The National Institutes of Health in the US has reached an agreement with the family of the late Henrietta Lacks to allow researchers access to her whole genome data of her cells, commonly known as HeLa cells.
About 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike, with about 20 being force-fed The men want their cases heard before a court. Many of them have been at Guantanamo for 12 years without being charged. What are the medical ethics of force-feeding?
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American researchers are working on “psychological vaccination” against the horrors of war in order to help soldiers avoid post-traumatic stress…