Pascal’s Wager taken out of deep freeze
UK ethicist defends cryonics What would the 17th century French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal think of cryogenics -- the business of freezing people until...
US 8 year old may undergo sex-change treatment
Gender dysphoric child will be administered medication to become female The American parents of a transgender child have enrolled their 8-year-old son in sex-change treatment...
Human sperm created in lab for first time
No need to panic, says British scientist Human sperm have been created using embryonic stem cells for the first time. In a study in the...
Cosmetic medicine is not medicine, says bioethicist
Can’t be justified by autonomy Is cosmetic medicine really medicine? Writing in The Hastings Center’s Bioethics Forum, Alice D. Dreger gives a resounding No. Her...
Only cure for Body Integrity Identity Disorder may be amputation
Neuroethics author argues that autonomy must be respected People who want one of their limbs amputated should be recognised as having a defined psychiatric disorder,...
Breast removal approved for girl who want to be boy
Court says not very difficult issue, really A 17-year-old girl will have her breasts removed so that she can resemble a boy, an Australian court...
Another face transplant success
Woman appears at press conference Connie Culp showed off her new face this week, five years after her husband blew her old one away with...
EU committee to study ethics of cyborgs
... and other issues of human enhancementHuman enhancement is not at the top of most bioethical agendas, but it is slowing moving up the ladder....
Another pregnant man, this time in Spain
Interrupts sex change treatment to have child Another thrilling chapter in the annals of artificial reproductive technology is being written in Spain. A 25-year-old transsexual...
Can we, should we, erase bad memories?
Recent advances more a talking point than progressIn the film Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet use a specialist medical...
Pope warns of new eugenics movement
Vatican conference on "New Frontiers of Genetics and the Danger of Eugenics" The Pope has warned of the dangers of a new eugenics. Addressing scientists...
Death row donation in Singapore
Retail magnate gets kidney An ailing Singapore retail magnate has a new lease on life after an executed Triad boss donated his kidney. Tang Wee...