Have Chinese scientists discovered a “singleton gene”?
More evidence that articles about genetic determinism are positively correlated with provocative headlines. More evidence that articles about genetic determinism are positively correlated with provocative...
Dutch doctors want to harvest organs of euthanased patients
The number of organs available for transplant in the Netherlands could double. Doctors in the Netherlands are developing a protocol which will increase the number...
I, Gray, beheld a new heaven and a new earth
The latest predictions of futurist-cum-transhumanist Gray Scott in are certainly daring. But are they accurate? Some admire futurists for their audacity; others mock them for...
What does it mean to be a human person?
Bioethics writer Virginia Hughes explores the complexities of trying to define personhood. Concerning the nature of time, Augustine famously wrote: “What, then, is time? If...
Rethinking care for the elderly
Two academics at Emory University have proposed a novel solution to providing healthcare for the elderly. In a recent article in The Conversation, Two academics...
Rethinking care for the elderly
Two academics at Emory University have proposed a novel solution to providing healthcare for the elderly. In a recent article in The Conversation, Two academics...
Belgian euthanasia group tours Auschwitz
About 70 people accompanied Belgian euthanasia doctor Wim Distelmans on his tour of Auschwitz, the Nazi extermination camp in German-occupied Poland, last month. The German...
Should we pay commercial providers to assist suicides?
Assisted suicide is an idea which keeps evolving. Assisted suicide is an idea which keeps evolving. Who could have foreseen the development of groups of...
The bioethical challenges of 2015
Hi there, The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the UK’s peak body for advising the government about bioethical issues, recently hosted a panel discussion on “Bioethics...
Stop the carnage in Syria, doctors plead
The situation of civilians under siege by the Assad regime in Syria is even worse than under ISIS, they claim. The situation of civilians under...
UK gay couple acquires 3 kids from 3 surrogates simultaneously
"When we announced we're actually having three babies of our own our families were stunned but overjoyed"Surrogate mums and a mum discuss the experience ...
Hopes of anti-FGM campaigners dashed in Egypt
The first doctor to be tried in Egypt for performing female genital mutilation has been acquitted.12-year-old Sohair al-Bata’a The first doctor to be...