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Dana Farber Cancer Center to Retract or Fix Dozens of Studies
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- January 23, 2024
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The prestigious Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston will retract six studies and correct 31 more as part of an ongoing investigation into claims of data manipulation.
The action follows allegations that a British molecular biologist posted in a
New Technique 80% Effective in Selecting a Baby's Gender
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- March 22, 2023
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It's a controversial notion, but couples undergoing fertility treatments may soon be able to select the sex of their baby — with an 80% chance of success, doctors say.
Sperm-sorting techniques have been tried and offered before, but the new procedure — which sep...
Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
- Robert Preidt
- November 18, 2021
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Neurologists must make sure Alzheimer's patients and their families understand that the controversial drug aducanumab does not restore mental function, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said in new position statement that includes ethical guidelines.
"Aducanumab is...
Gene-Based Embryo Selection: Are 'Designer Babies' on the Horizon?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 1, 2021
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The notion of parents picking out genetically perfect babies may seem like science fiction, but bioethicists warn in a new report that some companies have already started to offer couples going through in vitro fertilization (IVF) the means to pick better embryos through polyg...
Scientists Create Embryos With Cells From Monkeys, Humans
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 15, 2021
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Researchers have successfully introduced human stem cells into monkey embryos in the lab, creating short-lived hybrid organisms that could prove an important step in growing human transplant organs from livestock or creating better animal models for studying human disease.
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Too Many U.S. Doctors Biased Against Patients With Disabilities: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 2, 2021
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Dr. Lisa Iezzoni is all too familiar with the discrimination that patients who have a disability can face: Having lived with multiple sclerosis for more than four decades and now in a wheelchair, she has also studied health care experiences and outcomes for people with disabil...
Bias More Likely in Medical Journals That Accept Reprint Fees: Study
- Serena McNiff
- August 11, 2020
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There is a longstanding fear in the scientific community that pharmaceutical companies could sway the research published in medical journals by paying them for advertising, but a new study reveals that advertising might not be the problem.
"All the available literatu...
Allow Dead Men to Be Sperm Donors, Medical Ethicists Say
- E.J. Mundell
- January 22, 2020
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Should a dying man be allowed to let doctors harvest his sperm for possible use by strangers after death? Yes, say two medical ethicists in the United Kingdom.
Writing in an article published Jan. 20 in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Drs. Nathan Hodson and Jo...
'Designer Babies' a Long Way Off
- Robert Preidt
- November 21, 2019
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"Designer babies" aren't going to be a reality anytime soon, researchers say.
Concerns about genetically altering embryos to have desired traits have been around nearly as long as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the technology to screen embryos have existed.
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Scientists Bring Pig's Brain, Dead 4 Hours, Back to 'Cellular Activity'
- Dennis Thompson
- April 17, 2019
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The death of brain cells may not be as sudden, or as irreversible, as previously believed.
Four hours after a pig's death, Yale scientists restored circulation and revived cellular activity within the dead animal's brain.
The cells of the brain remained via...
After Chinese Infant Gene-Editing Scandal, U.S. Health Officials Join Call for a Ban
- Robert Preidt
- March 13, 2019
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The controversy over a Chinese scientist who claimed he created gene-edited babies has prompted the U.S. National Institutes of Health to join an international moratorium on such research.
"Today, leading scientists and ethicists from seven countries have called for ...
Payments for Research Can Lead to Lies: Study
- Robert Preidt
- February 21, 2019
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People who are paid to take part in research may be more likely to lie about their eligibility than those who aren't paid, a new study finds.
It included nearly 2,300 people who were surveyed on whether they're received a recent flu shot. One group of participants wa...