Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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“Protect consumers from gene tests”
Published 2009-07-08A House of Lords committee has said the private genetic testing industry should be more tightly controlled. In this week's Scrubbing Up health column, Dr Ainsley Newson, senior lecturer in biomedical ethics at the University ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Clinical ethics committee case 6: Our patient wishes to take an unlisted drug though we’re not sure of his diagnosis.
Published 2009-01-01Referral to the Clinical Ethics Committee: A 30 year-old man with suspected ADHD Case description A 30 year-old United States citizen, Mr D, who successfully studied in the USA was referred to a consultant psychiatrist ...Open AccessArticle -
Surrogacy, Motherhood and baby Gammy
Published 2014-08-11The story of baby Gammy, being cared for by his 21-year-old Thai surrogate mother, emerged in late July and has dominated the news since. Mother-of-two Pattaramon Chanbua was offered AU$16,000 to carry a pregnancy for a ...Open AccessArticle -
Brain gain: a future of genetically enhanced intelligence
Published 1999-01-01Developments in genetics have made it difficult to reject the existence of a genetic component of intelligence. Genetic research will soon describe the genetic components of intelligence and their interactions with ...Open AccessArticle -
Synthetic biology: enthusiasm and care.
Published 2009-01-01A new European research project will soon begin, to provide the first detailed analysis of a key application of synthetic biology. The SYBHEL Project: ‘Synthetic Biology for Human Health – Ethical and Legal Issues’ will ...Open AccessArticle