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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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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World Test Championship final: Indian cricketers wear black armbands in memory of Milkha Singh
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A new book offers detailed historical accounts of the Sultans of Oman in the 19th century
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Why froth is essential for the perfect beer-drinking experience
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Armed gangs and a partisan state: How Manipur slipped into civil war
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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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Watch: Dramatic sight of massive sandstorm enveloping western and northern parts of Rajasthan
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Watch: Kapil Sharma sings popular ghazal ‘Hungama Hai Kyun Barpa’, Aamir Khan joins in
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Watch: Wild elephant Arikomban translocated in its new habitat
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Watch: Police officers forcefully remove a drunk passenger from flight in the US
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‘Going on a date...a human, right?’: Comedian imagines parents’ conversations with children in 2050
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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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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic
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Watch: Trailer of ‘The Night Manager’ part two is out
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‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’ trailer: Romantic film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani
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Tigmanshu Dhulia on Irrfan: ‘His observation of life was very surgical, very meticulous’
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Start the week with a film: ‘Charlie’s Country’ is a powerful portrait of defiance
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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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Football: Legislators in Rio de Janeiro approve 'Vini Jr's law' against football racism
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