Medical Regs & Ethics
Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant approved for human trials by the FDA
Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink said May 25 that it got approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ...
GLP podcast & video: How activism threatens technological innovation; Why mosquitoes only bite some people; Combating RFK Jr.’s scientific misinformation
Activist groups effectively use fear-based PR campaigns to drive pesticides and other important products off the market. What can scientists ...
550 children and counting: Danish sperm donor who lied to fertility clinics is banned for creating an ‘unwanted kinship network’
A court in the Netherlands ruled that a man who fathered at least 550 children in the past 16 years ...
Viewpoint: BMJ editorial on ethical quandaries stirred by human gene editing — ‘Adopting a purely scientific view risks ignoring ethical, societal, and equity considerations’
Adopting a purely scientific view of human genome editing risks ignoring ethical, societal, and equity considerations ...
GLP podcast and video: Glyphosate in Goldfish crackers? COVID vaccines are not in our food; Does marijuana cause schizophrenia?
A viral Facebook post recently alleged that Goldfish crackers contain dangerous amounts of the weedkiller glyphosate. Is there any science ...
Would you donate some of your eggs to a stranger if it means you could freeze and keep half of them — for free?
Freeze-and-share models have a different method of attracting clients compared to traditional egg donation programs ...
Podcast: UK baby born from three ‘parents’ stirs hope and concerns
The pioneering IVF procedure known as mitochondrial donation therapy (MDT) could prevent children from being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases ...
Viewpoint: How social justice ideology is infecting the nascent field of astrobiology
Astrobiology: Premature claims, distorted results, and ‘decolonizing’ the search for extraterrestrial intelligence ...
‘Groundbreaking IVF procedure’: First three-parent baby born in the UK through mitochondrial donation treatment
The first UK baby created with DNA from three people has been born after doctors performed a groundbreaking IVF procedure ...
‘Enforcers and regulators must be vigilant’: Federal Trade Commission Chair outlines strong AI regulations
The full extent of generative A.I.’s potential is still up for debate, but there’s little doubt it will be highly ...
Viewpoint: Abortion has nothing to do with eugenics. Pro-life activists need to stop equating them
Among the dubious points that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk makes in his recent ruling suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s ...
GLP podcast and video: ChatGPT more empathetic than doctors? How ideology corrupts science; Testing drugs on mini-organs, not animals
Is ChatGPT more empathetic than your doctor? A recent study seems to suggest so. An emerging consensus of scientists is ...
It’s been nearly 60 years since the first known transgender surgery took place in the United States. Here’s what’s happened since.
Enforcement of binary gender norms has led to unwanted medical interventions on intersex and cisgender children ...
Eugenics exists today — and it’s a movement of the left and the right
Eugenics declined after Nazi Germany collapsed in 1945 but did not disappear. Instead, it changed priorities ...
Slowing the advance of Alzheimer’s: Lilly’s donanemab joins lecanemab as drugs shown to limit beta amyloid plaque buildup in brains
We could be entering the era of Alzheimer's treatments, after the second drug in under a year has been shown ...
GLP podcast and video: Golden Rice hits another roadblock; Glyphosate protects endangered species; Growing medicine in GMO crops
The Philippines recently approved the cultivation of Golden Rice to prevent blindness and death caused by vitamin A deficiency (VAD) ...
Would you donate your DNA to solve crimes? Nonprofit DNA Justice Foundation aims to rewrite detective work
A nonprofit wants your DNA data to solve crimes: Privately run genealogy databases have become a crucial tool for police ...
‘This is simply mind-blowing’: Monkeys implanted with synthetic embryos made from stem cells
Embryos made from stem cells, rather than an egg and sperm, appear to generate a short-lived pregnancy-like response in monkeys ...
‘Cruelty-free’ lab-grown mini-organs could dramatically reduce need for animal testing
The traditional way of testing vaccines involves injecting them into animals and waiting weeks or months for the result. When ...
GLP podcast and video: Ice cream cuts obesity risk? Anti-vaccine study retracted; If you’re afraid of chemicals, quit drinking alcohol
Could ice cream reduce your risk of diabetes and obesity? A surprising amount of evidence supports that hypothesis. How do ...
Viewpoint: Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s conspiracy-promoting, vaccine-rejecting surgeon general, is a public menace
He has blood on his hands. Even as the worst of the health crisis ignited by the SARS-CoV-2 virus fades, ...
Viewpoint: How US abortion pill case could could upend FDA approval of vaccines and drugs
The Supreme Court faces a decision that lays bare the threat to facts, evidence and the health of America’s patients ...
How a bad facial AI recognition match led to a false arrest
Randal Quran Reid was jailed after he was mistaken for a Louisiana suspect during a traffic stop near Atlanta ...
Russia claims US is creating genetically-engineered bioweapons. What are the facts?
Russian MPs have completed a probe into Washington's military-related biological activity at laboratories throughout Ukraine on the basis of the information ...
Is biology sexist and racist? The escalating battle over ‘inclusive terminology’ and the language of science
Science, biology in particular, is rife with racism and other egregious forms of prejudice and bigotry. That’s the belief now ...
What are the future prospects of legal abortions in conservative-governed states?
Last May in Wyoming, after a draft opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision to end federal protections for abortions was ...
Ozempic competitor: New weight-loss drug expected to get FDA approval in coming months could be even more powerful than Wegovy
Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro could outpace Ozempic as the most powerful treatment on the market. To develop it, the drug company ...
