by Simon Coghlan, Ph.D. and Kobi Leins, Ph.D. Xenobots have been called “novel living machines” and “living robots”. A co-author of the paper that recently introduced xenobots, said:
They’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. [They’re] a new class of artefact: a living, “programmable organism”.These “reconfigurable organisms” have already provoked philosophical and ethical questions.… Read More →
by Julia Knopes, Ph.D. Recently, the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) announced that the USMLE Step 1 exam for medical students will change its score reporting from a numeric score to pass/fail as of 2022. This news signals a substantial shift for medical education in North America and in particular the United States, as numeric Step 1 scores have been traditionally used to screen the most competitive applicants for physician residency programs.…
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#Bioethics News: Hospital gowns serve practical purposes, but how do they affect patient dignity and self-esteem? Read more here - https://t.co/UEycErPFzi
#Bioethics News: The arrest of Harvard chemist and nanobiologist Charles Lieber for lying about his research funding from China highlights the serious challenges rising nationalism poses for science https://t.co/6otgqa9VUf
#Bioethics News: What are the ethical concerns of germline gene editing? Bioethics experts @bioethicsjosie and @BurgartBioethix weigh in here - https://t.co/jB5B0Q2O53
#Bioethics News: Across many medical institutions, physicians are not required to obtain explicit consent for pelvic exams, which are often conducted on women under anesthesia and sometimes solely for the educational benefit of medical trainees https://t.co/QjixlAJnHP
My 2 cents in this interesting article about using donated sperm from deceased men #spermdonation #infertility #IVF @KimminsSarah https://t.co/YHPEtr59BQ
