Indian Stem Cell Research Governance after dissolution of the National Apex Committee [0.03%]
印度国家级主管部门解体后的印度干细胞研究治理状况
Ketan Thorat
Ketan Thorat
The Government of India recently disbanded the National Apex Committee for Stem Cell Research and Therapy (NAC-SCRT). This decision followed expert and public consultations held last year and will significantly alter the review processes fo...
Ashwin Upreti,Siddharth Upreti
Ashwin Upreti
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease with no curative remedy available. Largely affecting those in the vicinity of industrial sites, this branch of pneumoconiosis is one of the most pervasive occupational health hazards. Despite its ancient...
Ethics in processing research participants' payments: navigating institutes' finance and administrative mandate [0.03%]
处理研究对象付款的伦理：审视研究所的财务与行政法规
Salik Ansari,Harikeerthan Raghuram,Gauri Mahajan et al.
Salik Ansari et al.
Processing payments (reimbursements or honoraria) to study participants by researchers working in institutional setups can raise ethical concerns, as the institute's administration and finance departments control the procedural mandate of t...
Colleen Fuller
Colleen Fuller
Biotechnology has had a dramatic impact on how insulin is manufactured, and how much it costs to produce it. This paper examines the political, economic and social impact of biotechnology on the global insulin market. It provides an assessm...
Umashri Sundararaju,Hamrish Kumar Rajakumar
Umashri Sundararaju
Medical students face authorship issues as they are increasingly involved in research. Senior researchers often claim undue credit, while students lack support and awareness of their rights. The fear of retaliation and power imbalance worse...
Kamran Abbasi,Parveen Ali,Virginia Barbour et al.
Kamran Abbasi et al.
This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war [1]. Health professionals and their associations should u...
Ethical issues in a cluster randomised controlled trial for evaluating effectiveness of screening for breast cancer by clinical breast examination in India [0.03%]
印度乳腺临床体检筛查有效性的群体随机对照试验中的伦理问题
Indira Chakravarthi
Indira Chakravarthi
This article discusses issues of ethical concern in the conduct of a prospective, cluster randomised controlled trial for evaluating effectiveness of screening by clinical breast examination for downstaging of breast cancer, and in reducing...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Indian journal of medical ethics. 2025 Jul-Sep;X(3):215-222. DOI:10.20529/IJME.2025.046 2025
Indraneel Mittra,Gauravi Mishra,Rajendra Badwe et al.
Indraneel Mittra et al.
Indira Chakravarthi's critique relates to our paper published in the British Medical Journal in 2021 titled "Effect of screening by clinical breast examination on breast cancer incidence and mortality after 20 years: prospective, cluster ra...
Jagdish Patel
Jagdish Patel
Occupational health is a public health emergency, long ignored in India, primarily as it is considered more of a class issue than a public health problem. The economic impact of mortality and morbidity associated with occupational diseases ...
Sayantan Datta
Sayantan Datta
On April 16, 2025, the United Kingdom (UK) Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of "woman" refers to biological females; the judgment also stated that biological sex is "binary" [1]. Less than ten days later, on April 25, 2025, the...