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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As India is battered by severe Covid-19 second wave, where is Narendra Modi and his government?
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West Bengal polls: EC bans rallies, public meetings from 7 pm to 10 am
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A century after Nikola Tesla’s failed experiment, 5G may realise his dream of wireless electricity
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The Covid-19 pandemic is raging like never before. Why can’t India suspend the Kumbh?
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‘Never seen such a fearful sight’: Corpses of Covid-19 victims pile up for cremation in Varanasi
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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
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‘Better start walking’: White US Army officer assaults Black man, demands he leaves neighbourhood
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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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IFFLA 2021 programme includes ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Biriyaani’, ‘Koozhangal’ and ‘Seththumaan’
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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‘Minari’ movie review: Tender performances in a Korean family’s encounter with the American dream
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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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