Drug giant appoints bioethicist to head compassionate use panel
Johnson & Johnson has appointed America’s best-known bioethicist, Art Caplan. In an effort to cope with controversies over “compassionate use” of experimental drugs, Johnson &...
Leading bioethicists back euthanasia for mentally ill
Why not legalise euthanasia for those suffering from an untreatable mental illness? Many believe in euthanasia for the terminally ill. But why not legalize it...
South African judge defends assisted suicide ruling
A South African judge has defended a ruling he made in favor of assisted suicide. A South African judge has defended a ruling he made...
Apologies
Promotional shot for "The Waiting Room" The drama of bioethics is coming to light as more novelists and playwrights mine it for their stories....
British woman seeks to bear dead daughter’s child
Frozen eggs to be fertilised with donor sperm. In what could be a world first, a 59-year-old British woman is seeking to fertilize the frozen...
Transhumanist launches campaign for US President
Zoltan Istvan is running for President in America’s 2016 elections. Transhumanism is a broad church embracing many different approaches. But it has enough followers to...
Companies fight for market space inside your head
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of brain-technology patents in the US. There has been a dramatic rise in the number of...
Training more empathetic doctors
Patients often complain that new doctors lack empathy. What’s the solution? Patients often complain that freshly-minted doctors lack empathy. But what’s the solution? A recent...