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- Animal Rights Group Condemns Hong Kong Firm Over Experiments Maintaining Detached Heads and Limbs
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Section: Asia
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has called for an immediate halt to research conducted by Hong Kong Technology Venture (HKTV) involving severed animal parts. The...
- Hokkaido University Ethicist Warns of Regulatory Gaps as Embryo Screening Shifts Toward Intelligence and Complex Trait Prediction
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Section: Research
Professor Tetsuya Ishii has issued a call for stringent global oversight of polygenic embryo testing, a technology moving beyond simple disease prevention into the selection of tra...
- Emeritus Professor Sudeshni Naidoo Honored With 2026 IADR John Greenspan Global Oral Health Research Award for Bioethics and Public Health Leadership
Published: Apr 1, 2026
Section: Research
The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research has named Sudeshni Naidoo the 2026 recipient of the John Greenspan Global Oral Health Research Award. Reco...
- IOC Unveils Universal Gene-Screening Policy for Female Sports Eligibility
Published: Mar 27, 2026
Section: Sports
In a major policy shift that aims to end years of fragmented regulation, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday that all athletes competing in the female c...
- Johns Hopkins Surgeons Outline Critical Ethical Frameworks for Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Pediatric Surgical Care
Published: Mar 25, 2026
Section: Research
A new perspective in the World Journal of Pediatric Surgery examines the integration of machine learning and autonomous systems within the pediatric operating room. Researchers fro...
- Global Ethics Experts Convene at QUT to Debate Dementia and International Trends in Voluntary Assisted Dying
Published: Mar 14, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
The International Conference on Assisted Dying (ICEL5) will bring together global researchers and policymakers at Queensland University of Technology this April. Discussions will f...
- Hellenic Bioethics Commission Urges Comprehensive Regulatory Overhaul to Shield Greek Youth from Online Betting Harms
Published: Mar 12, 2026
Section: Online Gambling
Greece’s national bioethics advisory body has called for an immediate government-wide intervention to combat the surge in adolescent problem gambling. The proposed strategy include...
- Human Moral Agency Remains Irreplaceable As AI Enters Clinical Nursing And Robotic Nurse Industry Surges Toward 2.7 Billion Dollars
Published: Mar 11, 2026
Section: Health
A new report in the Hastings Center Report argues that while artificial intelligence can simulate empathy and predict patient outcomes, it lacks the sentience and accountability re...
- Brown University research identifies fifteen distinct ethical risks in the use of AI chatbots for mental health counseling
Published: Mar 4, 2026
Section: Health
A study involving computer scientists and clinical psychologists has found that large language models frequently violate professional ethical standards when providing therapy-style...
- Synthesizing Life: Can We Rebuild the Human Genome Within 20 Years?
Published: Feb 25, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
In a provocative look at the future of genetics, author and scientist Adrian Woolfson explores the looming possibility of synthesizing the human genome from scratch. With advanceme...