Smart pills can transmit data to your doctors, but what about privacy?
19 September 2018
Medicines that record when they have been taken are already being prescribed. Ethical issues must be addressed, say I. Glenn Cohen and Alex Pearlman
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield
25 April 2018
The increasing ability to create mini human brains in labs or integrate human cells into animal brains is rightly provoking worries about their use, says Alex Pearlman
DNA sequencing of babies is here: Should it be available to all?
29 March 2018
A new bioethics briefing highlights restrictions on genomic screening of newborn children. Should it be tightly controlled, wonders Alex Pearlman
Allow lesbians to use 'three-parent' baby IVF to have children
7 March 2018
Mitochondrial replacement techniques should be used to help same-sex female couples have children genetically-related to both partners, says Alex Pearlman
Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can't stop it
15 November 2017
People are starting to alter their own DNA with cheap, easy gene-editing technology. Is it time to regulate CRISPR?
