Should someone who has depression and ALSO has a terminal illness be able to access assisted dying? We think the answer comes down to capacity: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Don't miss the next John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre - Health Ethics Seminar Magical Thinking: How Emotions Impact Decision-Making, Capacity, and Patient Autonomy By Sarah K. Andersen, MD, MS, FRCPC On Zoom May 23rd at 12-1 pm MDT (2pm EST) ualberta-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #Bioethics

All things considered I find it very palatable, and an early entry in what is hopefully a growing array of cellular products. As previously argued, there is a strong ethical case for cultivated meat to reduce factory farming and combat climate change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

This Grim But Revolutionary DNA Technology Is Changing How We Respond to Mass Disasters - bioethics.com/archives/76767

In Louisiana, drugs for medication abortion could become controlled substances : Shots - Health News : NPR npr.org/sections/healt…

Why the OpenAI superalignment team in charge of AI safety imploded - Vox vox.com/future-perfect…

Pig-organ transplants: what three human recipients have taught scientists - As researchers mark the loss of the first living recipient of a pig kidney, they share what they’ve learnt about xenotransplantation. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Discussion #SCT2024 of how to share results with trial participants at end of trial. We've done work on the what, how, when and who of sharing results. Setting out some key suggestions on what trial teams should consider bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/3/e…

Survey results show high approval of — and concerns about — emerging options to estimate the likelihood of complex diseases and traits with polygenetic embryo screening during IVF bit.ly/3UKZd7z

Lab-grown sperm and eggs: ‘epigenetic’ reset in human cells paves the way nature.com/articles/d4158…

📢 The JME is pleased to announce a call for commentary proposals for a new Feature Article! 📅 Commentary abstracts due Wednesday 3rd July 2024 📌 Check out the link below for more info... jme.bmj.com/pages/jme-comm…

Greetings from the Master of Health Research Ethics (MOHRE) Programme!👋🏽 You are invited to join the "MORES Hot Topic in Research Ethics" Webinar Series . 📍Please register here: jh.zoom.us/webinar/regist… (The zoom link will be provided to you after completion of registration).

The dangerous illusion of AI consciousness | By Shannon Valor “Despite modest intellectual improvements, AGI's human-like behaviour raises serious ethical concerns, but as Vallor argues, AI today only presents the illusion of consciousness.” iai.tv/articles/the-d…

Software tools identify forgotten genes: Find My Understudied Genes and the Unknome database highlight interesting genes that have been neglected by science. nature.com/articles/d4158…

'Polygenic testing for IVF embryo selection in Singapore: Proceed with caution' 🧬 A new blog post by Alexis Heng Boon Chin, Lee Wei Lim and Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin accompanying a recently published paper #bioethics #IVF blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics…

The next talk in our lecture series will be held by Kevin Elliott (Michigan State University). He talks about epistemic injustice and how it could be alleviated through scholarship on values and science. To join the zoom meeting, register via this link: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture-s…

A new Perspective discussing key ethical considerations in human brain organoid research and introducing an ethical framework of mindful innovation! Brigham and Women’s Research @HMSBioethics Nathan Shlobin, MD MBA 🇺🇦 Julian Savulescu Practical Ethics NUS Centre for Biomedical Ethics go.nature.com/4cRPYdL

I agree: IVF alone can’t save us from a looming fertility crisis technologyreview.com/2024/07/12/109…