Ethical standards in medical research are undergoing significant evolution, shaped by historical lessons, regulatory reforms, and technological advances. From the Nuremberg Code and Belmont Report to ...

A proposed measure in Switzerland would have made it the first country to ban medical and scientific experimentation on animals. It failed to pass in February 2022, with only 21 percent of voters in ...

Medical scientists are stricter while natural, social and humanities scientists are more permissive. The attitude to ...

A new study highlights key challenges and tensions in research ethics, particularly in light of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and calls for the adoption of new research ethics ...

Oriel Zagazeta is a biology major with a chemistry minor and is a 2022-23 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. The use of stem cells in health care ...

We have known for a long time that people tend to paint a rosy picture of how good they are. Now we know that scientists are no exception, at least when it comes to conducting their own research. This ...

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