Can novels do reproductive technology justice?
Hi there, I apologise for the late arrival of this newsletter and I must be brief. We were derailed by some other projects, I’m afraid....
Massachusetts could become third US state with assisted suicide
On November 6 Massachusetts voters will choose whether or not their state should legalize assisted suicide. On November 6 Massachusetts voters will choose whether or...
UK healthcare groups release statement on Liverpool Care Pathway
Liverpool Care Pathway has the confidence of 22 healthcare groups. From across the Atlantic, foes of euthanasia are fond of lobbing hand grenades at the...
Japanese stem cell scientist faked credentials
Another stem cell fraud -- this time in Japan. After frequent exposures by the media of shonky stem cell therapies, faked data by researchers and...
Are drugs or democracy our bulwark against the apocalypse?
A new book by Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu, Unfit for the Future, fills in the case for biomedical moral enhancement which they have been...
Taliban stops polio eradication campaign in Pakistan
Bioethics is probably not high on the Taliban’s to-do list and it is making no exceptions for public health. Bioethics is probably not high on...