Medical Regs & Ethics
Viewpoint: Breakthroughs in effort to create ‘synthetic’ embryos have sparked criticism — but the research could help us reduce prevalence of miscarriages and genetic disorders
Are human embryo models a cause for hope or alarm? A recent breakthrough in the race to create ‘synthetic’ embryos ...
Every minute, a child under 5 dies from malaria. Here’s how gene editing mosquitoes could quickly dramatically suppress disease-carrying populations
US scientists are hailing a new gene modification technique that leads to the suppression of female mosquitoes of the species ...
Viewpoint: Why do some global cancer research agencies claim that using a cell phone (like drinking Diet Coke with aspartame) poses a cancer risk?
Although some people argue that cell phone usage contributes to rising brain cancer rates, analysis of the data shows no ...
Viewpoint: To mask or not to mask? That remains a hotly debated question in hospitals and other healthcare facilities — although it shouldn’t be
During the years that the COVID-19 pandemic was murderously sweeping the world, it killed about seven million — more than 1.1 ...
Self-managed abortion: How well does misoprostol alone work to end pregnancies even at later gestation periods?
Most women who took abortion drugs were successful even at later gestation periods, researchers reported ...
New wave of migration: Transgender care crackdown prompts surge in families fleeing Missouri, Florida, Texas and other states
Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.” ...
Developing ‘revolutionary’ drugs — This company has spent a billion dollars over 25 years and has come up empty. What now?
The enormously expensive task and challenges involved in developing cutting-edge therapies: $12 billion California stem cell and gene therapy program ...
Birth control pill approved for over-the-counter sale with no age restriction, available early next year
Federal regulators on [July 13] approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon ...
Making a new person from skin or blood cells — but no egg and sperm?’ Scientists debate ethics of ‘synthetic human reproduction’
Called in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, it promises to someday provide a cure for many types of infertility ...
GLP podcast and video: Why so many nutrition studies are wrong; Steve Kirsch—tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine guru; Confidence makes you seem smarter
Much of the nutrition research that attracts media attention is deeply flawed. A new study explains why. Silicon Valley tech ...
First person to receive genetically-modified pig heart transplant died two months later. What have we learned from this experiment?
[T]he eventual heart failure in the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient ...
Ethical debate escalates over propriety of 14-day limit on lab-grown embryos
Embryo-like structures made using human stem cells could enable research that is not currently possible using natural embryos ...
Synthetic human embryos made from stem cells? Research into artificial monkey embryos leads the way
In January 2017, I met Jiankui He, the now-infamous Chinese scientist who would go on to create the world’s first genome-edited ...
Newly-approved Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi slows mental decline — but high cost poses multi-billion dollar challenge for Medicare
The FDA has just granted traditional approval to Leqembi (lecanemab), an anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, after granting ...
6 fake news websites stoking fear about crops grown from genetically-engineered seeds
"Fake news" may be new to most people, but not to followers of the anti-GMO debate. Here are some of ...
GLP podcast and video: 10 myths about modern farming, debunked; New malaria and polio vaccines could save thousands of lives
Many harmful myths about farming persist on social media. Let's explore some of the most common falsehoods about agriculture you're ...
Will science ever be able to create an artificial womb?
In the coming years, the obstacles to ectogenesis --development outside of a mother from fertilization to full-term infancy-- will be ...
Podcast: Future fertility — In the coming world of synthetic embryos, can regulation keep up?
Synthetic human embryos: can the law keep pace with the science? – podcast ...
A new malaria vaccine could save thousands of lives in Ghana. Here’s everything you need to know about it
Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve the highly anticipated R21 malaria vaccine that could save ...
No need for sperm or eggs: Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells
Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues ...
The EU Parliament pushed forward draft legislation positioned to be the West’s first set of comprehensive AI regulations
Advances in artificial intelligence this year have rocked the tech industry, triggering calls from politicians, consumer groups and AI executives themselves for ...
Viewpoint: The National Science Foundation has launched a pilot project to track the ‘sexual orientation and gender identity’ of people in science, engineering and math careers. Is that constructive?
If you earn a doctorate, a federal agency wants to know if you’re gay, trans, ‘queer’ or ‘genderqueer.’ ...
Viewpoint: After years of yo-yo dieting, Ozempic helped me lose 40 pounds. I’m still debating if it was worth it
Opinion: I lost 40 pounds on Ozempic. But I’m left with even more questions ...
Two malaria vaccines are now being distributed in Africa. Here are the hurdles plaguing the lifesaving drugs
Malaria kills half a million people a year in Africa. We can prevent that — if we act fast enough ...
Who bankrolled the early days of ‘race science’? And who backs that movement today?
Wickliffe Draper spent his inheritance helping to skew the science of human difference. That mission continues ...
Viewpoint: What are the social factors shaping science?
The rise in science advocacy raises important questions regarding how science mobilization can both defend science and promote its use ...
If life legally begins at conception, can fetuses be employees?
How could a fetus be a person if abortion is legal? But now that abortion rights are no longer federally ...
