The Hastings Center for Bioethics

Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will present "Rethinking Our Cultural Narratives about Aging and Caregiving: Insights from Humanities Research" at Northwestern Medicine Medical Ethics Grand Rounds No registration required. Microsoft TeamsJoin the meeting nowMeeting ID: 283 856 955 454 44Passcode: Qa6rq62o

Join us for “Testing Embryos: How Far Should We Go?”, the first webinar in our new series, “Frontiers in the Ethics of Human Reproduction.” Embryo testing is advancing fast—but how far is too far? How and where do we draw the line between preventing disease and selecting for “desirable” traits? What are the ethical implications...

Hastings Center President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky will give a talk entitled "Whose Child Is She/He? The Genetic Gestation Divide," at the the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine Conference 2025. The FRM Conference is an annual 3 day CE & CME accredited event covering groundbreaking fertility & reproductive research.  This event will take place at the...

From the dire wolf to the screwworm, scientists are turning the tools of genetics to the elimination–and recreation–of entire nonhuman species. This webinar explores how and why genetic technologies might be used to eradicate some species and recreate others, with a focus on recent efforts and near future possibilities. The ethics of manipulating other species...

The Center for the Study of Bioethics in partnership with The Hastings Center for Bioethics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics and The Master of Bioethics Program of Columbia University, are organizing the conference "Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges." The conference venue will be Reid Hall...