Medical Ethics
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Pharmaceutical companies are luring Mexicans across the US border to donate blood plasma
Immigrants on temporary visas can make up to $400 a month by selling their blood plasma twice a week. For many, that is their only income.
Stefanie Dodt and Jan Lukas Strozyk, ARD German TV, and Dara Lind, ProPublica
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Gene-edited babies: China wants to be the world leader in CRISPR technique, but at what cost?
China is pushing hard to lead a genome editing race.
Guillaume Levrier, The Conversation
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Genetically modifying babies morally permissible if it is in their interests, says UK bioethics body
The Nuffield Council of Bioethics has published the findings of a 20-month independent inquiry.
Scroll Staff
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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In case of a hereditary disease, does a daughter have a right to know her father’s diagnosis?
Genetic diagnosis is getting ever more sophisticated. But as doctors uncover diseases that are hereditary, who needs to know?
Shaun Raviv, Mosaic
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Does a woman’s desire to get pregnant justify the risks involved in a uterus transplant?
The procedure prioritises the experience, and only the experience, of pregnancy over safety.
Sharrona Pearl, Aeon
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Transplant surgery for Sasikala’s husband highlights skewed organ donation practices across India
Loopholes in organ transplant rules incentivise private hospitals receiving organs from smaller government and non-transplant facilities.
Menaka Rao
Video
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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A change in definition of organ donors may once again open doors for illegal commercial donations
The health ministry is proposing a definition change that will not widen the pool of donors but again gives hospitals power to decide more transplant cases.
Priyanka Vora
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Thousands were convicted in criminal cases in New York, using a DNA technique that is now disputed
New York City’s crime lab has been a pioneer nationally in analysing especially difficult DNA samples. But there are now questions about accuracy.
Lauren Kirchner
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Patients pay a heavy price as India’s doctors continue with the corrupt ‘cut practice’
Many doctors are lured or scared into paying commissions to other doctors in return for having patients referred to them.
Priyanka Vora
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Clinical trial or therapy? India does not have any rules for uterus transplants yet
Uterus transplants are not necessary life-saving surgeries and the medical community advises caution before proceeding.
Priyanka Vora
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Hospital against access to life-saving drug for TB patient as case reaches Delhi High Court
The hospital administration said the 18-year-old woman could develop ‘an additional and fatal resistance to bedaquiline, which may spread to the community’.
Scroll Staff
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A domicile rule is preventing an 18-year-old girl from getting a life-saving TB drug
A case that highlights what is wrong with India's national tuberculosis control programme.
Menaka Rao
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time