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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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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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: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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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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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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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May