Medical Regs & Ethics
Humanity enters an age of controlling destiny: Chinese scientist He Jiankui’s roadmap for transforming future of human evolution
The Chinese researcher He Jiankui was jailed for creating customized babies. Some observers argue that the real problem wasn’t him—it ...
Viewpoint: History of eugenics — Smithsonian Museum has a troubling collection of brains from different ‘races’
On the day Mary Sara died of tuberculosis in a Seattle sanitarium, the doctor caring for the 18-year-old offered her ...
Viewpoint: Are anti-vax COVID physicians being ‘persecuted’ by medical regulatory boards?
Two COVID-19 antivax quacks, Drs. Paul Marik and Pierre Kory, announced that the ABIM had informed them that their board ...
Viewpoint: In COVID early days, Chinese doctors in Wuhan denied widespread viral spread. That was a lie
In the first weeks of 2020, a radiologist at Xinhua Hospital in Wuhan, China, saw looming signs of trouble. He ...
‘Unsafe, ineffective or unnecessary’: More than half of US dog owners embrace vaccine hesitancy
A new wave of vaccine suspicion has extended to our pets: More than half of dog owners are suspicious of ...
Viewpoint: Artificial wombs remain ‘nothing more than a developmentally naïve pipe dream’
Artificial womb technology (AWT) sparked a media sensation back in 2017 and, since then, has drawn much debate ...
First synthetic human embryo to live past 14 days was made from stem cells
A Cambridge University scientist says her research lab has used stem cells to create a human embryo that developed past ...
Convergence of AI and synthetic biology: Developing industrial goods and better medicines
The synergy of artificial intelligence (AI) and genetic engineering is ushering in a new era in biotechnology, with the potential ...
We could use CRISPR to cure mental illness. Should we?
Would you want to be cured of a disorder that most people consider debilitating if given the opportunity? Cancer? Sure ...
American Academy of Pediatrics says it will review evidence on safety of gender care and surgery for children, but keeps current treatment recommendations
The American Academy of Pediatrics backed gender-related treatments for children on Thursday, reaffirming its position from 2018 on a medical ...
Viewpoint: Dr. AI? Artificial intelligence on a path to diagnose conditions and prescribe treatments directly to a patient without a physician
The inevitable question isn’t so much if but when these artificial intelligence devices can step into the shoes of doctors ...
Henrietta Lacks’ family reaches undisclosed settlement with ThermoFisher, ending 70-year long battle for compensation after using her cancer cells without permission
Descendants of Henrietta Lacks announced a lawsuit in October 2021 accusing Thermo Fisher Scientific of profiting from cancer cells that ...
Viewpoint: How did science become a messy jumble of politics?
Mucking around in the messy business of political compromises and calculations puts scientists at a distance from what they really ...
Should University Agricultural Research Scientists Partner With Industry?
Studies show research on GE crops is not significantly influenced by conflicts of Interest. However, it is important to remain ...
‘Effectively banned’: Florida’s GOP-lead legislature battles with College Board after voting to strip sections on gender fluidity and sexual orientation from AP Psychology curriculum
The nonprofit said it would not remove a section on gender and sexual orientation, as Florida had requested, and advised ...
Could we live longer with transfusions of ‘young blood’? It’s worked on mice
Old mice live longer thanks to young blood: Duke University scientists found that their procedure slows down ageing at the ...
Viewpoint: Anti-agrobiotech activists claim European farmers who support relaxing the EU’s de facto ban on cultivating GMO and gene-edited crops are dupes of Big Ag. Here are the facts
Staunch opponents of the agricultural biotechnology revolution spin a narrative that large agribusiness have strong-armed governments to approve genetically modified ...
GOP House adds dozens of riders to spending bills that limit gender-affirming care, marriage equality and other LGBTQ+ rights, but Senate Dems likely to strip out measures
House Republicans have embedded at least 45 anti-LGBTQ+ provisions into must-pass funding bills — many of which would weaken discrimination ...
GLP podcast and video: PFAS bans could do more harm than good; Risks and benefits of ‘magic mushrooms’; ‘Ultra-processed’ foods are nutritious
There are growing calls to ban PFAS chemicals to protect public health. The problem is, these substances are used in ...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s campaign has hired anti-vax activists and health conspiracy theorists
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign reveal numerous payments to individuals and groups whose ideologies differ significantly from traditional Democratic Party ...
Viewpoint: ‘Advances in brain-computer interfaces and prosthetics could improve quality of life for millions, but they carry risks that touch upon eugenics’
Advances in brain-computer interfaces and prosthetics could improve the quality of life for millions, but they carry risks that even ...
Viewpoint: 60% of people with sickle cell disease live in sub-Saharan Africa. Gene-based cures must be accessible to everyone
The treatment of sickle cell disease is on the cusp of a historic breakthrough, with makers of two gene-based treatments for the ...
GLP podcast and video: Dunning-Kruger debunked? The evil industry, noble activist myth; The real Vandana Shiva
The less informed someone is about a topic, the more likely they are to overestimate their knowledge of it. This ...
‘I wish I never touched it’: Downside of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy
Drug regulators say they have received reports of stomach paralysis among patients taking GLP-1 agonist drugs ...
How much would you pay to prolong your life? $100k can get you access to unproven treatments
The Longevity Clinic: The clinics cater to a growing number of people obsessed with fighting aging ...
Mushroom hallucinogen sales booming despite reports of serious side effects
When a hemp dispensary in this Florida city started to stock edibles with certain mushroom extracts last year, state regulators ...
Anorexia and the will to live: Canada poised to expand physician-assisted suicide to those with mental illnesses
The new mental health provision will make Canada one of the most expansive countries in the world when it comes ...
