September 6, 2019
Human Enhancement
September 3, 2019
The Science of Senolytics: How a New Pill Could Spell the End of Ageing
September 3, 2019
‘I Propose We Grow Up a Little Bit’: Biohackers Grapple with When to Reject Mainstream Science–And When to Embrace It
August 26, 2019
Will This Be the Last Generation to Have Bodies That Are Familiar to Us?
July 25, 2019
Allergan Recalls Textured Breast Implants Over Link to Rare Cancer
July 16, 2019
Why I’m Turning My Son into a Cyborg
July 15, 2019
The Metamorphosis
July 5, 2019
Venezuela’s Transgender Community Fears Hormone Shortages
June 25, 2019
How Biohackers Are Trying to Upgrade Their Brains, Their Bodies–And Human Nature
June 24, 2019
How to Live Forever: Meet the Extreme Life-Extensionists
June 21, 2019
A New Edition of NanoEthics Is Now Available
June 20, 2019
Explanting Breast Implants: Women Cite Autoimmune Ailments
June 20, 2019
The Cryonics Institute, Where the Dead May Never Die
June 18, 2019
Plastic Surgery Clients Are Getting Younger–and Doctors Say Selfies Are to Blame
June 7, 2019
You Can Buy Prescription Drugs without Seeing a Doctor
June 3, 2019
California Man Becomes First ‘Death with Dignity’ Patient to Undergo Cryonic Preservation
May 24, 2019
Doping Soldiers So They Fight Better–Is It Ethical?
May 2, 2019
Breast Implants Tied to Rare Cancer to Remain on US Market
(Medical Xpress) – U.S. health authorities will allow a type of breast implant linked to a rare form of cancer to stay on the market, saying its risks do not warrant a national ban. But the Food and Drug Administration … Read More
April 2, 2019
One Day There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge the Brain. Who Should Get It?
(New York Times) – But what happens if scientists get unstuck? What if a drug that enhances cognition really were possible? Eric Juengst, the director of the University of North Carolina Center for Bioethics, has been thinking about these questions … Read More
March 27, 2019
America Is Too Glib About Breast Implants
(The Atlantic) – Boob jobs have been ubiquitous in American popular culture since the 1980s, when laws changed to allow plastic surgeons to advertise and credit cards became widely available. But safety concerns have dogged the procedure since the first … Read More
March 26, 2019
A New Edition of Journal of Applied Philosophy Is Now Available
Journal of Applied Philosophy (vol. 35, no. 4, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Taste Question in Animal Ethics” by Jean Kazez “No Such Thing as Killer Robots” by Michael Robillard “Ageing and Terminal Illness: Problems … Read More
March 25, 2019
Silicon Valley Techies Are Turning to a Cheap Diabetes Drug to Help Them Live Longer
(CNBC) – Ariel Poler is a veteran angel investor who spends his days traveling around the Bay Area to meet with entrepreneurs. Now in his early fifties, he also thinks a lot more about his own health, so he makes … Read More
March 21, 2019
Testosterone Limits for Female Athletes Not Backed by Science, Say Academics
(The Guardian) – Proposed regulations on testosterone levels in women’s athletics have been criticised by academics who say they are not backed by scientific evidence and risk opening a pandora’s box on genetic advantages in sport. The International Association of … Read More
February 19, 2019
FDA: Young-Blood Transfusions Provide ‘No Proven Clinical Benefit’ for Aging, Alzheimer’s
(STAT News) – The quest to rejuvenate aging people with the blood of young donors has generated paying customers, captured the popular imagination, and, now, prompted a warning from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency on Tuesday said in … Read More
February 18, 2019
Gender Transition Hormone Therapy May Increase Cardiovascular Risk
(UPI) – Transgendered people who’ve undergone hormone therapy may be at an elevated risk for cardiovascular events, a new study says. People receiving estrogen and testosterone treatments as a part of their gender transition have an increased risk for heart … Read More
