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The Economist
The Economist
30 Apr 2025


NextImg:A landmark study of gender medicine is caught in an ethics row
Science & technology | A trial on trial

A landmark study of gender medicine is caught in an ethics row

Some say the trial is unethical. Others, that not doing it would be immoral

ONE REASON that transgender medicine is such a fraught topic is that there is little evidence behind the arguments. When Hilary Cass, a British paediatrician, reviewed the field for an influential report published in 2024, she noted that most of the science underlying the prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to teenagers (an approach called “gender-affirming care”) was “remarkably weak”.

Illustration showing three human silhouettes—a child, an adolescent, and an adult—each displaying abstract representations of gut bacteria inside their bodies

Rates of bowel cancer are rising among young people

Childhood exposure to a common gut bacterium could be responsible


illustration of a person wearing headphones with a smaller figure hanging inside their face

Can at-home brain stimulators make you feel better?

For now, the evidence for neuromodulation products is slim


Australia’s dingoes are becoming a distinct species

Many will still be culled under false pretences

Lethal fungi are becoming drug-resistant—and spreading

New antifungals offer a glimmer of hope

AI models can learn to conceal information from their users

This makes it harder to ensure that they remain transparent