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.

Euthanasia deaths in Quebec rising rapidly

Michael Cook | 9 Dec 2018 |

tags: euthanasia, quebec

On a monthly basis, deaths rose 75%

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China’s first law of science: do not embarrass the government

Michael Cook | 9 Dec 2018 |

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He Jiankui, creator of ‘unethical’ gene-edited babies, has disappeared

Nothing unethical to see here, move along, please

Michael Cook | 8 Dec 2018 |

tags: harvard university, he jiankui

Harvard scientists continue working on human genome editing

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Are plants intelligent?

Michael Cook | 8 Dec 2018 |

tags: ethics, plant intelligence

If so, they might need an ethics guru

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Class action suit against leading Australian cosmetic surgery company

Michael Cook | 8 Dec 2018 |

tags: australia, cosmetic surgery

Accused of a ‘cookie-cutter approach to surgery’

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Indiana could create new crime of ‘fertility fraud’ after painful scandals

Michael Cook | 8 Dec 2018 |

tags: fertility fraud, ivf

IVF industry objects

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He did it: uproar over Chinese gene-edited babies

Michael Cook | 1 Dec 2018 |

tags: china, gene-editing

Even ‘progressive’ bioethicists slam leap into the future

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Harvard profs defend ‘rogue scientist’

Michael Cook | 1 Dec 2018 |

tags: china, gene-editing, harvard university

Dr He has powerful sympathisers

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Architects of Victoria’s right-to-die law publish ‘manual’ on how to push legislation through

Michael Cook | 1 Dec 2018 |

tags: australia, euthanasia, victoria

A Ministerial Advisory Panel reviews its success

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‘Ah, look at all the lonely people’

Michael Cook | 1 Dec 2018 |

tags: loneliness

The number of Eleanor Rigbys has reached epidemic proportions. How is bioethics responding?

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Internet scammers target people seeking to die

Michael Cook | 1 Dec 2018 |

tags: euthanasia

Exploiting endorsement from well-known euthanasia campaigners

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Are IVF embryos persons? A mum and dad who lost theirs say they are

Michael Cook | 1 Dec 2018 |

tags: ivf, ivf mixup, personhood

Serious consequences for clinics if their lawsuit succeeds

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Croatia debates conscientious objection for pharmacists

Michael Cook | 1 Dec 2018 |

tags: conscientious objection, croatia, pharmaceutical ethics

Case divides public opinion

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Meet the father of one thousand kids

Michael Cook | 24 Nov 2018 |

tags: reproductive revolution, sperm donation

Well, maybe only 200, who knows?

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‘Nature’ squarely behind trans rights

Michael Cook | 24 Nov 2018 |

tags: nature, science, transgender rights, transgenderism

‘US government proposal for defining gender has no basis in science’

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