When is it permissible for a doctor to give a lethal dose of painkillers to a patient? Greg Jones explores the complexities of double effect.
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Would you give your kidney to a stranger?
18 December, 2011
Kate Adams learns what it’s like to give and receive a kidney.
Is playing God the answer to climate change?
4 December, 2011
The recent postponement of a geoengineering experiment in the UK highlights the growing debate on whether geoengineering could be the Pandora’s box of the climate change problem.
Sex in the lab: creating artificial sperm and eggs
31 October, 2011
Infertile mice recently produced pups with the aid of scientists. But are the science and the ethics of artificial sperm and eggs compatible?
We are as ignorant of embryos and stem cells as ever
That a judge was called upon to clarify what an EU directive meant by the word ‘embryo’ shows up just how little the citizens of our democracies understand about the science-based laws we write.
Tags: biotech, deficit model, ECJ, embryos, ethics, EU, Scary, stem cells
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