In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, ...

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly reportedly gave an unidentified 79-year-old man exclusive access to its experimental obesity and ...

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The Tarasoff case remains a pivotal marker in bioethics at the bicentennial as we now reach the country’s 250th birthday.

Multiple experts who reviewed the donation say the payment could qualify as a conflict because it has the potential to ...

In 1927, the ethicality of eugenics faced a major test in the U.S. Supreme Court. Eugenics won, and Carrie Buck was the victim. The historic Buck v. Bell case legitimized the forced sterilization of ...

Tasmanian tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, have been extinct since 1936. The species — which looks like a strange mix ...

Placing the security of democracy as central to national security establishes a central goal around which protecting voter ...

Catholic policy experts say the Pope’s recent encyclical is shaping conversations on AI and could help lead to regulations in ...

Jack M. Bloom Gary, Ind. The writer is the author of “Class, Race and the Civil Rights Movement.” This Supreme Court, led by ...

According to sociologist John H. Evans, the public debate over the ethics of human genetic engineering (HGE) has changed markedly since its inception in the 1950s, and changed for the worse. Playing ...