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Biotech
- CRISPR-Generated Neuronal Cells May Serve as Brain Disease Models
- NIH Plans to Lift Funding Ban on Human-Animal Hybrids
- N.I.H. May Resume Funding Experiments with Human Stem Cells in Animal Embryos
Clinical/Medical
- British Ebola Nurse ‘Concealed Temperature’ on Return from Sierra Leone: Media
- IBM’s Watson Diagnosed Patient in Ten Minutes
- Many U.S. Medical Schools Are Seeing a Surge in the Number of People Leaving Their Bodies to Science
Disability Ethics
- Blade Runners: Do High-Tech Prostheses Give Runners an Unfair Advantage?
- Brain-Robot Training Triggers Improvement in Paralysis
- Before Zika: The Virus That Helped Legalize Abortion in the US
Emerging Tech
- IBM’s Watson Diagnosed Patient in Ten Minutes
- Ethics: Taming Our Technologies
- MIT Wants Humans’ Input on Who Self-Driving Cars Should Kill
End of Life
- Fewer Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes Get Feeding Tubes
- A New Edition of BMC Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- Demoralization Is ‘Part of Vision’ of Care for Cancer Patients
Euthanasia / Suicide
- Colorado to Vote on Assisted Suicide in November
- A New Edition of Journal of Medical Ethics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of Studies in Christian Ethics is Available
Genetic Ethics
- Spiking Genomic Databases with Misinformation Could Protect Patient Privacy
- Saving Eliza: Gene Therapy Offers New Hope for Girl with ‘Childhood Alzheimer’s’
- CRISPR-Generated Neuronal Cells May Serve as Brain Disease Models
Global Bioethics
- After 15 Years of War, Afghans Struggling with Mental Health Issues Have Few Psychologists to Turn to
- The United Nations Says It Needs to Do “Much More” to Address Its Own Involvement in the Introduction of Cholera to Haiti
- Zika Virus May Cause Long-Term Memory Damage, Similar to Alzheimer’s Disease
Healthcare
- In Plastic Surgery, Brazil Gets The Silver Medal
- A Healthcare Consumer Gender Gap
- Who Has a Right to Build a Family?
Human Enhancement
- In Plastic Surgery, Brazil Gets The Silver Medal
- Blade Runners: Do High-Tech Prostheses Give Runners an Unfair Advantage?
- Should a Woman’s Testosterone Level Matter in Sport?
Journal Articles
- A New Edition of Science and Engineering Ethics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of NanoEthics Is Now Available
- A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
Mental Health
- After 15 Years of War, Afghans Struggling with Mental Health Issues Have Few Psychologists to Turn to
- Infertility Patients’ Mental Health Problems Often Unaddressed
- Locked Psychiatric Wards May Mean More Suicides or Escape Attempts
Neuroethics
- The Mystery of Zika’s Path to the Placenta
- Zika Virus May Cause Long-Term Memory Damage, Similar to Alzheimer’s Disease
- Saving Eliza: Gene Therapy Offers New Hope for Girl with ‘Childhood Alzheimer’s’
Organ Transplantation
- Many U.S. Medical Schools Are Seeing a Surge in the Number of People Leaving Their Bodies to Science
- Heartwarming Story: Developing a Better Way to Preserve Organs
- Hospitals Are Throwing Out Organs and Denying Transplants to Meet Federal Standards
Public Health
- The Mystery of Zika’s Path to the Placenta
- The United Nations Says It Needs to Do “Much More” to Address Its Own Involvement in the Introduction of Cholera to Haiti
- Zika Virus May Cause Long-Term Memory Damage, Similar to Alzheimer’s Disease
Public Policy
- Father’s Hope for Single Parent Surrogacy Law Change
- Costa Rica: World’s Last In Vitro Fertilization Ban Falls
- Colorado to Vote on Assisted Suicide in November
Reproductive Ethics
- The Mystery of Zika’s Path to the Placenta
- Father’s Hope for Single Parent Surrogacy Law Change
- Costa Rica: World’s Last In Vitro Fertilization Ban Falls
Research Ethics
- Spiking Genomic Databases with Misinformation Could Protect Patient Privacy
- Saving Eliza: Gene Therapy Offers New Hope for Girl with ‘Childhood Alzheimer’s’
- Why Patient HM’s Mysteries Are Still Locked in His Brain
Stem Cell Research
- Kyoto University Team Produces Quality Stem Cells from Umbilical Blood
- Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells Offer Blood Transplant Patients Better Quality of Life
- CRISPR-Generated Neuronal Cells May Serve as Brain Disease Models
Women's Health
- A Healthcare Consumer Gender Gap
- India Surrogate Mothers Talk of Pain of Giving Up Baby
- Should a Woman’s Testosterone Level Matter in Sport?

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