Bioethics

Mysterious radio signals are returning from space – and one star system may explain their origin

America in a Test Tube 7: Who decides what scientists are allowed to do?

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In 1976, Cambridge residents demanded a say in whether to allow recombinant DNA research in their city. The confrontation between researchers and the public gave rise to a citizen oversight committee and helped shape a model in which innovation, safety, and democracy need not be at odds.
Moving on. You can now select a variety of features in advance. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New app lets parents choose their embryos

Nuclear Genomics Company Offers New Digital Interface for Parents in IVF Process, Allows Screening of Embryos Based on Genetic Characteristics and Medical Risks – But Raises Deep Ethical, Medical, and Social Questions
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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A macaque monkey in a facility for animal experiments. Source: Understanding Animal Research.

Transparency is the way to improve the treatment of primates in scientific research

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Ethics in science. Illustration: shutterstock

Reflections - the researcher's commitment to the ethics of science / Bracha Reger

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A sign prohibiting entry to those with a pacemaker

Are we becoming "post-human"?

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An embryo-like body of human embryonic stem cells, formed when the stem cells are transferred to a liquid medium to form a suspension. The origin of the colors are the markers of different cells originating from the three layers of the germ. Photographed with a light microscope at x20 magnification. Courtesy of Prof. Nissim Benvanisti, Hebrew University

Cells with potential - a look at stem cells

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Scientific American/The Personal Genome: A Threat to Your Privacy

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Hiroshima of the genetic engineer - the future of human nature on the way to liberal eugenics?

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

A reservation was submitted to the bill banning genetic intervention * will again be limited to five years

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

In the science committee, genetically modified food products, the Ministry of Health and Agriculture are in favor; the Ministry of Health requires labeling

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Religions under test - Biotechnology 2 - Judaism

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Religions under test - Biotechnology 1 - Islam

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

To be safe, the scientists are already censoring themselves

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Another argument against human cloning: genetic defects will be inevitable

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Dr. Venter's Gardens

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Science as a "Promethean desire" or as a tool to correct the world?

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

A bill to regulate genetic testing

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Biotechnology: a budget ten times larger will produce companies a hundred times larger

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