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.

Buyers of designer babies will be overwhelmed by choice

Michael Cook | 8 Sep 2018 |

tags: designer babies, in vitro gametogenesis

How does one choose amongst 10,000 options?

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The children of European vaccine sceptics are getting measles

Michael Cook | 8 Sep 2018 |

tags: vaccination

Nearly 40 people have died in 2018

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IVF kids risk early arterial hypertension

Michael Cook | 8 Sep 2018 |

tags: ivf, ivf health

Larger studies are needed to confirm results

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A doctor who stayed

Michael Cook | 8 Sep 2018 |

tags: attacks on hospitals, syria

Mohammed al-Bardan explains to the New York Times why he cares for patients in a rebel-held district of Syria

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Uh-oh! Infanticide is back: why not, asks Norwegian bioethicist

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2018 |

tags: abortion, infanticide

Pro-life arguments do not succeed in eliminating it as a morally permissible option

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Protecting the world through moral bioenhancement

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2018 |

tags: enhancement, moral bioenhancement

It should be compulsory but secret, argues an American bioethicist

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A world of Methuselahs?

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2018 |

tags: life extension, longevity

We should charge ahead with life extension research, says a philosopher

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The difficult bit is surviving to 100. After that, it’s cruising

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2018 |

tags: longevity

Death rates level out after 105

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Brown researcher under fire for questioning transgender narrative

Michael Cook | 2 Sep 2018 |

tags: rapid-onset gender dysphoria, transgender

Journal and university distance themselves from controversial article

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Does ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ exist?

Michael Cook | 26 Aug 2018 |

tags: gender dysphoria, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, transgender

And is it dangerous?

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Dementia’s Catch-22

Michael Cook | 26 Aug 2018 |

tags: advance directives, assisted suicide, dementia, euthanasia

Should we honour advanced directives which instruct carers to dispatch people with dementia?

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The Economist hosts a debate on ‘assisted dying’

Michael Cook | 26 Aug 2018 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, right to die, the economist

The world’s leading news magazine is still campaigning for the ‘right to die’

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Introducing Snapchat Dysmorphia

Michael Cook | 17 Aug 2018 |

tags: selfies, snapchat dysmorphia

Selfies can be psychologically damaging for some people

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Is the BMA introducing ‘backdoor euthanasia’?

Michael Cook | 17 Aug 2018 |

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Confidential draft guidelines are circulating after a recent ruling by the High Court

Will Britain’s new opt-out organ donation system work?

Michael Cook | 17 Aug 2018 |

tags: organ donations

Families don't like it -- and their wishes count

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