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Should we test for diseases that can’t be cured?

A final lesson from the history of bioethics is the consensus that if you can’t offer a patient anything to prevent or to ameliorate a terrible disease, why test for it? For newborns with diseases such as Phenylketonuria (PKU), we … Tęsti skaitymą

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Call to create ‘one-stop shop’ for health research

A new body to regulate all health research in the UK should be established, according to a report by the Academy of Medical Sciences. The proposed Health Research Agency would be the only place giving ethical approval more

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Cable: Pfizer hired investigators to press Nigeria to drop suit

Researchers did not obtain signed consent forms, and medical personnel said Pfizer did not tell parents their children were getting an experimental drug. Pfizer’s lead investigator later acknowledged that he  personally created and backdated a key ethics approval document. more

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Vatican official criticises Nobel Prize for IVF pioneer

A Vatican official has criticised the decision to award British IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards the Nobel Prize in Medicine, saying the choice was ‘very perplexing’. more

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What It Takes to Become a Living Donor?

More than 3,000 people have signed up to be potential bone-marrow donors since word spread that 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez, one of the child stars of „The Lion King“ on Broadway, needed a transplant to combat her acute myelogenous leukemia. more

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Caste still an important factor in IVF in India

Cutting-edge medical treatments clash with age-old caste divisions in India’s booming fertility industry, as parents seek donors from the same caste and religion. more

Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos | Komentarai įrašui Caste still an important factor in IVF in India yra išjungti

Wellesley professor unearths a horror: Syphilis experiments in Guatemala

Picking through musty files in a Pennsylvania archive, a Wellesley College professor made a heart-stopping discovery: US government scientists in the 1940s deliberately infected hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in experiments conducted without the subjects’ permission. more

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A written consent five centuries ago

The term informed consent does not have long historical roots. Until recent centuries, healthcare professionals were not held responsible for providing information to patients. more

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First trial of embryonic stem cells in humans

US doctors have begun the first official trial of using human embryonic stem cells in patients after getting the green light from regulators. more

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EU to let states rule on GM crops

EU officials plan to give the 27 member states the freedom to grow, restrict or ban genetically modified (GM) crops. more

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