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Eggs from men and sperm cells from women: How stem cells may change the way we reproduce

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In theory, a male skin cell can be turned into an egg and a female skin cell into a sperm cell. There is also the possibility of a child genetically connected to several parents, or only to one parent
Colon cancer treatment. Image: depositphotos.com

Meeting with a patient - as a warning bell

Doctors who see a bowel cancer patient tend to refer more patients to tests for early detection. Is this a correct response?
Protected medical staff members treat corona patients at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot on September 16, 2020. Photo: shutterstock

When the hospitals are full - the death rate from covid-19 jumps

Two new studies - one from Britain and the other from Israel - have recently clarified the deadly meaning of the same burden for patients, especially Covid-19 patients
Pfizer's vaccine. Photo: depositphotos.com

About the Helsinki Committee - and the dance about the two weddings

In recent days there has been a big uproar regarding the Helsinki Committee, what it determined or did not determine, and what it means for the vaccine. So let's break down the issue, to understand what the Ministry of Health really did wrong, and what this means for Pfizer, the vaccine and the Helsinki Committee. Dr.Roey Tsezana makes order
Research Professor Aharon Chachanover. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Nobel Prize winner Prof. Chechenover on science and ethics in the times of Corona: new-old challenges

Prof. Aharon Chachanover lectured on the burning issue, mainly he warns about the danger of resistance to vaccines (video)
Milat Yitzchak by Avraham, Sefer Torah from Regensburg, year 1300 or so

Circumcision: the unnecessary operation that will not stop

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Medical studies. Illustration from jumpstory

How the coronavirus is changing science

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Image: The corona virus was first diagnosed in Wuhan province, China, at the end of 2019 and spread rapidly around the world. This map is updated as of March 5, 2020. Source: CDC

Corona has been declared a worldwide epidemic - what is the difference between a disease outbreak, an epidemic and a global disease?

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Nano robots cruise the bloodstream. Photo: shutterstock

Not a bot, not an animal: Scientists create the first-ever programmable living creature

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Gene editing of embryos. Illustration: shutterstock

The failure of the gene-edited babies experiment in China proves that we are not ready for gene-editing of human embryos

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Artificial engineering of humans. Illustration: shutterstock

Genetic engineering and animal-human hybrids: How China is leading a global divide in controversial research

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robotic. Illustration: shutterstock

The trial of the century - Sofia 9880

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Epigenetics - illustration: shutterstock

The trend of technological changes will accelerate but morality should remain intact

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vaccinations. FROM PIXABAY.COM

Autism and vaccines: More than half of Brits, French and Italians still think there may be a link

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human empowerment. Illustration: shutterstock

The next stage in human evolution - Part III: The moral and social questions

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human empowerment. Illustration: shutterstock

The next step in human evolution - Part I: Where is the technology?

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Prof. Jonathan Klover receives the Dan David Award for the present time dimension, for his research in the field of bioethics from the hands of Gabriela David, wife of the late Dan David, and the chairman of the award committee, Prof. Itamar Rabinovitch. Photo: Israel Hadari, for the Dan David Prize

"We must think about the ethical aspects of artificial intelligence and brain enhancement before it's too late"

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Illustration: Ars Electronica / ra2 studio / Flickr. Used under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-SA-2.0) license

The right to cognitive freedom

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The human brain as a chip. Illustration: shutterstock

Can we upload a brain to a computer - and should we even try?

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The late Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel in a photo from 2012. From Wikipedia

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the late Elie Wiesel, in an interview he gave to the website Hadaan in 2008: Scientists must not cooperate with dangerous regimes

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Dr. Yaffe Shir-Raz at the degree awarding ceremony at the University of Haifa, July 2015. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Protected: the pharmaceutical companies "snort diseases" and in many cases act in illegal ways to promote their products

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Credit: Wikipedia, adapted from an illustration by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Reflections - scientists and research under test / Bracha Reger

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Respirator. Photo: shutterstock

First case of euthanasia in Israel: the Attorney General allowed the judge to allow euthanasia for an ALS patient who requested it

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Prof. Makoto Eshima. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

"Ethics should catch up with technology, especially in the field of life sciences"

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Garden healing. Illustration: shutterstock

The second act of genetic healing / Ricky Lewis

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