With a new technology called in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), scientists produced an egg from a male mouse, leading to two male mice having offspring. In mice. IVG could be a game changer for women and men dealing with infertility, women of advanced maternal age, and same-sex couples.

Framing the Issue With recent advances in molecular biology, human biospecimens have become enormously valuable for medical researchers. Biospecimens such as blood, surgical tissue, saliva, and urine contain genetic material...

A new report on the ethics of crossing species boundaries by inserting human cells into (nonhuman) animals for research purposes – research surrounded by debate–makes recommendations clarifying the ethical issues...

A new report on the ethics of crossing species boundaries by inserting human cells into (nonhuman) animals for research purposes–research surrounded by debate–makes recommendations clarifying the ethical issues and calling...

December 12, 2022 – A new report on the ethics of crossing species boundaries by inserting human cells into (nonhuman) animals – research surrounded by debate – makes recommendations clarifying...

“Bioethics” has been defined in several different ways. Most broadly, it is the interdisciplinary study of ethical, legal, and social issues arising in the life sciences and health care. Though...

Edited by Gregory E. Kaebnick and Bruce Jennings Is extinction forever? In response to alarmingly high rates of biodiversity loss worldwide, some scientists have proposed using biotechnological tools like CRISPR-Cas9...

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed changes to its regulations governing research with humans (the Common Rule), which apply to all federally funded research....

Emerging biomedical technologies often raise new research ethics questions that have the potential to impact not just patients and families, but society as a whole. At the Stanford Center for...

Josephine Johnston is an expert on the ethical, legal, and policy implications of biomedical technologies, particularly as used in human reproduction, psychiatry, genetics, and neuroscience. In addition to numerous scholarly publications, her commentaries...