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Private Practice: Acting ethically at the Wellness Center?1 comment

Chris Willmott wrote 5 months ago: (Warning – contains plot spoilers!) Private Practice is a spin-off from Seattle hospital drama … more →

Tags: Clinical ethics, TV (fiction), Addison Montgomery, confidentiality, HIV, Kate Walsh, "PGD", Private Practice, Saviour Siblings

Blood & Guts - A History of Surgery: Fixing Faces1 comment

David Willis wrote 9 months ago: Michael Mosley performing facial surgery on a mannequin/dummy In the fourth part of the BBC 4 Blood … more →

Tags: Genetic engineering, Genetic modification, neuroethics, Transgenic animals, transplantation, TV (documentary), A history of surgery, Archhibald Mclndoe, Blood & Guts

Blood & Guts - A History of Surgery: Spare Parts1 comment

David Willis wrote 9 months ago: Blood & Guts - A History of Surgery: Spare Parts is the third part of the BBC Four documentary s … more →

Tags: Xenotransplantation, Research Ethics, Animal Experimentation, Clinical Trials, TV (documentary), Clinical ethics, transplantation, Curricula, Michael Mosley

DNA - The Promise & The Price1 comment

David Willis wrote 10 months ago: Narrator Bill Paterson: "A child born in 1953, the structure of DNA has just been discovered. 1 … more →

Tags: Clinical ethics, Clinical Trials, Cloning, Curricula, Gene testing, Gene therapy, genetic disease, Genetic engineering, Genetic modification

Blood and Guts - Bleeding Hearts1 comment

David Willis wrote 11 months ago: This short post focuses on Bleeding Hearts, the second part of the BBC 4 series Blood and Guts: A Hi … more →

Tags: Xenotransplantation, Research Ethics, Animal Experimentation, Clinical Trials, TV (documentary), Clinical ethics, transplantation, Organ Donation, organ transplants

To 'Opt in' or 'Opt out'? - Organ Donation in the UK2 comments

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: NHS 'Transplants save lives' website Organ donation is one of the miracles of modern medicin … more →

Tags: Stem cells, Clinical Trials, News Story, streamed video, Genetic modification, Clinical ethics, Streamed audio, transplantation, genetic disease

My Shocking Story - Human Face Transplant1 comment

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: At a military hospital in China, Professor Guo Shuzhong is striving to advance the necessary medical … more →

Tags: News Story, streamed video, TV (documentary), Clinical ethics, transplantation, Immunosuppression, Professor Guo, Isabelle Dinoire, li guoxing

Exploiting Genetic Knowledge - Visions of the Future (2)1 comment

David Willis wrote 1 year ago: The Biotech Revolution, the second episode of the BBC4 Visions of the Future series, continues to de … more →

Tags: Stem cells, Gene therapy, Transhumanism & Posthumanism, Research Ethics, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), Animal Experimentation, Genetic screening, Human cloning, TV (documentary)

Are hybrid embryos an ethical step too far? - The Big Questions2 comments

Chris Willmott wrote 1 year ago: Following the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s decision to approve the creation … more →

Tags: Stem cells, Research Ethics, Human cloning, News Story, Podcast, TV (documentary), Extended commentaries, Bioethics, cybrid

The Insider: Kidneys for sale - Dispatches

David Willis wrote 2 years ago: With the demand for donor kidneys continuing to outstrip supply, Professor Nadey Hakin proposes a co … more →

Tags: TV (documentary), transplantation

Tissue Engineering - The Farm Revealed (3)

Bonnie Green wrote 2 years ago: The third episode in The Farm Revealed series (Channel 4, 13th June 2007) a spin-off from the Animal … more →

Tags: Stem cells, TV (documentary)

Making of Modern Medicine1 comment

Chris Willmott wrote 2 years ago: In a 30-part radio series (15 mins per episode), Andrew Cunningham from Cambridge University offered … more →

Tags: Research Ethics, Vaccines, Clinical Trials, radio

AIDS Medicines, Selling Organs - Holby City1 comment

Chris Willmott wrote 2 years ago: (Warning: contains plot spoilers!) The principal bioethics storyline in the episode Fly me to the mo … more →

Tags: TV (fiction), third world, Holby city

Face transplant - Horizon3 comments

Chris Willmott wrote 2 years ago: The World’s First Face Transplant is an episode of the BBC science documentary series Horizon. … more →

Tags: Website, TV (documentary), Horizon

Xenotransplantation - Holby City1 comment

Chris Willmott wrote 3 years ago:  A recent episode of the medical drama Holby City has a 90 second clip that could prove a very nice … more →

Tags: Xenotransplantation, TV (fiction), Holby city, transplant, Abra Durant

Human Cloning - Never Let Me Go2 comments

Chris Willmott wrote 3 years ago: (Warning – contains plot spoilers!) Never Let Me Go is Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel set i … more →

Tags: Human cloning, book

Therapeutic cloning - The Island2 comments

Chris Willmott wrote 3 years ago: (Warning: contains story spoilers!)  The Island looks into a near future (the year 2019 is specified … more →

Tags: Human cloning, film


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