Permission sought to allow “minimally conscious” woman to die in UK
The relatives of a woman who is “minimally conscious” have asked the British court to allow her to die by withdrawing her food and water....
“But has it been peer-reviewed?”
A peer-reviewed study is commonly regarded as the gold standard for truth and trustworthiness in scientific research. However, after several prominent scandals involving suggestions of...
Founder of cryonics movement snap-frozen at 92
Robert Ettinger, a physics teacher and science fiction writer who kicked off the cryonics movement, died on July 23 in Michigan. Robert Ettinger, a physics...
US embryonic stem cell research can go ahead
The complex series of legal battles over US federal funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research appears to have drawn to a close. The...
Surrogate motherhood not only for barren parents: Israeli court
The number of children a couple already has is not a sufficient reason to reject a surrogate motherhood application, Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled...
Bollywood stays in the game with film about surrogacy
Bollywood is keeping right up to date with bioethical dilemmas. Bollywood is keeping right up to date with bioethical dilemmas. Mala Aai Vhhaychy! (I...
Egypt cracks down on illegal organ trafficking
After years of debate Egypt has passed an organ transplant law to regulate a flourishing black market in organs.After years of debate Egypt has passed...
“Great progress” in organ regulation, claims Chinese government
Researchers have praised the Chinese government’s “great progress” in regulating its organ transplant operations in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week. Researchers...
First Australian organ trafficking case
Police are investigating the first case of organ trafficking in Australia.Police are investigating the first case of organ trafficking in Australia. An elderly Sydney woman...
Killer was fan of transhumanism and reprogenetics
In the wake of the murderous spree by Norwegian right-winger Anders Behring Breivik, bloggers and columnists have been trawling through his 1500-page rant about how...
Classic literature about talking animals
This week’s newsletter is dominated by articles loosely related to transhumanism, the philosophy that humanity needs to take its evolution into its own hands. In...
UK’s fertility secrets
Under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act the UK government appears to have a firm hand on the tiller of fertility treatment and embryo research....