CRISPR scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry
What about the ethical implications? To no one’s surprise, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this year to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna...
Jeremy Bentham and social distancing
Would the founder of utilitarianism support Covid-19 directives? Since utilitarianism is a frequent topic on BioEdge, readers will no doubt be interested in what its...
“To boldly go where no man has gone before!” – forging space bioethics
Feminism offers the best framework for shaping a new approach Space colonisation is no longer just a dream of science fiction novelists. It is seriously...
Are you a burnt-out bioethicist? If so, you’ve got company
Are you exhausted? Are you feeling mental distance from your work? Many doctors have said that working in hospitals during a surge in Covid-19 cases...
Maltese doctors appeal for recognition of conscientious objection
They feel threatened by an anti-discrimination bill Valletta, Malta Malta may be small but political battles there are just as heated as everywhere else. The...
Should doctors manage the pandemic? No, says French philosopher
Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s rock-star public intellectual, has harsh words for health professionals Earlier this year the coronavirus pandemic caught Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s rock-star public intellectual,...
Scandal about treatment of cadavers in France’s leading medical school
A national bioethical framework is needed for body donation Since last November, Europe's largest anatomy centre at the medical school of the University of Paris-Descartes...
Francis Collins awarded Templeton Prize for reconciling faith and reason
Belief in God can be an entirely rational choice, he contendsGeneticist and physician Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, who led the...
Does ‘believe scientists!’ include ‘believe the epidemiologists!’?
How do we choose between lives and livelihoods? Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash “Believe the science!” has been the desperate rallying cry of people opposing the “denialism”...
Should lockdown protesters forfeit their right to medical care?
Some bioethicists have little sympathy for them Protests in US state capitals against coronavirus lockdowns have become a familiar feature of nightly news bulletins. In...
Immunity passports: a privacy nightmare or the key to ending lockdowns?
The WHO opposes the idea The ethics of immunity passports is certain to become a focus for national debates as coronavirus lockdowns ease up. Estonia...
Coronavirus quotes, May 23
Is Anthony Fauci a modern Galileo speaking truth to power? Is Anthony Fauci a modern Galileo speaking truth to power? | Mario Livio, an astrophysicist and...