The very profitable business of creating babies

Michael Cook | 07 April 2006 | comment 2

"Miracle babies" in the arms of beaming mothers are great public relations for the IVF industry. And a great money-spinner, too.

Brave New Biology

Leon R. Kass | 31 March 2006

The achievements of modern medicine are a boon, but when scientists offer to enhance and improve human nature, they threaten human dignity.

No more business as usual for stem cell research

Michael Cook | 12 January 2006

Revelations of fraud and unethical conduct in the world’s leading embryonic stem cell lab could lead to a rethink of stem cell ethics.

60 years after Nuremberg, how much have we learned?

Cason Cheely | 10 January 2006 | comment 1

The trial of German doctors who used prisoners for ghastly experiments during World War II is still relevant today.

Drunken Santas in a stem cell sleigh

Michael Cook | 22 December 2005

Australia could have the world’s most liberal regulation of embryo research if the recommendations of a government committee are adopted.

To clone or not to clone

Michael Cook | 07 December 2005 | comment 3

Whether or not embryos should be cloned and then destroyed for their stem cells has been one of the hottest issues in science this year. James Sherley, a professor at MIT, says that the use of cells from cloned embryos is scientifically and ethically dubious.

Cloning pioneer hits the wall

Michael Cook | 30 November 2005

A Korean national hero has confessed that he told lies about his research about cloning human embryos. Will his colleagues 'fess up, too?

Is English law incoherent about life?

William Keenan | 12 November 2005

A series of decisions about English law in right-to-life cases over the last 15 years threatens the traditional view of the sanctity of life.

Forgetting the Holocaust

Michael Cook | 23 September 2005

The death this month of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal reminds us that we are still in danger of forgetting about the lessons of the Holocaust.

Primate inter pares?

Christopher Blunt | 03 September 2005

The London Zoo has placed a new primate on display for its summer tourists: homo sapiens. But does he belong behind bars with his monkey cousins?

Why the UN banned human cloning

Michael Cook | 26 August 2005 | comment 1

Earlier this year, Costa Rica was at the forefront of a campaign in the United Nations to ban both reproductive and "therapeutic" cloning. In this exclusive interview MercatorNet speaks to a diplomat who handled the negotiations.

Rapping for life

Carolyn Moynihan | 12 August 2005

A hip-hop artist with a background in action-comedy films is causing a stir with his song and video about a prenatal brush with abortion.

Cuomo cuts through ethical knot with a committee

Michael Cook | 24 June 2005

Former New York governor Mario Cuomo has proposed that an expert committee guide Congress in deciding whether human embryos are human beings. We asked former researcher and medical ethicist Dianne Irving for her comments.

Uncomfortable truths about Terri Schiavo

Harry Moody | 24 June 2005

An autopsy has confirmed that Terri Shiavo did have massive brain damage. She was probably blind and unaware and could not eat or drink. But what does this prove?

Making better people

Carolyn Moynihan | 18 June 2005

Want a smarter baby? A faster baby? A blonder baby? Prepared to pay for it? You might be able to some day if transhumanists have their way.

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