UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights
Fostering the Art of Convergence and Cooperation in Global Ethics
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Germany looks into ultrasound age tests on unaccompanied minor refugees
Calls for mandatory X-ray age tests on unaccompanied minor refugees were rejected last year by German doctors. As an alternative, the Health Ministry is now launching a €1-million study into ultrasound testing. Young refugees walk in a hallway, backs to the camera Age...
The birthplace of modern medicine
By Rossi Thomson Padua, Italy, was at the forefront of a shift to scientific consciousness that allowed the real picture of human anatomy to emerge for the very first time. From the 2nd Century AD to the end of the Middle Ages, it was an accepted tenet that monkeys...
How Silicon Valley Puts the ‘Con’ in Consent
ImageCredit Molly Snee If no one reads the terms and conditions, how can they continue to be the legal backbone of the internet? By The Editorial Board The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the...
International Conference on Protecting the Future Generation and the Ethics of Human Reproduction
November 11-13, 2019 CasablancaInternational Conference on Protecting the Future Generation and the Ethics of Human ReproductionIn the area of life issues, there is a great deal of common ground that can be shared among these three Abrahamic faiths. A great part of...
Guest Editorial – Research Scholar Thana de Campos
Lidia Ripamonti, Thana De Campos & Philip McCosker (2018) Guest Editorial, Journal of Disability & Religion, DOI: 10.1080/23312521.2018.1499454 The articles in this issue were originally presented at the interdisciplinary research workshop “Navigating Impasses...
The Chinese scientist who claims to have edited baby DNA is downplaying reports that he is under house arrest. Here’s a timeline of the controversy.
Peter Kotecki Jan. 14, 2019, 11:27 AM In November 2018, a Chinese scientist claimed he had made the first genetically-edited babies in the world, causing sharp criticism from other scientists, ethicists, and government officials. The scientist, He Jiankui,...
Responding to the Vatican’s Recent Responsum on Hysterectomies
BY FRIARONWATER An ob-gyn who has just delivered a new born baby after a caesarian section realizes that his patient’s uterus has been so weakened by the previous five caesarians she has had over the past ten years that he does not think that he can repair the woman’s...
United States: sales of human foetal tissue banned
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it will allocate $20 million over two years to research alternatives to human foetal tissue. The use of these human foetuses for research is not illegal in the USA, but it is highly controversial since this...
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