Here are the most popular Bioethics News items from last week based on average clicks per day:
1. It matters where you grow up
(USA Today) According to a report from The Commwealth Fund, the quality of children’s health care varies greatly from state to state.
2. Japanese mob members got liver transplants at UCLA
(LA Times) There’s no evidence doctors at the medical center knew of the patients’ criminal ties. But ethicists say the transplants are troubling because organs are in such short supply in the US.
3. Monkeys control robotic arm with brain-machine interface
(NYT) Researchers report in Nature that that tiny sensors implanted in the brains of two monkeys allow primates to control a robotic arm with just their thoughts.
4. Francis Collins leaving NIH
(Washington Post) The genome pioneer is leaving the National Human Genome Research Institute to write a book and consider new options.
5. Placebos for kids
(NYT) Ethicists are concerned about a company’s plan to market placebos for children. One psychiatrist likened them to candy cigarettes.