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.
Papildomos nuorodos
Bioetikos naujienos
Caste still an important factor in IVF in India
Paskelbta Gyvenimo pradžios etinės problemos
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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.
Paskelbta Biomedicininių tyrimų etika
Komentarai įrašui Wellesley professor unearths a horror: Syphilis experiments in Guatemala yra išjungti
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.
Paskelbta Medikų ir pacientų santykiai
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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.
Paskelbta Kamieninių ląstelių tyrimai
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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.
Paskelbta Genetiškai modifikuoti organizmai
Komentarai įrašui EU to let states rule on GM crops yra išjungti
Uterus transplantation: ethics and pragmatics
Swedish media reported on plans of a group of researchers at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the University of Gothenburg, to conduct the world’s first ever transplantation of a human uterus.
Paskelbta Organų ir audinių transplantavimas/Donorystė
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Stem Cells Without Embryo Loss
A small biotech company says it has found a way to produce human embryonic stem cells without destroying an embryo. That the prospect does not satisfy many religious conservatives who have opposed stem cell research demonstrates once again why the government should avoid making decisions on theological grounds.
Paskelbta Kamieninių ląstelių tyrimai
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German court legalises euthanasia with patient consent
A top German court has ruled that it is not a criminal offence to cut off the life support of a dying person if that person has given consent. The Federal Court of Justice acquitted a lawyer who had advised the daughter of a comatose woman to cut off her feeding tube. Earlier the patient had expressed her wish not to be kept alive artificially.
Paskelbta Gyvenimo pabaigos etinės problemos
Komentarai įrašui German court legalises euthanasia with patient consent yra išjungti
Switzerland plans new controls on assisted suicide
Swiss assisted suicide organisation Dignitas is under growing pressure, as questions about its finances and urns of ashes found in Lake Zurich coincide with plans for a law that would make it harder for foreigners to end their life in Switzerland. The practice is permitted, the law states, as long as those involved in it are not selfishly motivated and do not make a profit out of it.
Paskelbta Gyvenimo pabaigos etinės problemos
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Who decides when you die?
Conflicting wishes and demands regarding end of life care are a common – but not often discussed – problem, with no clear solution. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine by three doctors from Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital illustrates the emotional dilemma.
Paskelbta Gyvenimo pabaigos etinės problemos
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