Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 198 : The Ethics of Pig to Human Organ Transplants

Remarkable advancements have been made in "neutering" pig organs so they no longer provoke a powerful immune response in humans, and striking progress has been made in extending survival times for xenografts…

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDecember 30, 2021Animal-Human Hybrids and Chimeras, Organ Donation, Genetics and Genome Editing

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 174: The Foxes and the Henhouse

There are few, if any, ‘bottom lines’ when it comes to research ethics. The lines have become exceedingly flexible, if the price is right or if a particular political administration wants to redraw them.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDecember 30, 2019Genetics and Genome Editing, Imposing Our Beliefs, Law and Ethics, Science and Religion, Universal Morality, Cooperation in Evil, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 162: Gene-Edited Babies and the Runaway Train of IVF

Should JK's human gene editing work be condemned and should he be branded as a rogue scientist violating significant moral boundaries? The answer will, in fact, be linked to whether we understand IVF to be ethical or not…

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationDecember 30, 2018Genetics and Genome Editing, In Vitro Fertilization, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 146: The Expendable Children

This attitude of seeing our offspring as expendable is becoming more widely accepted not only among IVF customers, but also among biomedical researchers…

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationAugust 30, 2017Abortion, Embryos, In Vitro Fertilization, Genetics and Genome Editing, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 118: Pondering the Implications of 3 Parent Embryos

It should be obvious how any approach that weakens or casts into question the integral connection between parents and their offspring will raise grave ethical concerns.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationApril 30, 2015Embryos, Genetics and Genome Editing, Mitochondrial Diseases, In Vitro Fertilization, Parenting

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 107: Editing Our Own Genes?

The remarkable tools becoming available not only for genetic therapies but also for human enhancement projects and embryonic manipulation raise daunting ethical concerns about the subjugation of man to his own technology....

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationMay 30, 2014Genetics and Genome Editing, Eugenics, Research Ethics, Research

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