This public workshop brought together stakeholders to discuss potential bioethical issues that may arise from new and emerging trends in biomedical research and society. The workshop described the ...

When the fourth season of BBC America’s hit sci-fi thriller “Orphan Black” premieres April 14, University of Alabama at Birmingham philosophy professor Gregory Pence, Ph.D., will be watching. “The ...

The Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center Partnership is inviting submission of abstracts and manuscripts for oral and/or ...

Approximately 45 international speakers from 16 countries discussed critical issues surrounding scientific practices at the two-day conference. The International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune held ...

Every time scientists present a groundbreaking biological innovation, it seems as though there is a crescendo of noise—articles beckoning for public discussion, social media posts sharing the public’s ...

Bioethics has been established as a prominent philosophical discipline. Philosophers have commented on bioethical issues in publications, lectures, and as members and critics within ethics committees.

Is Provenge, which demonstrated only a modest survival benefit, worth the price? Vaccine for advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer prolongs life by a median of four months, but at an extremely ...

*'Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society' , published March 2015, seeks to clarify the scientific landscape, identify common ground, and recommend ethical paths ...

Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) and Pace University College of Health Professors invite students and professionals worldwide to attend their International Bioethics Summer School in NYC from 19 June ...

Debra Beight is a third-year Ph.D. student and a co-instructor for BETH 371, Advanced Bioethics. Her research interests encompass LGBTQ+ health with special attention on sexual and reproductive health ...