June 24, 2011
Last week’s BBC broadcast of the suicide of 71-year-old Peter Smedley in Switzerland was a public relations triumph for campaigner Sir Terry Pratchett. “This has been a happy event,†he told the BBC. (BioEdge)
June 24, 2011
A municipality in the underpopulated northwest of Sweden will subsidise fertility treatment to attract new residents. Over the past 10 to 20 years, Ragunda has been shrinking. Migration to Sweden’s cities has led smaller municipalities to explore a wide variety … Read More
June 24, 2011
Strict regulations in Japan have failed to stop a black market trade in organs. This week police arrested 5 people over a kidney transplant organised through a yakuza gang. (BioEdge)
June 24, 2011
In March 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet ruled to invalidate patents held by Myriad Genetics on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutations of which are associated with heritable forms of breast and ovarian cancer. The ruling was a huge … Read More
June 24, 2011
Tempe, Arizona November 10-11, 2011 There is an increasing push to offer scientists and engineers new forms of education in the social and ethical implications of research. Because this trend is relatively new, there are no cohesive curricula or recognized … Read More
June 24, 2011
Montreal, Canada October 11-15, 2011 For more information
June 24, 2011
London, England September 15-16, 2011 Reproductive Medicine 2011 will bring together leading experts in the field to discuss the current issues and latest developments in fertility, clinical embryology and reproductive medicine. For more information
June 24, 2011
July 12, 2011 Maldives Islands Exotic Medical Tourism Congress & Expo is the unique, globally organized event dedicated specifically to reproductive and fertility tourism with special focus on surrogacy and egg donation. Global fertility resources, clinics of reproductive technologies, fertility … Read More
June 24, 2011
London, England July 11-12, 2011 The conference will focus on main areas of: * Enforcing standardisation on global scale * Utlising biobanks for research and development * The impact of sample type and DNA concentration on experimental Genotyping outcomes * … Read More
June 24, 2011
July 7-10, 2011 Expectations, Hope and Futility: Law and Bioethics in Contemporary Healthcare. * What is the role of Expectations (realistic or otherwise) in driving contemporary health care? * To what extent can, or should, Hope be fostered – what … Read More
June 24, 2011
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (Volume 20, Issue 3, July 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Sprinting Research and Spot Jogging Regulation: The State of Bioethics in Cameroon” by Godfrey B. Tangwa and Nchangwi Synthia Munung, 356-366. … Read More
June 23, 2011
Nanotechnology is changing the products we use everyday – food, clothes, cars, and even medicine. For some, nanotechnology is a savior and a way to engineer goods and the landscape around us in powerful, novel ways. For others, it is … Read More
June 23, 2011
At the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics, Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi, director of the center for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the University of Tokyo in Japan, led the new stem cell research breakthrough. Â Professor … Read More
June 23, 2011
Lutheran pastor and theologian Dr. Ted Peters outlined the “moral framework” under which he supports stem cell research while speaking at the Christian Scholars’ Conference at Pepperdine University last week. (The Christian Post)
June 23, 2011
Reproductive health is a cause of concern in the Philippines. According to the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines (DSWP), a women’s group that pushes for gender equality and women rights, 11 women die everyday due to maternal complications. (Digital … Read More
June 23, 2011
This year the North Carolina Legislature has introduced several pieces of anti-abortion legislation. Most recently, the state legislature passed an “informed consent†bill, which mandates 24-hour waiting periods for abortions and requires women to listen to an assessment of the … Read More
June 23, 2011
A former president of a prominent abortion-rights group’s New York chapter admitted Wednesday she got the organization to pay for thousands of dollars in a summer house rental, child care, clothes and other personal plums by passing them off as … Read More
June 23, 2011
A training course on investigating and prosecuting human traffickers and protecting human trafficking victims kicked off on Wednesday with the participation of 300 policemen, judges, staff of Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and lawyers. (Sana)
June 23, 2011
Women with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 kg/m² or more who undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) have a significantly reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than women with normal BMI, according to a study published in … Read More
June 23, 2011
We’ve heard of laughter being the best medicine but medical clowns? Well, a private medical clinic in Dubai actually employs the services of professional clowns to treat In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) patients. (Gulf News)
June 23, 2011
The stories of about a dozen people who were sterilized in a state-sponsored program were shared today with a governor-appointed task force that will recommend ways to compensate them. (News Observer)
June 23, 2011
During the last six months of life, an Oregon resident dying of cancer, diabetes or heart disease is likely to spend seven days in the hospital, and receive about two days of intensive care. In New Jersey, the same patient … Read More
June 23, 2011
People have always dreamed of living for eternity, but it has always been a dream filled with Faustian bargains. Deep down, we want to believe that it’s possible to live forever, and many of us are willing to pay the … Read More
June 23, 2011
British author Sir Terry Pratchett recently presented a BBC documentary called “Choosing To Die,†about assisted suicide. Pratchett, the bestselling author of the “Discworld†series of fantasy novels, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2008. He is a patron of … Read More
June 23, 2011
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (“ACTâ€; OTCBB: ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today the enrollment of the first patients in its two Phase 1/2 clinical trials for Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy (SMD) and Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration … Read More
