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Cloning
- A New Edition of British Medical Bulletin Is Now Available
- Genetic Engineering and Human-Animal Hybrids: How China Is Leading a Global Split in Controversial Research
- Cloning’s Long Legacy–And Why It’ll Never Be Used on Humans
Culture
- An Ancient Outbreak of Bubonic Plague May Have Been Exaggerated
- How Netflix Led the Way on Abortion Rights in Hollywood
- Netflix’s ‘Unnatural Selection’ Trailer Makes Crispr Personal
Disaster Ethics
- When Care Becomes Criminal: Syrian Health Workers ‘Targeted’
- Two Ebola Treatments Yield ‘Substantial Decrease’ in Mortality, Landmark Trial Shows
- Ebola Response on Lockdown as Violence Flares
Education
- U.S. Medical Schools Training More Students with Disabilities
- In a Quest for More Precise Cancer Care, Hospitals Invest in New Tools–And New Training, Too
- Walking on Eggshells in Medical Schools
Eugenics
- Human Genetic Enhancement Might Soon Be Possible–But Where Do We Draw the Line?
- China’s CRISPR Babies: Read Exclusive Excerpts from the Unseen Original Research
- Selecting Embryos for IQ, Height Not Currently Practical: Study
Faith
- Most States Protect Doctors Who Refuse to Do Abortions Because of Religion
- Not So Conscientious Objection: When Can Doctors Refuse to Treat?
- He Needed a Gender-Affirming Procedure. The Hospital Said No.
Geriatric & Aging
- A New Edition of Studies in Christian Ethics Is Now Available
- Hospitalization Can Traumatize People with Alzheimer’s
- ‘Fear of Falling’: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm by Keeping Patients in Bed
Global Bioethics
- Chinese Residents Worry About Rise of Facial Recognition
- When Care Becomes Criminal: Syrian Health Workers ‘Targeted’
- Same-Sex Couple Become First in World to Carry Baby in Both of Their Wombs
Human Dignity
- Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Case
- U.S. Authorities Confiscate Migrant Kids’ Medications at the Southern Border
- A Prescription of Poetry to Help Patients Speak Their Minds
Informed Consent
- U.S. Vaping-Related Deaths Rise to 48, Cases of Illness to 2,291
- Chinese Residents Worry About Rise of Facial Recognition
- A Clinical Trial for Huntington’s Opens the Door to Hope for Some Patients. Only So Many Can Get In
Medical Tourism
- Australians Looking Overseas for Transplant Surgeries, Study Finds
- To Save Money, American Patients and Surgeons Meet in Cancun
- Utah Dies, Seven Patients Sickened After Undergoing Weight Loss Surgery in Tijuana
Multimedia Resources
- New Documentary Follows Pregnant Women in ‘Unofficial Surrogacy Capital’ of the U.S.
- The Cryonics Institute, Where the Dead May Never Die
- An Overview of State Abortion Laws
Nanotechnology
- Possible Celiac Disease Nanotechnology Treatment Breakthrough Revealed
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mental Health Care
- Cell Meets Robot in Hybrid Microbots
Nursing
- As His Wife’s Caregiver, a Doctor Discovers What’s Missing at Health Care’s Core
- When Waiting Feels Immoral: Fairness in the Emergency Department Calls for Empathy from All of Us
- Medicine Without Doctors Doesn’t Compute
Op-Ed
- Human Genetic Enhancement Might Soon Be Possible–But Where Do We Draw the Line?
- Five Ways China Must Cultivate Research Integrity
- When Waiting Feels Immoral: Fairness in the Emergency Department Calls for Empathy from All of Us
Pediatric
- WHO Decries ‘Collective Failure’ as Measles Kills 140,000
- Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Case
- For HIV-Positive Babies, New Evidence Favors Starting Drug Treatment Just After Birth
People
- Scientist Gets £2m Decades After He Invented Diabetes Test
- U.S. Initiative Grapples with Ethical Questions on Brain Research
- Species Membership Should Not Carry Instant Right to Life
Pharma
- Drug Helped Dementia Patients Curb Their Hallucinations and Delusions
- A Monthly Birth Control Pill? Experiment in Pigs Opens Door to More Trials
- The Missing Link in Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
Synthetic Biology
- A Roadmap and Wish List for Synthetic Genomics
- Are Manmade Viruses the Next Big Terrorist Threat?
- Technological Challenges and Milestones for Writing Genomes
Transhumanism
- Terminally-Ill Scientist with Motor Neuron Disease ‘Transforms into World’s First Cyborg’ by Replacing Body Parts with Machinery
- Technology-Oriented Religions Are Coming
- The Transhumanists Who Are ‘Upgrading’ Their Bodies