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Hastings Center News

Watch the Webinar–Testing Embryos: How Far Should We Go?

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...
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Bioethics Forum Essay
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The Multiplicity of Monsters: Frankenstein, Nuremberg, and Us

Bioethics is on the big screen with two canonical bioethical narratives: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and James Vanderbilt's Nuremberg.
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Hastings Center Welcomes New Board Members

Four international leaders in healthcare, medicine, and AI entrepreneurship have joined the board of directors of The Hastings Center for Bioethics. “They are highly accomplished innovators in their fields who...
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2025 Hastings Center Fellows Are Named

The Hastings Center for Bioethics is pleased to announce the election of the 2025 Fellows. Hastings Center Fellows are a group of about 300 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed...
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Bioethics Forum Essay
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Your Study is Terminated: Researchers Need to Prepare Participants

At this unprecedented time for medical research, there is an urgent need for protocols to prepare for and communicate the termination of a study to all research stakeholders.
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Hastings Center Report
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Why Do People Volunteer for Neural Device Research?

The term “engagement” is a buzzword in research on devices implanted into people’s brains, and it is widely considered a mark of ethical research. But there’s little consensus on the...
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Events

Dec 5
December 5, 2025, 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm EST

Whose Child Is She/He? The Genetic Gestation Divide

Dec 12
December 12, 2025, 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EST

ELSI Friday Forum: Deextinction and Deliberate Extinction 

Jun 11
June 11, 2026, 8:00 am - June 12, 2026, 5:00 pm EDT

Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges

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Special Reports

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Living with Dementia: Learning from Cultural Narratives of Aging Societies

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Envisioning a More Just Genomics

Special Reports to the Hastings Center Report present the results of research projects. Reports may be single-authored or collections of essays prepared by members of project working groups, consensus documents, or lively conversations among those who reached differing moral conclusions about a project’s central questions.

Bioethics Briefings

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Bioethics Briefings contain overviews of issues of high public interest, such as abortion, racism and health equity, climate change, and medical aid-in-dying. The briefs, written by leading bioethicists, are nonpartisan, describing topics from a range of perspectives that are grounded in scientific facts.

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