Brain-Computer Interfaces could offer important medical and therapeutic uses in the future, they also are poised for dubious or clearly immoral uses.
Read MoreA great deal is at stake in these kinds of synthetic embryo experiments that threaten to manipulate and destroy human life.
Read MoreMany questioned how such ethically offensive research could have continued unabated for so many decades.
Read MoreVaccines are real “game changers” in public health. As a society, we must continue to insist that vaccine development and production be held to the highest ethical standards.
Read MoreThere 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.
Read MoreShould 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…
Read MoreToday, as modern medicine tries to rebuff death and control our humanity in ever more sophisticated ways, new temptations arise...
Read MoreThis attitude of seeing our offspring as expendable is becoming more widely accepted not only among IVF customers, but also among biomedical researchers…
Read MoreAlthough there are not any fundamental moral objections to donating our bodies to science, certain details of how the donation is carried out are important.
Read MoreMany people appreciate that the Catholic Church holds firm and well-defined positions on moral questions, even if they may remain unsure about how or why the Church actually arrives at those positions, especially when it comes to unpacking new scientific developments like embryonic stem cell research.
Read MoreThat every one of us was once an embryo remains an indisputable scientific dogma, causing a "fingernails on the chalkboard" phenomenon for researchers every time they choose to experiment on embryos...
Read More…the use of tissues and organs from direct abortions raises significant moral concerns, even if the mother’s signature may have been sought and obtained.
Read MoreRespect for our own progeny, then, will have the obvious consequence that human embryos should not be generated in the laboratory for premeditated destruction, nor for cellular cannibalization by scientists.
Read MoreThe 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....
Read MoreGiven the enormous pot of glory perceived by scientists at the end of that rainbow, researchers in their frantic rush hardly paused to catch their breath and consider the deeper questions raised by this technology.
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