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Michael Selgelid Professor, Monash Bioethics Centre

The ethics of experimental vaccines

Deliberately infecting people with a disease-causing agent as part of medical research can be ethically acceptable, and even necessary.

Deliberately infecting people with a disease-causing agent as part of medical research can be ethically acceptable, and even necessary.

Euan Wallace Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Sciences

Breakthrough to help babies breathe easy

An innovative stem cell trial offers hope in treating premature babies born with chronic lung disease.

An innovative stem cell trial offers hope in treating premature babies born with chronic lung disease.

Michael Selgelid Professor, Monash Bioethics Centre

For the greater good?

Sometimes, improving public health can mean infringing on people’s rights and compromising their interests.

Sometimes, improving public health can mean infringing on people’s rights and compromising their interests.

Eugenia Pacitti PhD Candidate in History

Anatomy of a controversy

Protesters have urged a boycott of Sydney's Real Bodies exhibition over claims that it could be displaying remains of executed Chinese political prisoners.

Protesters have urged a boycott of Sydney's Real Bodies exhibition over claims that it could be displaying remains of executed Chinese political prisoners.

Johan Lidberg Associate Professor of Journalism, School of Media, Film and Journalism

Sex, confessions and a rush to condemn

Social media has become a threat to due legal process and the presumption of innocence.

Social media has become a threat to due legal process and the presumption of innocence.

David Copolov, AO Professor of Psychiatry and Pro Vice-Chancellor

Victoria passes assisted dying bill, but how much will actually change?

Only a small number are predicted to take advantage of the legislation from mid-2019.

Only a small number are predicted to take advantage of the legislation from mid-2019.

The hard sell of stem cells

Investigations of medical misconduct or false or misleading advertising are treated on a case-by-case basis after the patient, their family member or medical practitioner make a complaint to the TGA.

Investigations of medical misconduct or false or misleading advertising are treated on a case-by-case basis after the patient, their family member or medical practitioner make a complaint to the TGA.

What to make of modern medicine's attention to men

Ageing men are seen as an especially lucrative niche sector. Sean MacEnteeWomen have long been subject to intrusive biomedical interventions. And the control that modern medicine exerts over women’s bodies has been the focus of much feminist...

Ageing men are seen as an especially lucrative niche sector. Sean MacEnteeWomen have long been subject to intrusive biomedical interventions. And the control that modern medicine exerts over women’s bodies has been the focus of much feminist...

Whose profit? Why bioethics needs a global perspective

While it is multi-disciplinary in perspective, in practice the field is dominated by moral philosophy, a discipline concerned with articulating and defending the rights and wrongs of behaviours

While it is multi-disciplinary in perspective, in practice the field is dominated by moral philosophy, a discipline concerned with articulating and defending the rights and wrongs of behaviours

The rise of the tattoo removal industry

Tattoo removal is a lucrative business. According to one estimate, about a quarter of Australians under 30 have a tattoo. And approximately a quarter of these people are planning to have it removed