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We have a number of very important stories this week: a paper in Nature about gene-editing human embryos, a rise in euthanasia figures in the...
Human embryos modified to eliminate a single-gene disease
Is it time to begin talking about a revival of eugenics?American and Korean scientists have published in Nature the details of how they successfully edited...
Commercial surrogacy still thriving in India
Even if the government has banned overseas clientsSome of the 47 women in a Hyderabad clinic / NDTV Efforts to ban commercial surrogacy in India...
New kid on the block: the bioethics of ageing
A process which is "even more fundamental and ubiquitous than procreation"There is ever-multiplying number of sub-specialties in bioethics -- procreative ethics, intergenerational ethics, neuroethics, robot...
Latest end-of-life statistics from the Netherlands
Nearly 1 death in 20 is due to euthanasiaMore statistics about euthanasia from the Netherlands, based on the latest figures from 2015. Nearly one death...
Avoiding the next Charlie Gard dispute
What steps can be taken to avoid future conflicts between family and medical staff?In the wake of the passing of British infant Charlie Gard –...
If infanticide is wrong, is abortion wrong?
Should we abandon arguments for abortion if they also permit infanticide?Should we abandon arguments for abortion if they also permit infanticide? Two US-based academics say...
Australian surrogacy broker jailed in Cambodia
An Australian nurse has been found guilty by a Cambodian Court of running an illegal surrogacy business. 49-year-old Australian nurse Tammy Davis-Charles has been found...
The risk of a transhumanist future
A British PhD candidate has warned of the darker side of a transhumanist future. Transhumanism has received significant media attention in recent times – not...