Towards Belmont 2.0
In a recent article in the American Journal of Bioethics, bioethicist Art Caplan and three colleagues call for a complete overhaul of the venerable Belmont...
Has the venerable Belmont Report passed its use-by date?
Art Caplan calls for a complete overhaulThe 1979 Belmont Report by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research...
A Quebec ‘mercy killing’ prompts a rethink on euthanasia law
Calls for legalisation of advance directives for dementia patientsMichel Cadotte, his sister and his sister-in-law entering court The ink was hardly dry on Canada’s right-to-die...
German interest in racial theories foreshadowed in WWI
The strange adventure of an Aboriginal Australian in a WWI POW campAlthough the interest of some German scientists in now-discredited racial theories is best known...
A cool idea for an afterlife
Two bioethicists discuss the morality of 'cryothanasia'“To die in order to live” is one of the commonplaces of Christian piety. So it was a bit...
Scientists one step closer to interspecies organ transplants
A landmark study has reopened the door for xenotransplantation research. A landmark study has reopened the door for xenotransplantation research (research into interspecies transplants). A...
US Senate passes ‘right to try’ law
Bioethicists are critical of new Right To Try laws. The US Senate has passed a Right To Try bill that will allow terminally patients to...
Artificial womb keeps lambs alive, raising hope for preemies
Researchers have successfully used an artificial womb to incubate premature lambs.Researchers have successfully used an artificial womb to incubate premature lambs, with experts saying the...
New York doctor told to stop marketing 3-person IVF technique
A New York IVF clinic has been told by the FDA to stop marketing Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy. A New York IVF clinic has been told...
‘Digital dust’
A foray into the poetry of transhumanismNow for something completely different – at least for BioEdge: bioethics-inspired poetry. Johann Roduit sent us some thoughts in...