This public workshop brought together stakeholders to discuss potential bioethical issues that may arise from new and emerging trends in biomedical research and society. The workshop described the ...

Medical and Divinity Professor Daniel Sulmasy was appointed to President Obama’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues last week. “The place of a commission like this is…that our ...

When the fourth season of BBC America’s hit sci-fi thriller “Orphan Black” premieres April 14, University of Alabama at Birmingham philosophy professor Gregory Pence, Ph.D., will be watching. “The ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ prayer intention for March is that bioethical issues will be approached with respect for human life and dignity. “Biotechnological applications must always be used based ...

Every time scientists present a groundbreaking biological innovation, it seems as though there is a crescendo of noise—articles beckoning for public discussion, social media posts sharing the public’s ...

Approximately 45 international speakers from 16 countries discussed critical issues surrounding scientific practices at the two-day conference. The International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune held ...

The field of bioethics was established to work through the proper parameters of medical ethics and to grapple with the vexing public health policy questions that arose in an increasingly technological ...

This video shows an interview centering on the possible benefits and misuses of creating viruses. 1. To begin, write the following sentence stem on the board: “In the future…” Ask each student to try ...

If the coronavirus pandemic taught us anything, it’s that existing social inequities have an outsized impact upon the health of certain populations. This creates a need to think even more broadly and ...

Is Provenge, which demonstrated only a modest survival benefit, worth the price? Vaccine for advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer prolongs life by a median of four months, but at an extremely ...

Debra Beight is a third-year Ph.D. student and a co-instructor for BETH 371, Advanced Bioethics. Her research interests encompass LGBTQ+ health with special attention on sexual and reproductive health ...

This activity was supported by a contract between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health (Contract No. HHSN263201800029I; Order No. 75N98019F00859). Any opinions, ...