Ethics ignored in ‘3-person embryo’ technique
A doctor in Kiev says that two babies are on the way after mitochondrial manipulation A fertility doctor in Ukraine is using highly controversial mitochondrial...
The CRISPR cartoon
Great, simple explanation of the technique and the patent battle Thank you, Andy Warner. Follow this link to a brilliant cartoon explanation of the battle...
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu backs assisted suicide in District of Columbia
PR coup by Compassion & Choices Overlooked in the ghastly spectacle of America’s I-can-dig-up-more-dirt-than-you-can election is a campaign in Washington DC to legalise assisted suicide....
A world without Down’s?
British actress Sally Phillips has made a magnificent documentary about Down Syndrome for the BBC. (You can watch it here on a legally dodgy YouTube...
Controversy swirls around AIDS drug in UK
Should governments subsidize a drug for healthy people? When a conservative Christian journalist writes a story about a highly-praised AIDS drug headlined “Killing Grandma for...
Swedish woman ‘recycles’ her mother’s womb
Grandson born from same womb as his motherEmilie, Albin and Marie A Swedish woman has given birth to a son using the womb...
A speed hump on the road to evidence-based bioethics
An evolutionary argument for bad science There have been calls to base bioethics more firmly on empirical analysis “to promote more balanced, and evidence-based, bioethics”....
Is immortality just a pipe dream?
An article in Nature suggests that humans are unlikely to live longer than 125Jeanne Calment, our oldest An article in Nature has cast a wet...
Argentina a new destination for fertility tourists
Liberal legislation has opened the door for a global market. Argentina, the home of Pope Francis, has become a surprising destination for fertility tourism. Since...
What can be done about Duterte?
Yes, the American president is the most powerful man in the world. Yes, he has the launch codes. But there is something unhealthy in the...
Are tribunals the solution to disruptive conscientious objectors?
They need to give reasons for their refusals While some bioethicists believe that conscientious objection has no place in modern medicine, others feel that they...
Is voting for The Donald unethical?
... especially for bioethicists? Is it ethical for bioethicists to support Donald Trump? Without actually naming him, Wayne Shelton, of the Alden March Bioethics Institute...