Medical ethics

Artificial intelligence in medicine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Microsoft's artificial intelligence is leaving doctors behind

A new study shows a digital doctor panel leading to an accuracy of about 80% in complex medical diagnoses – far beyond the average of general practitioners. This is a breakthrough that could change the future of medicine, and perhaps even
Freezing organs for transplantation. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Anticoagulant proteins show promise in preserving organs for transplantation

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A joint study by researchers from the Technion Hebrew University and the Weizmann Institute examined the possibility of incorporating anticoagulants into organs intended for transplantation to prevent damage to the organ and to cancel the transplant, as well as to help preserve organs for a longer period of time
Colon cancer treatment. Image: depositphotos.com

Meeting with a patient - as a warning bell

Doctors who see a bowel cancer patient tend to refer more patients to tests for early detection. Is this a correct response?
Artificial engineering of humans. Illustration: shutterstock

Genetic engineering and animal-human hybrids: How China is leading a global divide in controversial research

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human machine interface. Illustration: shutterstock

The next stage in human evolution - part XNUMX human machine interface

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A macaque monkey in a facility for animal experiments. Source: Understanding Animal Research.

Transparency is the way to improve the treatment of primates in scientific research

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Illustration: Ars Electronica / ra2 studio / Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0) license

The right to cognitive freedom

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On the agenda - why fetuses should not be out of bounds

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Genetic engineering of humans. Image: Andrea Danti/Shutterstock

Reflections - a baby with blue eyes? / Bracha Reger

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Respirator. Photo: shutterstock

First case of euthanasia in Israel: the Attorney General allowed the judge to allow euthanasia for an ALS patient who requested it

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Prof. Makoto Eshima. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

"Ethics should catch up with technology, especially in the field of life sciences"

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Distribution of drugs in the body using nanoparticles. Image: University of Copenhagen

Medical ethics - are drug studies reliable? / Charles Zaif

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Laboratory mice suffering from brain white matter damage syndrome. Photo. Yuval Kabili, Tel Aviv University

Brainwashing - actually experiments on animals / Yitzhak Farnes

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An embryo-like body of human embryonic stem cells, formed when the stem cells are transferred to a liquid medium to form a suspension. The origin of the colors are the markers of different cells originating from the three layers of the germ. Photographed with a light microscope at x20 magnification. Courtesy of Prof. Nissim Benvanisti, Hebrew University

the passersby of the dispute

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Logo of the National Committee for Medical Ethics in the USA. From Wikipedia

Human experiments

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A baby in an ultrasound image. From Wikipedia

Life after death

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Siamese twins whose birth was preserved in the records of the city of Nuremberg, 1493. From Wikipedia

Between morality and medicine

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A sign prohibiting entry to those with a pacemaker

Are we becoming "post-human"?

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The late Adi Talmor. Photo: IDF Gali Spokesperson, from Wikipedia

The suicide of Adi Talmor with the help of Dignitas: unlike Israel, Swiss law allows medical assistance to end the lives of terminally ill patients

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An embryo-like body of human embryonic stem cells, formed when the stem cells are transferred to a liquid medium to form a suspension. The origin of the colors are the markers of different cells originating from the three layers of the germ. Photographed with a light microscope at x20 magnification. Courtesy of Prof. Nissim Benvanisti, Hebrew University

Cells with potential - a look at stem cells

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Researchers in the laboratory at Rocha University in Spain. From Wikipedia. Those photographed have nothing to do with the subject of the article

Scientists, fakers and false prophets - science fiction in the laboratory

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Bacterial gene therapy using a laser. Photo: MIT University

The first artificial bacteria - and all the others that will follow

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The m-mycoides bacterium is synthesized from Craig Venter's laboratory. Photo: University of California at San Diego

Synthetic Biology: Venter and the Synthetic Genome 2007 – 2010

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Craig Venter. From Wikipedia

Who needs another life? Be careful with the molecules that are replicated in the laboratory - from which Torah will come

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The synthetic bacteria M. mycoides JCVI-syn1 of the Craig Venter Institute. Photo by electron microscope University of California San Diego

Scientists have developed a synthetic magnum bacterial cell

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