ethics

The University of Cambridge has launched a project to develop the first governance framework for research involving stem cell-based human embryo...

A citizens’ jury of individuals whose lives have been affected by hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider...

Current medical guidelines risk unlawful deaths of patients – with doctors, hospitals, and even the government potentially liable – if a second peak...

Dr Paulina Sliwa argues that intentions are the key to making sense of our everyday morality.

Kate Gross was just 36 years old when she died of cancer. Researchers at Cambridge – including her husband – are trying to ensure that others receive...

Gene editing using ‘molecular scissors’ that snip out and replace faulty DNA could provide an almost unimaginable future for some patients: a...

James Williams, a 35-year-old doctoral candidate researching design ethics at Oxford University, has been announced as the inaugural winner of the $...

What is our place in the natural world – and how do we feel about the scientific advances that are changing the way we live? In her book Making a...