Hastings Center for Bioethics News
- Remembering George Annas
Posted on June 11, 2025
The Hastings Center for Bioethics mourns the passing of George Annas on May 30. Annas was a Hastings Center Fellow and the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor at Boston University... - AI in Healthcare: Trust and Accountability—Takeaways from Our Conference
Posted on June 11, 2025
Cedars-Sinai and The Hastings Center jointly organized a timely conference on AI in healthcare on May 16 in Los Angeles. Discussions with leading experts in the field addressed evolving ethical,... - AI Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine is Released
Posted on May 28, 2025
A code of conduct for artificial intelligence in health, health care, and biomedical was released on May19 by the National Academy of Medicine’s AI Code of Conduct initiative; Hastings Center... - Ravitsky on NPR: Can Doctors Test Embryos for Autism? And Should They?
Posted on May 28, 2025
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, and bipolar disorder. What would it mean culturally... - Should We Ever Genetically Edit a Species Out of Existence?
Posted on May 15, 2025
What circumstances might justify causing the deliberate extinction of a species? That’s the subject of a Policy Forum published in Science by Hastings Center research director Gregory Kaebnick and co-authors.... - Apply Now: Hastings Center 2025-26 Sadler Scholars Cohort
Posted on May 13, 2025
The Hastings Center for Bioethics invites applications for the 2025-26 cohort of Sadler Scholars from doctoral students whose bioethics research focuses on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of...
