Where do we draw the line on bioehancement?
A new American bioethics documentary examines the ethical issues surrounding human enhancement for people with disabilities. A new American documentary examines the ethical issues surrounding...
Is it ethical to grow human organs in pigs?
Four ethicists consider the ethics of growing chimerical organs. Recent experiments with growing chimerical organs in animals have delivered favourable results. Japanese researchers recently managed...
IVF and depression: a long discussion continues
There has been much debate about the impact of IVF on a mental health. There has been much debate about the impact of IVF on...
Bioethics consultancies: the way of the future?
ethicists in the US are creating independent ‘ethics consulting’ services for healthcare professionals and scientists. Informal bioethics consulting has been common in many countries for...
Radical measures to prevent the spread of Ebola in hospitals
At least three US hospital systems are currently considering whether they withhold certain treatments from Ebola patients. At least three US hospital systems are currently...
Assisted suicide debate intensifies in Scotland
British Anti-euthanasia group Care Not Killing (CNK) has launched a major online campaign intended to derail a new assisted-suicide (AS) bill being debated in the...
Nasal cells allow paralyzed man to walk again
Stem cell scientists say we could soon treat a huge range of nervous system conditions. Scientists who developed a treatment to allow a paralysed man...
What do we do when biohazards are human?
Bioethicists are debating the ethics of quarantine as governments around the world move to contain the spread of Ebola. Bioethicists are debating the ethics of...
US officials try to hose down Ebola fears
As the Ebola outbreak grows in scale – with cases now reported in Spain and the US – experts are becoming increasingly concerned about public...
Assisted suicide debate resurfaces in Australian parliament
Australian politicians are testing the anti-euthanasia legalisation in Australia. Australian politicians are testing the anti-assisted suicide legalisation of the country. Greens Senator Richard Di Natale...
Bestiality to be banned in Denmark
Denmark plans to ban bestiality – a practice that has long been illegal in other European nations. Denmark plans to ban bestiality – a practice...
A cool, rational analysis of egg freezing
With egg freezing rapidly becoming a fashionable and convenient reproductive option, the Harvard Law review has published a circumspect article on the dangers of this...