Thirty years ago, the future lay in programming computers. Today, it's programming cells.

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 27, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

(Phys.org) -- Engineers should stop working on killer robots and kick the habit of military funding, a leading Australian applied ethicist has said.

Electronics - Robotics

Aug 21, 2012 2.3 / 5 (9) 116

The wilful neglect of any patient should become a criminal offence for doctors and nurses in England, as it is in France, suggest ethicists in a leading article published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Medicine & Health - Other

Feb 01, 2011 not rated yet 0

Scientific advances often provoke deep concern on the part of the public, especially when these advances challenge strongly held political or moral perspectives.

Other Sciences - Other

Jun 29, 2010 3.3 / 5 (8) 30

Failure to pursue eradication of polio worldwide given the capacity and opportunity to do so is a violation of ethical principles, foremost among them a "duty to rescue" those in distress, according to ethicists writing in ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Apr 15, 2010 not rated yet 0

A survey of parents who had a child die of cancer found that one in eight considered hastening their child's death, a deliberation influenced by the amount of pain the child experienced during the last month of life, report ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 01, 2010 4 / 5 (2) 0

An ambitious new national study that aims to follow children from conception through adulthood will miss a golden opportunity to gather data on the most underrepresented population in clinical research - pregnant women, say ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Jul 09, 2009 not rated yet 0

As health care costs soar past $2.5 trillion and more than 47 million people remain uninsured, Americans must be willing to give up certain medical options to ensure health care reform is successful, argues a Michigan State ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 10, 2009 not rated yet 0