RESEARCH ETHICS

China vows research oversight after gene-editing scandal

Xavier Symons | 10 August 2019 | Comments

tags: china, gene editing, he jiankui, research ethics

China plans to establish a national research ethics advisory committee.

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Fudged research results erode people’s trust in experts

Gavin Moodie | 03 August 2019 | Comments

tags: research ethics, research fraud

Only a modest proportion of all flawed publications are identified and retracted.

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When research participation pays, some people lie

Michael Cook | 17 March 2019 | Comments

tags: research ethics

Even small sums make a difference

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Retraction Watch launches a searchable database

Michael Cook | 28 October 2018 | Comments

tags: research ethics, research misconduct, retractions

A Japanese anaesthetist, Yoshitaka Fujii, holds the record for most papers retracted – 169

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Will a code of ethics make researchers ethical?

Xavier Symons | 04 March 2018 | Comments

tags: professional integrity, research ethics

The World Economic Forum has released ethics guidelines for researchers.

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UK politician calls for quicker access to experimental cancer treatments

Xavier Symons | 03 February 2018 | Comments

tags: cancer, clinical trials, experimental treatments, research ethics

Should cancer sufferers have greater access to experimental treatment?

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Oxford researchers accused of giving babies unsafe TB drug

Xavier Symons | 16 September 2017 | Comments

tags: deception, informed consent, research ethics, vaccination

Oxford researchers have been accused of deception during a large-scale tuberculosis trial.

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“Vulnerable populations”: a necessary concept in research ethics?

Xavier Symons | 02 September 2017 | Comments

tags: research ethics, vulnerability

How important is the label “vulnerable populations” in research ethics?

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Rethinking the 14 day rule

Xavier Symons | 10 June 2017 | Comments

tags: 14 day rule, embryo experimentation, embryo research, research ethics

Policy analysts are calling for a “reconsideration” of the decades-old 14-day embryo experimentation rule.

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When stem cell treatments go wrong, they really go wrong

Michael Cook | 18 March 2017 | Comments

tags: clinical trials, research ethics, stem cells

A stem cell 'trial' in Florida blinds three elderly women

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Why the media need to tread carefully when reporting research findings

Hannah Brown | 07 February 2017 | Comments

tags: research ethics

Exaggerating the facts helps no one.

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Gin and bear it

Michael Cook | 15 October 2016 | Comments

tags: media ethics, media hype, research ethics, social psychology

A parable of media hype

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‘Testing in the East’: an episode in Cold War bioethics

Ulf Schmidt and Jonathan D. Moreno | 24 September 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical trial, cold war experiments, communism, east germany, research ethics

Big Pharma's tests in East Germany were ethical, investigations have shown. Why?

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The ugly legacy of Nazi doctors resurfaces

Xavier Symons | 17 September 2016 | Comments

tags: consent, germany, nazi doctors, research ethics

A research institute in Germany has been forced to dispose of 100 brain specimens after discovering they were sourced from illicit medical research.

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Deliberately infecting healthy patients still happens—ethically

Michael Cook | 28 May 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical trials, human challenge studies, research ethics

Human challenge studies speed up clinical trials

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Hackers download OkCupid data without consent

Michael Cook | 14 May 2016 | Comments

tags: informed consent, internet, privacy, research ethics

Danish researchers post information on 70,000 people

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Testing anti-paedophilia drugs

Michael Cook | 09 April 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical trials, paedophilia, research ethics, Sweden

A randomised trial raises ethical complications

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Sanitizing the language of clinical trials

Michael Cook | 05 March 2016 | Comments

tags: clinical trials, research ethics

When did subjects of medical experiments become "medical heroes""

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The Experimenter’s pessimism

Michael Cook | 30 October 2015 | Comments

tags: films, research ethics

A new film highlights the controversial experiments by Stanley Milgram

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New research ethics guidelines planned for US

Xavier Symons | 26 September 2015 | Comments

tags: Common Rule, research ethics

HHS has proposed an overhaul of existing human research ethics guidelines

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