bioethics

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 139 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss a wildly unethical "thought experiment."

The process of IVF necessarily entails creating "excess" embryos – the just “in case” ones used if the first round doesn’

So What’s Wrong with Whole Genome Sequencing?

"Clinical trial" is just a nice-sounding term for "human experiment." We don't like to use that term because it carries a lot of baggage, like the torturous and murderous "experiments" conducted by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele.

By Leigh Turner, University of Minnesota

By Christopher J.

The college admissions scandal that is saturating the airwaves involves more than abuse of the educational system.

End-of-life hospitalizations can, for obvious reasons, be brutal for the individual and his or her loved ones.

From hospital inpatient “wealth screenings” for potential donors to digital geofencing cell phones in emergency rooms, the erosion of patient privacy is a prominent reality.

An NPR account of a teenager getting vaccinated despite his parents opposition is making the rounds in the press and on s