June Archive

Remarkable insights in Norwegian study of India’s surrogate mothers

10 June 2017 | Link

tags: india, surrogacy, surrogate motherhood

Anthropologist conducted interviews with commissioning parents and surrogate mothers

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Dust-up over a child’s right to know genetic origins

10 June 2017 | Link

tags: donor-conceived children, sperm donation

Do children really need to know?

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‘Consult the disabled before enhancing people’ disabled poet advises

10 June 2017 | Link

tags: disability, enhancement

The bittersweet feeling of seeing your disability disappear

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Six decades of struggle over The Pill

Xavier Symons | 10 June 2017 | Link

tags: birth control, catholic church, contraception, the pill

In mid-1957 the US Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Enovid, later known as The Pill.

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Charlie Gard saga may end in days

Xavier Symons | 10 June 2017 | Link

tags: medical futility, neonatal care, uk, withdrawal of life support

The European Court of Human Rights is considering whether to to allow the withdrawal of treatment.

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Rethinking the 14 day rule

Xavier Symons | 10 June 2017 | Link

tags: 14 day rule, embryo experimentation, embryo research, research ethics

Policy analysts are calling for a “reconsideration” of the decades-old 14-day embryo experimentation rule.

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The first year of California’s assisted suicide: over 500 prescriptions

Xavier Symons | 10 June 2017 | Link

tags: assisted dying, california, physician assisted suicide, us

Over 500 people have been prescribed life-ending drugs in California, says Compassion and Choices.

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The enhancement debate continues

Xavier Symons | 03 June 2017 | Link

tags: enhancement, free will, human enhancement, moral bioenhancement

The latest edition of the Cambridge Quarterly takes stock of the enhancement debate.

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Embryonic stem cell trials to launch in China

Xavier Symons | 03 June 2017 | Link

tags: china, embryonic stem cells, stem cells

China will trial the use of embryonic stem-cells to treat Parkinson’s and macular degeneration.

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IVF vs natural conception: babies have same cognitive ability, says study

Xavier Symons | 03 June 2017 | Link

tags: assisted reproduction, conception, ivf

Environmental factors may cancel out the detrimental health effects of IVF conception.

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Unexpected mutations after CRISPR gene-editing

Xavier Symons | 03 June 2017 | Link

tags: crispr, gene editing

A new study suggests that CRISPR editing can cause hundreds of unintended mutations.

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Can blood transfusions from teenagers slow the ageing process?

03 June 2017 | Link

tags: aged care, ageing population, anti-ageing, parabiosis, peter thiel

Silicon Valley is interested

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Controversial trial to test transhumanist theories

02 June 2017 | Link

tags: anti-death projects, bioquark, transhumanism

Is it possible to revive brain-dead patients?

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Hackers steal cosmetic surgery photos from Lithuanian clinic

02 June 2017 | Link

tags: cosmetic surgery, hackers, internet, lithuania, privacy

Threats to post them on-line unless if no money is forthcoming

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British surgeon sentenced to 15 years in jail

02 June 2017 | Link

tags: malfeasance, malpractice, surgery, uk

He performed hundreds of unnecessary operations, leaving patients traumatised and disfigured

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