Medical Regs & Ethics
Should the US ban Chinese genomics companies? Fears rise about genetically-targeted ‘ethnic’ bioweapons
Intel officials have warned China is grabbing U.S. genetic info that could be used to create targeted bioweapons ...
The Olympics of the future: Transhumanist-supported Enhanced Games recognizes world records achieved with drug use, steroids and stimulants
Peter Thiel and two other venture capitalists, Christian Angermayer and Balaji Srinivasan, are now funding “the Olympics of the future.” ...
Genetic embryo screening for health issues and IQ inch closer to reality. Here’s a primer on what you can expect
The world of IVF has introduced a host of ethical quandaries. For now, Alabamians will be spared grappling the latest, ...
Viewpoint: Revising ‘Right to Try’ laws could save children with rare diseases
A toddler is thriving after doctors in the US and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she ...
Viewpoint: 23andMe blames users for data hack that revealed names, addresses and genetic information of people with Jewish and Chinese heritage
23andMe pointed at people who ‘failed to update their passwords’ as sensitive data was offered for sale on forums ...
Viewpoint: Causing more harm than good? How billionaire donors influence global health priorities
Charitable foundations led by billionaires might aggravate global health and other societal issues as much as they might alleviate them ...
Viewpoint: Consensus as truth? How ‘science misinformation police’ control policy narratives
There are many problems with the notion of consensus-as-truth and the (self)appointment of misinformation police to regulate discourse ...
Viewpoint: ‘Conversion therapy for gay and transgender youth is one of our darkest chapters. We shouldn’t inflict it on today’s kids’
New bills aim to create a climate of panic around young LGBTQ people’s access to health care and participation in ...
‘Anybody could be my sibling’: How poor regulation of US fertility industry leads to accidental incest
A CNN investigation into fertility fraud nationwide found that most states, including Connecticut, have no laws against it. ...
In midst of measles outbreak, Florida Surgeon General defies standard medical practice and allows parents to send unvaccinated kids to school
A record number of parents filed for exemptions from school vaccine requirements on religious or philosophical grounds across the US ...
Scientific paper raising health concerns about abortion pill mifepristone safety has been retracted, author links found to anti-abortion lobbying group
Supreme Court will hear the case against the abortion pill on 3/26: A two-drug regimen with misoprostol for abortions in ...
Death and dying: In our lawsuit-laden society, here’s why we need a more precise definition
UDDA, the U.S. legal standard for death, has deficiencies, particularly with the description of death by neurologic criteria ...
Are frozen embryos children? Alabama high court thinks so
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled February 16 that frozen embryos are people and someone can be held liable for destroying ...
Viewpoint: Rejecting hysteria — ‘Alarmism’ over phthalates illustrates importance of embracing established risk measures
In October, in what could turn into a landmark case, a Missouri woman sued cosmetics company L'Oréal, claiming that her ...
A blood test test can detect cancers well before symptoms show up. Don’t expect private insurers or the government to cover costs anytime soon
Many companies are developing blood tests that can detect cancer signals before symptoms occur, and Grail’s is the most advanced ...
Delusion and technology: How the internet exacerbates schizophrenia and other mental health problems
Evolving technology and its expanding influence in society are altering evaluation of schizophrenia patients who have delusional thoughts ...
Viewpoint: Weight loss drug boom raises host of unaddressed ethical and scientific questions
The world has launched into an era of injectables not just to treat obesity but to manage weight. Is that ...
‘We will publish anything!’ — Here’s how predatory journal mills work
A predatory journal exists solely to make money. It’s like a parasite on the back of the scientific endeavour ...
AI-discovered drug could help 1.6 million Americans with inflammatory bowel disease
IBD impacts 1.6 million people in the U.S. — and a new artificial intelligence-generated drug could help alleviate symptoms ...
‘We need to stem the flow of bogus research’: Effort under way to challenge academic ‘paper mills’
Poor-quality studies are polluting the literature — a group will study the businesses that produce them to stem the flow ...
Are Chinese scientists going rogue on latest COVID research? Experimental strain found 100% lethal in ‘humanized’ mice
Chinese scientists created a mutant COVID-19 strain, GX_P2V, with a 100% lethality rate in "humanized" mice ...
Finding ‘beating heart cadavers’ — That’s what’s needed to fuel gene-edited organ research
The University of Pennsylvania connected a pig liver to a brain-dead person in an experiment that lasted for three days ...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink implanted in a human, who is recovering well, billionaire tweets
Elon Musk said on the social media platform X on January 29 that the first human patient has received a brain implant developed ...
UK scientists support loosening restrictions limiting embryo research
Scientists are calling for a review of the UK's 14-day rule on embryo research, saying that extending the limit could help ...
In wake of 23andMe DNA data breach, privacy concerns reemerge
A new data breach is highlighting the risks of having your ancestry information stored online — and what it might ...
Viewpoint: COVID vaccine rights waiver would allow developing countries access to formulas and manufacturing details, jeopardizing America’s biotech race with China
With support from the U.S, the World Trade Organization in 2022 waived global intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines — ...
$3 million barrier to sickle cell gene therapy: How prohibitive costs could limit practical benefits of newly-approved drugs
In a much-anticipated move, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease ...
