February 13, 2013
A new issue of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Vol 16 No 1, February 2013) is available online and in print. Articles of interest include: “Quandries of Ethics Education” by Bert Gordijn & Henk ten Have. “How not to Think: Medical Ethics as Negative … Read More
February 13, 2013
A new issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (Vol 368 No 6, February 7) available in print and digitally. Â Of particular interest is the Perspective article “Becoming a Physician: Service: An Essential Component of Graduate Medical Education.” by … Read More
February 13, 2013
The new study published in Cancer Discovery, the flagship journal of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), involving three Spanish and six American research centres, presents significant results in treating cancer patients with nanoparticles containing ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) … Read More
February 13, 2013
Scientists have used time-lapse photography [of zebrafish embryos] to discover clues about the development of the head at the cellular level, which could lead to a better understanding of how organs and birth defects form in people. (Futurity)
February 13, 2013
UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific bioethics network was inaugurated at the SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, here on Tuesday. (New Indian Express)
February 13, 2013
Five diabetic beagles no longer needed insulin injections after being given two extra genes, with two of them still alive more than four years later. (New Scientist)
February 13, 2013
By loading fragile RNA into silicon nanoparticles, researchers from The Methodist Hospital and two other institutions found a new drug delivery system can reduce the size of ovarian tumors by as much as 83 percent — and stop tumor growth … Read More
February 13, 2013
Women with a high concentration of anti-Müllerian hormone stand a better chance of giving birth after in vitro fertilization, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). (Science Daily)
February 13, 2013
Three papers from the last year deal specifically with unexpected and adverse results of adult stem cell transplants. (Forbes)
February 13, 2013
MIT engineers have created genetic circuits in bacterial cells that not only perform logic functions, but also remember the results, which are encoded in the cell’s DNA and passed on for dozens of generations. (Science Daily)
February 12, 2013
CANCER sufferers will get appointments to freeze their egg, sperm or ovarian tissue within 48 hours of their diagnosis at a new Monash IVF rapid service. (news.com.au)
February 12, 2013
In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting â„¢, in San Francisco, California, researchers will present findings showing perinatal outcomes of frozen/thawed embryo replacement (FER) have better outcomes … Read More
February 12, 2013
Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a new method to generate bone cells which could lead to revolutionary bone repair therapies for people with bone fractures or those who need hip replacement surgery due to osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. … Read More
February 11, 2013
A controversial procedure that lets would-be parents test embryos for certain genetic defects will soon be allowed in special cases in Germany. What does this mean for society? (ABC News)
February 11, 2013
Scientists have converted human skin cells into brain cells and used them to treat mice with myelin disorders, a family of diseases that includes multiple sclerosis. (Wall Street Journal)
February 11, 2013
As a follow-up to this morning’s post on Russia and abortion, I thought I would add a comparative element and see how Russia‘s abortion rate compares with the rates that characterize wealthy developed countries. (Forbes)
February 11, 2013
The New Mexico Medical Board on Thursday exonerated an Albuquerque doctor of gross negligence for her handling of a late-term abortion in a case that raised questions about whether politics trumped patient privacy. (Huffington Post)
February 11, 2013
A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for allowing doctors to prescribe mentally competent, dying individuals with the medications needed to end their own lives. … Read More
February 11, 2013
The Canadian Medical Association poll, completed by more than 2,000 doctors, found that only 20 per cent of MDs surveyed said they would be willing to perform euthanasia, while twice as many — 42 per cent — would refuse to … Read More
February 11, 2013
The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops on Thursday rejected the latest White House proposal on health insurance coverage of contraceptives, saying it did not offer enough safeguards for religious hospitals, colleges and charities that objected to providing such coverage for their … Read More
February 11, 2013
Some of the 200 or so human embryonic stem cell lines approved for federal funding may have been derived from sperm or eggs of unconsenting donors. (The Scientist)
February 11, 2013
FERTILITY doctors believe they have cracked the secret of how to give women in their early 40s a better chance of having a child through IVF. (news.com.au)
February 8, 2013
Research from BRIC, University of Copenhagen, has identified a crucial role of the molecule Fbxl10 in differentiation of embryonic stem cells and suggests the molecule as a new potential target for cancer therapy. (Science Daily)
February 8, 2013
The scientific and ethical debate over the use of animals in medical research has raged for years, but perspectives are shifting, viewpoints are becoming more nuanced, and new initiatives are seeking alternatives to animal testing, according to a special report … Read More
February 8, 2013
The nanotoxicology community has numerous ideas and initiatives for improving the quality of published papers. (Nature Nanotechnology)
