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(China) In wake of gene-edited baby scandal, China sets new ethics rules for human studies – Science (Dennis Normile | March 2023)

The genetic work conducted by He was truly shocking and stunned the world. The long-term effects on the girls may not be known for decades. Presumably, the girls will be the subject of multiple investigations throughout their whole lives. Superficially, this move by China with tighten up their health research guidelines so nothing like this can happen again. However, some have observed that the new guidance does not go far enough.

A funny cartoon of Dr Frankenstein being audited.

Friday afternoon’s funny – Not the toughest ethical question

Perhaps the most pressing of those files will be the source of the human bio specimens, their providence and regulatory compliance. In response the doctor might query whether the FDA has any authority in Germany.

Creature zombie mutant 2 3D render for games.

Research Integrity and Reproducibility are Two aspects of the Same Underlying Issue – A Report from STM Week 2022 – Scholarly Kitchen (Phill Jones | December 2022)

The damage being done by paper mills cannot be overstated. They can smash the reputation of publications and institutions. Knowingly submitting a paper purchased from papermill for publication is a serious for most research misconduct and must be treated as such. Institutions, publishers and learned societies have a key role to play and must step up.

A crook on a laptop using a mask on a stick to conceal his identity.

Open peer review is the key to tackling public health misinformation – Times Higher Education (Rebecca Lawrence | June 2022)

We have written recently about the real damage been done to the academic record, public trust and safety by dodgy theories and crackpot treatments that appear in questionable publishers. As discussed in this Times Higher Education piece, one way to tackle this problem would be to lift the veil on peer review. This will be a challenging change, but it could stop the spread of misinformation before it starts. We have included links to eight related items.

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(China) China expands control over genetic data used in scientific research – Nature (Smriti Mallapaty | May 2022)

Some commentators outside of China might observe these guidelines are focussed in the wrong area. Time and again serious concerns about donor consent for research that utilised removed organs and collected materials. What is needed, is not about state control, but donor consent.

Digital artwork of a baby overlaid genetic represenations.

Returning individual research results in international direct-to-participant genomic research: results from a 31-country study (Papers: Michael Lang & Ma’n H. Zawati | April 2022)

Abstract This paper summarizes the results of a 31-country qualitative study of expert perspectives on the regulation of international “direct-to-participant”

A funny cartoon of a gameshow where participants are urged to sell essential organs.

Friday afternoon’s funny – Human biospecimens for sale

This Don Mayne cartoon raises so many serious human research ethics matters in a lighthearted way. Many national Human Research Ethics arrangements/codes/statements prohibit the sale/purchase of human biospecimens. And with good reason. The last thing that we want to see is the desperate, naive or foolish individuals selling critical parts of their body to secure or win money.

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(China) In wake of gene-edited baby scandal, China sets new ethics rules for human studies – Science (Dennis Normile | March 2023)

Friday afternoon’s funny – Not the toughest ethical question

Research Integrity and Reproducibility are Two aspects of the Same Underlying Issue – A Report from STM Week 2022 – Scholarly Kitchen (Phill Jones | December 2022)

Open peer review is the key to tackling public health misinformation – Times Higher Education (Rebecca Lawrence | June 2022)

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