Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet. He also writes a bioethics column for Australasian Science.

Scientists split over value of moratorium on editing the human germline

Michael Cook | 17 Mar 2019 |

tags: gene editing, germline modification

After the Chinese scandal, there are renewed calls for a global halt

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Is it ethical to have children as climate Armageddon approaches?

Michael Cook | 17 Mar 2019 |

tags: childlessness, climate change, population control

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opens up a discussion with her followers

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The robot who will conceive your baby

Michael Cook | 17 Mar 2019 |

tags: ivf

British IVF pioneer predicts that robots will take over reproduction

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Spain puts prison psychology experiment on hold

Michael Cook | 17 Mar 2019 |

tags: informed consent, prisoners

Can prisoners give informed consent?

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Bedside manner 101: how to deliver very bad news

Michael Cook | 17 Mar 2019 |

tags: bedside matter, end-of-life care

Probably not with a robot

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Memo to hospitals: prison wardens do not own their prisoners

Michael Cook | 17 Mar 2019 |

tags: end-of-life care, informed consent, prisoners

An Alabama prisoner died after the warden issued a DNR

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When research participation pays, some people lie

Michael Cook | 17 Mar 2019 |

tags: research ethics

Even small sums make a difference

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Back to the source: the Hippocratic Oath re-examined

Michael Cook | 15 Mar 2019 |

tags: hippocratic oath

For the fundaments, it’s still relevant

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Parents request sperm retrieval from brain-damaged West Point cadet

Michael Cook | 10 Mar 2019 |

tags: sperm retrieval

They plead for family line not to be extinguished

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Are patients with personality disorders who request euthanasia being treated properly?

Michael Cook | 10 Mar 2019 |

tags: euthanasia, netherlands

Often they are not treated by psychiatrists

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The dangers of not being vaccinated are real

Michael Cook | 10 Mar 2019 |

tags: vaccination

Boy in Oregon nearly died from tetanus – but his parents still won’t vaccinate him

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Kiss-and-make-up proposed for philosophy and science

Michael Cook | 10 Mar 2019 |

tags: philosophy

Philosophers can clarify many subtle scientific concepts

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Little progress in ensuring the safety of IVF freezing tanks, one year after two catastrophic failures

Michael Cook | 10 Mar 2019 |

tags: ivf

No single government agency is responsible for checking

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Womb transplants could be a “vital medical service” for transgender women

Michael Cook | 2 Mar 2019 |

tags: transgender, uterus transplant

Demand could be strong

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Did the Chinese government back the controversial gene-edited babies experiment?

Michael Cook | 2 Mar 2019 |

tags: china, gene-editing

More questions about the increasingly complicated scandal

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