September 20, 2017
(Nature) – These studies are valuable on several counts. They provide important insights into the biology of human embryos, and the possible mechanisms of genome editing in this context. They also highlight technical and ethical issues that inform researchers, funders, … Read More
September 20, 2017
(UPI) – Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are on the rise, and the World Health Organization issued a warning Wednesday of the lack of new antibiotics under development while the threat of antimicrobial resistance grows. Although the superbugs have not spread widely in … Read More
September 20, 2017
(New Scientist) – Human embryos have been genetically edited in the UK for the first time, using a technique called CRISPR. But why do researchers think this is so important? The UK team, led by Kathy Niakan of the Francis … Read More
September 20, 2017
(Associated Press) – The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that challenges a Maine restriction common across most of the U.S. that abortions be performed solely by physicians. The two groups were joined by … Read More
September 20, 2017
(Reuters) – Women diagnosed with breast cancer who want to freeze their eggs and embryos before tumor treatment leads to infertility can do this without delaying the start of chemotherapy, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers focused on 89 women newly diagnosed … Read More
September 20, 2017
(The Verge) – From 1970 to 2000, life expectancy in the US rose by about 2.5 months every year. If that rate had kept up, people born in the US since 2015 should expect to live longer than 79 years. … Read More
September 20, 2017
Human Reproduction Update (vol. 23, no. 5, 2017) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Novel Reproductive Technologies to Prevent Mitochondrial Disease” by Lyndsey Craven et al.
September 19, 2017
(Nature) – In middle- and low-income countries the technology-centric approach to cancer threatens to do more harm than good. For the past 15 years, we have worked as clinical researchers in some 40 countries and conducted more than a dozen … Read More
September 19, 2017
(UPI) – The data shows that the HIV epidemic in Lesotho is coming under control. Prior PEPFAR-supported Population-based HIV Impact Assessments, or PHIAs, announced for Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Data from the six African countries was obtained via PHIAs, … Read More
September 19, 2017
(Kaiser Health News) – It does not take a hurricane to put nursing home residents at risk when disaster strikes. Around the country, facilities have been caught unprepared for far more mundane emergencies than the hurricanes that recently struck Florida … Read More
September 19, 2017
(STAT News) – As more medical care shifts from hospital to home, families take on more complex, risky medical tasks for their loved ones. But hospitals have not done enough to help these families, said Dr. Amy Billett, director of … Read More
September 19, 2017
(Scientific American) – The World Health Organization will next month launch a strategy to stop cholera transmission by 2030, it said on Monday, as an unprecedented outbreak in Yemen raced towards 700,000 suspected cases with little sign of slowing down. … Read More
September 19, 2017
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder for his role in a deadly 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak showed “shocking” disregard for safety standards, a federal prosecutor said at the start of the trial on Tuesday. Glenn Chin, a former … Read More
September 19, 2017
(Associated Press) – Attorneys general from most states are broadening their investigation into the opioid industry as a nationwide overdose crisis continues to claim thousands of lives. They announced Tuesday that they had served subpoenas requesting information from five companies … Read More
September 19, 2017
(UPI) – Nurses now have a way to integrate genomics into patient care — an online toolkit launched by the National Human Genome Research Institute. The online toolkit of more than 100 resources is known as the Method for Introducing … Read More
September 19, 2017
(Medscape) – Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act (DWDA), passed through a voter-approved ballot initiative in 1997, lays out strict requirements for patients interested in requesting a prescription from their physician that would enable the patient to end to his or … Read More
September 19, 2017
(Medscape) – Ethical arguments against the legalization of physician-assisted dying remain more compelling than those in support of the practice, the American College of Physicians (ACP) states in an updated position statement published September 18 in the Annals of Internal … Read More
September 19, 2017
(USA Today) – Emergency responders in the Everglades City area, a low-income fishing community walloped by Hurricane Irma last weekend, may be faced with a deadly public health crisis as families spend day after day in the mud, mold and … Read More
September 19, 2017
(Seattle Times) – Twenty-first century “precision medicine” is all about genetics — especially when it comes to treating depression and mental illness with medication. Thanks to the relatively new field of pharmacogenomics — which the National Human Genome Research Institute … Read More
September 19, 2017
(MIT Technology Review) – The embryo-like structures, the team soon determined, are not complete and couldn’t become a person. They lack the cell types needed to make a placenta, a heart, or a brain. Even so, the Michigan “embryoids” are … Read More
September 18, 2017
(Quartz) – Doctors are starting to use genetic testing for preventive care, but they’re still nowhere near perfect and they’re not particularly well monitored. In one recent and very striking example, the San Francisco-based company Invitae announced last month it … Read More
September 18, 2017
(The Telegraph) – Oxford University is embroiled in an ethics row after scientists were accused of questionable conduct over a controversial trial of a new vaccine on African babies. Professor Peter Beverley, a former senior academic at the university, complained … Read More
September 18, 2017
(Al Jazeera) – After more than two years of war, many working-class Yemenis have turned to selling grocery items and khat – a mild, chewable narcotic – to make a meagre living. Others have opted to sell their organs to … Read More
September 18, 2017
(STAT News) – The rapid growth of Catholic-affiliated hospitals in the U.S. could significantly reduce access to inpatient sterilization procedures, according to a new study that examines the rising influence of religion on reproductive health services. The study, published by … Read More
September 18, 2017
(The John Hopkins News-Letter) – A federal judge is allowing a $1 billion lawsuit against Hopkins to move forward after it was dismissed in 2016 for the University’s alleged involvement in a 1940s experiment that infected hundreds of Guatemalans with … Read More
