Topic
Bioethics
298 published works
The Right Coast
Artificial human life could soon be grown in lab after embryo breakthrough
Cambridge University mixed two kinds of mouse stem cells and placed them on a 3D scaffold. After four days of growth in a tank of chemicals designed to mimic conditions…
The Right Coast
Eugenics and the outer limits of good breeding
Eugenics, a science popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, aimed to encourage governments to favour the reproduction of the most fit members of society and to reduce…
The Right Coast
Eugenics and the outer limits of good breeding
Eugenics, a science popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, aimed to encourage governments to favour the reproduction of the most fit members of society and to reduce…
Focus on Regulation
HHS Overhauls the Common Rule to Enhance Protection for Human Subjects in Research
By Robert Church, Melissa Bianchi, Heidi Gertner, William F. Ferreira, Michael Vernick, Katherine Morga, Lowell Zeta
On January 18, 2017, as one of the last actions of the outgoing Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other federal agencies (the…
PrawfsBlawg
Whose Son?
Main Wednesday, February 01, 2017Whose Son? When articles began to pop up about Neil Gorsuch's mother, the late Anne Gorsuch Burford, I thought "that's interesting." Stories about political families are…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Should Young Women Sell Their Eggs?
New York Times (Oct. 20, 2016): Should Young Women Sell Their Eggs?, by Donna de la Cruz:The difficulty of donating eggs cannot be underestimated. Donors are scrutinized for their looks,…
The Faculty Lounge
Call for Abstracts: Transparency in Health & Health Care: Legal & Ethical Possibilities & Limits?
My former colleagues at Harvard Law's Petrie-Flom Center have asked me to post the following. The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Cloned Sheep Appear to Age Normally
New York Times (July 26, 2016): Dolly the Sheep's Fellow Clones, Enjoying Their Golden Years, by Joanna Klein: Dolly, the first cloned sheep, born in 1996, appeared to be older than…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Against Aid in Dying Law
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that there is no fundamental right for a terminally ill patient to seek assistance from a physician in ending their life. As this aid…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Chimeras: Medical Cure or Threat to Humanity?
National Public Radio (May 18, 2016): In Search for Cures, Scientists Create Embryos That Are Both Animal and Human, by Rob Stein:Does creating animal-human hybrids--also known as chimeras--damage humanity? Some…