What Do 30 Pieces of Silver Buy You Today?

While this piece is related to human embryonic stem cell policies in the U.S. it is quite relevant to the global discussions around the ethical use of early human life in research. I’m just back from Washington, D.C., where IRead more…

Eggsploitation

The infertility industry in the United States has grown to a multi-billion dollar business. What is its main commodity? Human eggs. Young women all over the world are solicited by ads—via college campus bulletin boards, social media, online classifieds—offering upRead more…

Presumptuous Consent

Since organ donation became the recommended treatment of choice for many patients with end-stage organ failure, the controversy over the number of available organs for transplant and the solutions to addressing the shortage of much needed organs for those on waiting listsRead more…

New Film Coming Out This Summer

The infertility industry in the United States has grown to a multi-billion dollar business. What is its main commodity? Human eggs. Young women all over the world are solicited by ads — via college campus bulletin boards, social media, onlineRead more…

Organ Donation

I would be interested in having a conversation with people from around the world on the organ donation policies in their countries.  The U.S. is always trying to think of ways that will “solve” the organ shortage.  Many proposed solutionsRead more…

Immortality

New Scientist talks to Aubrey de Grey, Nick Bostrom and Anders Sandberg about how we could become immortal.

Who Has the Words of Eternal Life?

Danielle Egan over at the New Scientist writes about Transvision 2007 in her piece, ‘ Death Special: The plan for eternal life‘. Many of the transhumanist ‘regulars’ showed up for Transvision 2007, the ninth annual meeting of the World Transhumanist Association (WTA) whichRead more…

My Sister’s Savior

What does it say about a society which permits, no, which condones the use of medicine and technology for the sole purpose of creating human life just to destroy it?  It says we are a culture that has morally andRead more…