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- Choosing Flourishing: Erik Parens Calls for Fresh Thinking on Disability
Posted on July 26, 2017
Disability advocates and bioethicists have long debated whether it is appropriate for individuals, particularly prospective parents engaged in reproductive decision-making, to “choose disability,” as in the case of a deaf... - Natalie Kofler: What Role Should Humans Play in “Editing Nature”?
Posted on July 18, 2017
Natalie Kofler, a postdoctoral research scientist at Yale University, visited The Hastings Center earlier this summer to explore the ethical questions surrounding the use of gene editing technologies in the... - John Robertson Remembered
Posted on July 11, 2017
The Hastings Center is saddened by the death of John Robertson, a Hastings Center Fellow, on July 5. Robertson, 74, was the Vinson & Elkins Chair at the University of... - Hastings Center Welcomes Inaugural Rice Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics and the Humanities
Posted on July 6, 2017
Joel Michael Reynolds has joined The Hastings Center as its first Rice Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics and the Humanities. The fellowship is supported by the National Endowment for the... - Genome Sequencing of Newborns: How Can It Be Done Responsibly?
Posted on June 12, 2017
This was one of the many big questions explored at Genomics and Society, a major conference last week on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic research. Several Hastings... - Is it Ethical to Use Genetic “Evolutionary Rescue” for Conservation?
Posted on June 6, 2017
Hastings Center research scholar Gregory Kaebnick participated in a multidisciplinary workshop at the University of Montana in Missoula on May 25 – 26 to examine the potential for using genome...
