The International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune held its second annual international conference in Rome on May 17–18 to reflect on the bioethical challenges surrounding the health and care of ...

Dr. Marielle Gross is the founder and CEO of heny, a decentralized biobank. Here’s where she says the blockchain and medical research studies overlap. Members of the heny team. CEO Marielle Gross is ...

The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) is urging the U.S. Senate to reject bill S.5, which would provide taxpayer money to support embryonic stem-cell research, a technique that requires the ...

If the coronavirus pandemic taught us anything, it’s that existing social inequities have an outsized impact upon the health of certain populations. This creates a need to think even more broadly and ...

Research into the medical use of psychedelics to treat mental health is on the rise, but the impact of this research remains unclear. To address questions around this issue, the Center for Medical ...

Stem cell IVF could enable same-sex couples and single parents to have genetically related children. It’s time to think ...

“If you think you could go into this field [bioethics] and do justice to its profundity by talking only about a new regulation here, or a new informed-consent procedure there, you’ve missed the deep ...

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the nationwide right to choose an abortion. For decades, rancorous debate about the ruling ...

Georgetown’s department of philosophy debuted a new minor in philosophy and bioethics this fall. The Class of 2014 will be the first class allowed to pursue the minor, which requires six classes — ...

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 ...

If you’re on track to earn your bachelor’s degree in any major, Case Western Reserve’s combined bachelor’s/master's degree program (formerly IGS) could be a fit for you. Join the School of Medicine’s ...