South African judge defends assisted suicide ruling
A South African judge has defended a ruling he made in favor of assisted suicide. A South African judge has defended a ruling he made...
British woman seeks to bear dead daughter’s child
Frozen eggs to be fertilised with donor sperm. In what could be a world first, a 59-year-old British woman is seeking to fertilize the frozen...
Transhumanist launches campaign for US President
Zoltan Istvan is running for President in America’s 2016 elections. Transhumanism is a broad church embracing many different approaches. But it has enough followers to...
Companies fight for market space inside your head
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of brain-technology patents in the US. There has been a dramatic rise in the number of...
Training more empathetic doctors
Patients often complain that new doctors lack empathy. What’s the solution? Patients often complain that freshly-minted doctors lack empathy. But what’s the solution? A recent...
“Professor, do your homework,” disability group tells Singer
Bioethicist slated by US National Council on Disability. Utilitarian bioethicist Peter Singer has often come under fire for his views on infanticide from pro-life groups....
Outsourcing embryos in India
A recent Vice documentary explores the well-trodden path to shady surrogacy practices in India. A recent Vice documentary for HBO, Outsourcing Embryos, explored the well-trodden path...
Put us out of our misery, ask Indian farmers
In 2007 an infection swept through the pomegranate trees of Hyderabad-Karnataka in India. Pomegrates are a profitable export crop into countries like Germany, Switzerland, France, and Canada....
Nita Farahany: Neuroscience and the law
Renown academic and presidential advisor Nita Farahany recently spoke with BioEdge about neuroscience and the law. The US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical...
Scotland’s assisted suicide bill whacked by committee
Margo MacDonald's legacy contains "significant flaws". A bill which would legalise assisted suicide in Scotland contains “significant flaws”, according to a report by a parliamentary...
South African court authorises assisted suicide
On Thursday a South African court ruled that a 65-year-old man should be allowed to undergo assisted suicide. On Thursday a South African court ruled...