October 19, 2012
Is it safe to let humans play God and create new organisms – animals and plants – that have never existed in Mother Nature? The ongoing UN Convention on Biodiversity here [Hyderabad] is going to address this question on Friday … Read More
October 19, 2012
The first human to have lived six months without a heart on artificial life support has died of liver and kidney failure. (World News Australia)
October 18, 2012
California has taken the unprecedented step of changing the legal definition of “intended parent” to be “an individual, married or unmarried,” making it legislatively illegal to discriminate against same sex parents both before and after their children are born from … Read More
October 18, 2012
First-mover advantage is no guarantee of early success. Myriad Genetics, which makes diagnostic tests to detect predisposition to cancers, burned through more than $500 million over 17 years before turning a profit. (Forbes)
October 18, 2012
Study found no survival differences, but blood cells may be associated with more chronic side effects. (U.S. News and World Report)
October 18, 2012
StemCells, Inc. has had rather a charmed relationship with California’s publicly funded stem cell program, with some $40 million in awards approved this year. (LA Times)
October 18, 2012
Human rights violations play an important role as determinants of, or structural barriers to, health. Research, investigation, and documentation focused on human rights have led to the development of rights-based interventions and the promotion of human rights in the core … Read More
October 17, 2012
Those issues are at the heart of Cohen’s new book, “Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics.†The focus of his year as a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the book examines three categories of medical … Read More
October 17, 2012
Death will come for us all one day, but life will not fade from our bodies all at once. After our lungs stop breathing, our hearts stop beating, our minds stop racing, our bodies cool, and long after our vital … Read More
October 17, 2012
In a request released Sept. 14 of this year, the Office Of Naval Research sought to find proposals for “Synthetic Biology Tools for Sensing and Bioprocessing” — essentially hybrid, organic inorganic “sensing” robots. (Business Insider)
October 17, 2012
According to one of the world’s largest multi-center fertility clinics, Equipo IVI`s use of the EmbryoScope® Time-lapse System resulted in a relative improvement of pregnancy success rate of up to 20 percent. (Sacramento Bee) Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/16/4914804/assisted-reproduction-new-technology.html#storylink=cpy
October 17, 2012
In a conversation with Technology Academy Finland (TAF) at the time of his winning the Millennium Technology Prize earlier this year, and published today exclusively by the Huffington Post, Shinya Yamanaka said a future in which medical drugs are made … Read More
October 17, 2012
Planned Parenthood is accusing the anti-abortion group Live Action of creating a fraudulent website purporting to offer late-term abortion services for “VIP women,” in order to collect confidential medical information. (ABC News)
October 17, 2012
A panel debated the pros and cons of both sides in the latest edition of Intelligence Squared U.S. They faced off two against two in an Oxford-style debate on the motion “Ration End-of-Life Care.” (NPR)
October 16, 2012
In a new theoretical study, 23andMe, the leading personal genetics company, developed a mathematical model which shows that family history and genetic tests offer different strengths. The study results suggest that both family history and genetics are best used in … Read More
October 16, 2012
A new method of using adult stem cells as a model for the hereditary condition Gaucher disease could help accelerate the discovery of new, more effective therapies for this and other conditions such as Parkinson’s, according to new research from … Read More
October 16, 2012
A new study shows that receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is not associated with an increase in sexual activity among girls. (Futurity.org )
October 15, 2012
Health Economics, Policy and Law (Vol. 7 Issue 4 October 2012) is now available in print. This issue is focused on two broad topics, a comparison of health-care systems in the US and UK and end-of-life issues. Â Articles include: Comparing … Read More
October 15, 2012
Rape victims have a right to abortion under Argentine law, but the nation’s Supreme Court was forced to intervene this week to ensure that a woman who says she was kidnapped, forced into prostitution and raped could end her pregnancy. … Read More
October 15, 2012
The compounding pharmacy at the center of the fungal meningitis outbreak was not following the requirements of its state license, according to a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. (ABC News)
October 15, 2012
It has been a crazy week for stem cell research. After the high of a Nobel prize for Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka, the pioneer of cellular reprogramming, events took an alarming and surreal turn when a little-known compatriot – Hisashi Moriguchi … Read More
October 15, 2012
In a newly planned trial, recently approved by the FDA, researchers will examine whether stem cells obtained through umbilical cord blood at birth may be an effective treatment for children with autism. (Forbes)
October 15, 2012
A pioneering study into malaria transmission in Kenya, using data gleaned from the cell phones of nearly 15 million people, has given scientists new clues into how the deadly disease spreads. (CNN)
October 15, 2012
A New Jersey appeals court ruled Friday that the former girlfriend of Brooklyn Nets CEO Brett Yormark cannot sue him for allegedly failing to keep promises he made on the condition that she have an abortion. (Associated Press)
October 15, 2012
Yes, there is a bioethical angle to another of this week’s Nobel Prize announcements. The latest novel by Chinese novelist Mo Yan, the 2012 laureate for literature, is Wa (or Frogs, published in 2009; translated into French in 2011). It … Read More
