Henrietta Lacks family settles with biotech company over cell line profits
In a historic resolution that underscores the complex ethical questions surrounding medical research and profit, the family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells have fuelled ground-breaking...
Is it ethical to hold a bioethics conference in Qatar?
The International Association of Bioethics is defending its decision to hold its 2024 congress in Qatar, a country which is notoriously hostile to LGBTQI+ people....
Is unregulated sperm donation really all that bad?
The unregulated market in sperm donation is growing rapidly. People are increasingly bypassing regular sperm banks and fertility clinics and sourcing sperm on the internet....
Canadian man supplied 1200 suicide kits online
Canada, the country with the most victims of euthanasia, is also the home of a man who may have enabled hundreds of people around the...
Transgender Canadian denied euthanasia
Lois Cardinal, a 35-year-old First Nations transwoman from Alberta, Canada, has been denied medical assistance in dying (MAiD) after applying for the procedure due to...
Robot priests are unlikely to be credible: study
Robotics experts have had limited success with replacing human carers in nursing homes with robots. Nothing daunted, some have tried to create robot priests to...
Renowned fertility doctor attacked by WaPo for selling fertility supplements
An outspoken fertility doctor has come under attack by the Washington Post for selling fertility supplements in which he has a financial stake. Norbert Gleicher,...
A boost for cryonics? After 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost, nematodes can revive
In a ground-breaking discovery published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Genetics, scientists have found that tiny roundworms, known as nematodes, can survive in a state...
What will ChatGPT mean for bioethics?
An expert on medical issues at Harvard Law School, I. Glenn Cohen, has analysed the challenge of AI for bioethics in the American Journal of...
World Medical Association undermines conscience rights
The World Medical Association is largely toothless, but its policies matter. They can be used as a benchmark in bioethical debates in jurisdictions around the...
Mercy killing trial in Cyprus adds pressure to right-to-die lobby
A 76-year-old British man who smothered his terminally ill wife to stop her suffering has been released from jail in Cyprus. David Hunter pleaded guilty...
Dutch court sentences man to 3½ years for assisting suicides
A Dutch court has sentenced a man to 3½ years in prison for providing contacts with a lethal suicide drug. The man, identified only as...