September 23, 2022
(GEN) – Scientists led by researchers from the Transmission:Zero team at Imperial College London have engineered mosquitoes that slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their guts, and prevent transmission of the disease to humans. The mosquitoes carry a genetic … Read More
September 23, 2022
(STAT News) – A move by Optum to change longstanding practices for licensing data to academic institutions has sparked an outcry among researchers, who argue the move will make accessing data so costly and difficult that universities will scale back … Read More
September 23, 2022
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “From a Voluntary Vaccination Policy to mandatory Vaccination against COVID-19 in Cancer Patients: An Empirical and Interdisciplinary Study in Bioethics” by Henri-Corto Stoeklé, et al. “Perception and Reaction of Nanyang … Read More
September 22, 2022
(Science) – In a medical first, an infusion of the CRISPR gene editor into the blood of three people with a rare genetic disease is easing their symptoms, a biotech company reports. The experimental treatment tamped down a liver protein … Read More
September 22, 2022
(The Washington Post) – Biosecurity advisers to the federal government are calling for tighter scrutiny of experiments with potentially dangerous viruses and other pathogens, reflecting an ongoing debate within the scientific community over the benefits and risks of such laboratory … Read More
September 21, 2022
(Kaiser Health News) – The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer about the risk of recurrence and to guide their treatment. But the … Read More
September 21, 2022
(NPR) – “We use the mosquitoes like they’re 1,000 small flying syringes,” explains University of Washington, Seattle physician and scientist Dr. Sean Murphy, lead author on a paper in Science Translational Medicine released on August 24 detailing the vaccine trials. … Read More
September 19, 2022
(Wall Street Journal) – You may be able to prevent or delay dementia with changes in diet and exercise, research has found. Now another possible tool for avoiding dementia is getting researchers’ attention: specially designed videogames. Companies are marketing a … Read More
September 19, 2022
(MIT Technology Review) – Most cancers can’t be reliably screened for before symptoms begin–tools like mammograms and pap smears are exceptions, not the rule. To improve detection, dozens of companies have designed single tests to spot signs of multiple kinds … Read More
September 16, 2022
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 48, no. 9, 2022) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Two Kinds of Embryo Research: Four Case Examples” by Julian Savulescu, et al. “Embryo Research: Destiny is what Counts” by Alex Polyakov and Genia Rozen … Read More
