The world’s first clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of xenotransplantation (XT), in which kidneys from ...

Brown held that consent is no defence to the infliction of serious bodily harm, yet it recognised an exception for properly ...

Fuambai Sia Nyoko Ahmadu Dina Bader Janice Boddy Mamasa Camara Natasha Carver Rosie Duivenbode Brian D Earp Birgitta Essén Ellen Gruenbaum Saida Hodžić Sara Johnsdotter Saffron Karlsen Sophia Koukoui ...

Recent studies have explored the effectiveness of open-label placebos (OLPs) for a variety of conditions, including chronic pain, cancer-related fatigue and irritable bowel syndrome. OLPs are thought ...

I discuss the argument of Persson and Savulescu that moral enhancement ought to accompany cognitive enhancement, as well as briefly addressing critiques of this argument, notably by John Harris. I ...

Research involving adults who lack capacity to consent relies on proxy (or surrogate) decision making. Proxy decisions about participation are ethically complex, with a disparity between normative ...

Editor. Murdoch Children's Research Institute & Centre for the Study of Health & Society, University of Melbourne, Australia; savulesj@cryptic-rch.unimelb.ed.au Abortion and embryo destruction prevent ...

The 14-day rule restricts the culturing of human embryos in vitro for the purposes of scientific research for no longer than 14 days. Since researchers recently developed the capability to exceed the ...

‘Ethics first’ reform in China significantly changes the governance framework for the research of emerging technologies. The misapplication of human genome editing technology reflects the urgent need ...

1 Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Clinical Ethics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, ...

Correspondence to Joshua James Hatherley, School of Historical, Philosophical, and International Studies, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3194, Australia; joshua.hatherley{at}monash.edu Artificial ...

Aims This study evaluates a protocol for early, routine ethics consultation (EC) for patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to support decision-making in the context of clinical ...