer to be seen as wise non-partisan sages, dispensing timeless wisdom. But now, albeit with great reluctance, they are forced to take an active role in the increasingly divided biopolitical landscape. (IEET)
September 1, 2009
No sooner does a scientific discovery make it possible to feed the desire to control our destiny than a new industry springs up to cash in on it. Thus, deciphering of the human genome and identification of specific genetic markers … Read More
September 1, 2009
A new mathematical tool from Dr. Eran Halperin of TAU’s Blavatnik School of Computer Science aims to protect genetic privacy while giving genomic data to researchers. (PhysOrg)
September 1, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention caused quite a stir last week when word slipped out that the agency was considering, for the first time, making public health recommendations concerning circumcision. In terms of a woman’s health, circumcision makes … Read More
September 1, 2009
The Human Enhancement Ethics Group today released a new report funded by the US National Science Foundation, addressing such topics as: definitions, possible scenarios, freedom & autonomy, fairness & equity, societal disruptions, human dignity, rights & obligations, and policy & … Read More
September 1, 2009
One of the world’s first two cloned wolves has died from an apparent infection, a professor who produced the clones almost four years ago said Tuesday. (PhysOrg)
September 1, 2009
Doctors in Southampton are using the pioneering technique, where a patient’s damaged bones are repaired using their own stem cells. Patients hailed the treatment, after many found they could walk normally again without any pain and without the need for … Read More
September 1, 2009
Using skin cells from people with type 1 diabetes, researchers were able to produce cells that made insulin in response to changing blood sugar levels, though not as efficiently as normal insulin-producing cells do. (HealthDay)
