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.

Will Guernsey become a suicide haven as well as a tax haven?

Michael Cook | 25 Mar 2018 |

tags: assisted suicide, guernsey

Bill to be debated in the island’s Parliament in May

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Daniel Callahan backs ‘slippery slope’ on assisted suicide

Michael Cook | 25 Mar 2018 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, slippery slope

Leading US bioethicist fears for the future

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After 14 years, California’s stem cell agency finally gets a royalty cheque

Michael Cook | 4 Mar 2018 |

tags: california institute for regenerative medicine, cirm, stem cells

But is it a good return on investment? Critics say No.

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Should lesbian couples have access to mitochondrial replacement therapy?

Michael Cook | 4 Mar 2018 |

tags: mitochondrial replacement, reproductive rights

It would allow their child to have two genetic mothers

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Euthanasia performed on Canadian prisoner

Michael Cook | 4 Mar 2018 |

tags: canada, euthanasia, prisoner euthanasia

Eight prisoners have applied for medical aid in dying

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Germline modification ‘would violate human dignity’

Michael Cook | 4 Mar 2018 |

tags: genetic engineering, germline therapy

Enhancing future generations is profoundly dangerous

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Is the World Medical Association going to change on euthanasia?

Michael Cook | 25 Feb 2018 |

tags: abortion, euthanasia, world medical association

FIAMC claims that the WMA is planning tacit support for euthanasia

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What are bioethicists doing to stop gun violence?

Michael Cook | 25 Feb 2018 |

tags: gun control, gun violence, usa

With so much to offer about thinking through public health issues, American bioethicists have been silent

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Indian husband steals wife’s kidney without her knowledge or consent

Michael Cook | 16 Feb 2018 |

tags: india, organ trafficking

Illegally sold to a sick businessman to settle a dowry

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Membership rising in Swiss assisted suicide group Exit

Michael Cook | 16 Feb 2018 |

tags: assisted suicide, switzerland

Last year, it helped 734 people to die

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First case report of transgender woman breastfeeding an infant

Michael Cook | 16 Feb 2018 |

tags: transgender, transgender breastfeeding

Modest but functional lactation can be induced in transgender women

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Germany outraged by emissions tests on animals and humans

Michael Cook | 3 Feb 2018 |

tags: animal experimentation, human experimentation

But are the protests ill-informed?

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Enthusiasm for gene therapy cools after animal tests

Michael Cook | 3 Feb 2018 |

tags: gene therapy

High dosage led to toxicity and animal deaths

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First cloned monkeys born in China

Michael Cook | 27 Jan 2018 |

tags: china, cloning

But scientists disavow any interest in human cloning

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‘Deacon of death’ on trial in Belgium

Michael Cook | 27 Jan 2018 |

tags: angels of mercy, belgium, serial killers

Former nurse may have killed up to 100 people

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