February 14, 2017

A New Edition of NanoEthics Is Now Available

NanoEthics (vol. 10, no. 3, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “A Lay Ethics Quest for Technological Futures: About Tradition, Narrative and Decision-Making” by Simone van der Burg “Contrasting Medical Technology with Deprivation and Social Vulnerability. Lessons for the Ethical … Read More



 
 

August 31, 2016

Road Map for Addressing Ethical Concerns Tied to Research on Human-Animal Hybrids

(Eurkealert) – A new bioethical framework for addressing concerns surrounding potentially revolutionary research on human-animal embryos is publishing on Aug. 30, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology. Human-animal embryos, called chimeras, can be produced when human stem cells are … Read More



 
 

July 26, 2016

Cloned Sheep Age Normally

(The Scientist) – When Dolly the sheep became the world’s first cloned animal, some researchers raised concerns that animals conceived using this technique would suffer health problems as they aged. But new research suggests that animals cloned using somatic cell … Read More



 
 

June 9, 2016

New Safety and Efficacy Evidence for Mitochondrial Donation Revealed

(Medical Xpress) – A new IVF-based technique is likely to lead to normal pregnancies and reduce the risk that babies born will have mitochondrial disease, according to researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Disease at Newcastle University. Published … Read More



 
 

February 2, 2016

A New Edition of Journal of Law and the Biosciences Is Now Available

Journal of Law and the Biosciences (vol. 2, no. 3, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Neuroscience and Behavioral Genetics in US Criminal Law: An Empirical Analysis” by Nita A. Farahany “Dolly and Alice” by Dan L. Burk “Marginally … Read More



 
 

September 22, 2015

A New Edition of The New Atlantis is Now Available

The New Atlantis (no. 46, Summer 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Preface: Cloning Then and Now” by the Witherspoon Council “Part One: Scientific and Historical Background” by the Witherspoon Council “Part Two: The Case Against Cloning-to-Produce-Children” by … Read More