CHINA

Embryonic stem cell trials to launch in China

Xavier Symons | 03 June 2017 | Comments

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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Fighting the scourge of ‘red envelopes’ for China’s doctors

Michael Cook | 28 May 2017 | Comments

tags: china, corruption, medical ethics, red envelopes

Is it corruption or a recognition of their dignity?

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With 2 children now permitted, Chinese women are thawing embryos

Xavier Symons | 11 February 2017 | Comments

tags: australia, china, egg freezing, ivf, one-child policy

Chinese women are using frozen embryos to conceive a second child.

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Forced organ harvesting may still be occurring – Chinese official

Xavier Symons | 11 February 2017 | Comments

tags: china, organ harvesting, organ trafficking, transplant ethics

A senior government official has admitted that forced organ harvesting from executed prisoners may still be occurring in China.

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No Chinese baby boom after new two-child policy

Michael Cook | 22 October 2016 | Comments

tags: china, one-child policy

Birth rate stays stubbornly low

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Transplant doctors clash over Chinese organ donor system

Xavier Symons | 20 August 2016 | Comments

tags: china, falun gong, forced organ harvesting, organ transplantation

Criticism reached fever pitch as the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society convened on Chinese soil.

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Medical paternalism lives on in China

Michael Cook | 12 August 2016 | Comments

tags: china, informed consent, medical paternalism

The case of the accidental haemorrhoid operation.

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New documentary on organ harvesting

Xavier Symons | 06 August 2016 | Comments

tags: china, documentary, human rights, organ harvesting

A new American documentary claims to provide damning evidence of China's force harvesting of organs.

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Who’s telling the truth about China’s bioethics?

Michael Cook | 25 June 2016 | Comments

tags: china, falun gong, organ trafficking, stem cell research, stem cell tourism

Confusing signals from China over stem cells and organ transplants