Medical Regs & Ethics
GLP podcast and video: Universities host anti-science quack Vandana Shiva (again); Communist Cuba is pro-GMO; 1 year of ‘bioengineered’ food labels
Dozens of researchers recently blasted two universities for inviting anti-vaccine, anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva to speak. Why do America's academic ...
All in your head? Long COVID has been dismissed by some as a psychological phenomenon and not a medical condition. Here’s why they are wrong
Despite all the patient voices and validating studies from university labs, long Covid has been dismissed by some doctors and ...
‘Garage scientists’ can biohack their way to the newest health craze — and potentially make bioweapons. Should we be worried?
Anyone who can follow a recipe and has enough money to buy a pipette can modify their DNA at home ...
Viewpoint: Should the US House investigate COVID origins? Here’s the case for leaving that to scientists
One of the world’s most sensitive and consequential scientific questions will soon be grist for discussion among the members of ...
‘Perfect human’? Genetics researchers ponder ethical consequences of tinkering with human DNA
Researchers are investigating ways to use genome editing to tackle sickle cell anaemia, muscular dystrophy, cancer, diabetes and some forms ...
SCOTUS expected to decide on women’s access to abortion pills by summer
Medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all abortions in the United States, has become more common since ...
‘Magic bullet or genetic atom bomb?’: Exploring unintended consequences of using gene drives to eradicate disease-spreading mosquitoes
Every year more than 600,000 people die from mosquito-transmitted malaria, most of them children under age five. Some insects that ...
50+ scientists challenge Boston College, Florida International for hosting philosopher Vandana Shiva, disseminator of science disinformation on vaccines and crop biotechnology
We are scholars and journalists of life sciences and social sciences from around the world who have published hundreds of ...
Viewpoint: Should we stop immunizing children? ‘The idea that vaccine-preventable diseases are healthy for children is an old anti-vax trope’
The same doctors who scold us for potentially minimizing “slightest bit of inflammation in the heart” when the vaccine is ...
GLP Podcast: Smoking, drinking fueled by genetics? Women more empathetic than men; Enthusiasm for HIV vaccine wanes
If you drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, a growing body of evidence suggests that your genetics may have predisposed you ...
AI Chat GPT research summaries fool even expert scientists
Scientists cannot always differentiate between research abstracts generated by the AI ChatGPT and those written by humans ...
‘Death shouldn’t be society’s solutions for its own failures’ Canada’s assisted death program — which will soon include the mentally ill — under scrutiny for making death ‘a solution that disadvantages the most vulnerable’
Since 2016, Canada's medical assistance in dying programme - known by its acronym 'Maid' - has been available for adults ...
FDA pauses studies of experimental drugs more often than it used to, Wall Street Journal review found
The Food and Drug Administration is pressing pause on drug-company testing of experimental medicines more often, a side effect of ...
Viewpoint — ‘Bigotry dressed up as biology’: Geneticist Adam Rutherford’s 8 surprising facts about eugenics
Adam Rutherford is a geneticist and the author of Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics where he ...
CRISPR gene editing scientist who illegally manipulated embryos wants to cure genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him?
He Jiankui discusses his plans for finding cures for devastating genetic diseases. Should the scientific community trust him? ...
Last year, we saw the first successful pig-human organ transplant. When will replacing diseased human organs with animal substitutes become a larger reality?
This year, surgeons transplanted the first pig organs into human recipients. Researchers are keen to launch more human trials ...
It’s been 25 years since the release of the dystopian film GATTACA. How close are today’s scientific advances to the film’s ‘futuristic’ technologies?
It has been 25 years since the release of GATTACA, a film that tells the story of a credible near ...
Viewpoint: ‘Scientific debate has been weaponized’ — Hospitals offering gender-affirming treatments for transgender patients face regular threats
Recently, testimony wrapped up in a trial focused on Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care, and advocates are eagerly awaiting a verdict ...
‘Cellular medicine’: Siddhartha Mukherjee on ‘creating new humans’ to limit cancer and other diseases
The cancer physician and author explains why breakthroughs are leading to the creation of ‘new humans’ ...
Viewpoint: ‘Hipster eugenics’ — The ethical case against using personalized genetics to choose embryos
The techno-utopian credos known as “effective altruism” and “longtermism” have recently gained wide notice, judging by Google searches, news articles, ...
Post-mortem reproduction: Can your eggs or sperm be used after you die — and who should get to decide?
We can now use cells from dead people to create new life. But who gets to decide? This is why ...
Viewpoint: Animal rights groups applaud FDA decision to not require animal testing on new drugs, but there are no effective substitutes to assure safety
For generations people have associated the terms "lab rat" and "guinea pig" with scientific research. Animal testing remains a standard and ...
An ‘unregulated Wild West’: Can regulators get the prenatal testing industry under control?
As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and ...
‘This is a game changer’: How psychedelics could break addictive behavior and reduce violence — if we can study their effects accurately
Psychedelics could change human evolution: The reality of what psilocybin is and what it does within the human body is ...
Single shot genetic cures are coming. Will insurance companies pay for these multi-million dollar therapies?
Some of Steven Pipe’s hemophilia patients consider themselves cured. In a trial Pipe led from 2018 to 2021, they received ...
Viewpoint: Is the FDA following ‘sound science’ in green lighting new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm?
The prominent economist Milton Friedman said that in order to understand the motivation of a person or organization, you must look ...
Viewpoint: AI-driven medical tools could democratize healthcare — but they could also worsen existing inequalities
If AI works as promised, it could democratize health care by boosting access for underserved communities and lowering costs — ...
