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

· Jul 17, 2018 · 07:57 pm

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

· Jul 15, 2018 · 02:30 pm

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

· May 13, 2018 · 02:30 pm

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

· Oct 09, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· Sep 12, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· Sep 10, 2017 · 11:30 pm

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

· Jul 03, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· May 18, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· Jan 09, 2017 · 02:27 pm

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

· Jan 06, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Sushma Swaraj's kidney transplant brings the long wait for organs back into focus

The paperwork involved to receive an organ from an unrelated donor is very cumbersome, patients complain.

Menaka Rao

· Dec 15, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Breach of privacy: Medical journal retracts a paper for a photo used without patient's permission

From taking photos without their patients' knowledge to publishing photos without their consent, Indian doctors are failing ethical guidelines.

Menaka Rao

· Dec 14, 2016 · 02:30 pm