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Arthur Caplan

The World

Exploring the science and ethics behind the first man-made cell

Global Politics

A team of scientists have successfully developed new living bacteria from non-living parts. They are calling this development a “synthetic cell.”

So have we crossed into the brave new world and created artificial life?

New report urges doctors to test and alert patients to genetic conditions

Health & Medicine

Pediatrician group advises doctors pre-write prescriptions for emergency contraception

Health & Medicine

FDA panel recommends approval of anti-obesity drug

Health & Medicine

Parents of morbidly obese children under fire

Health & Medicine

Should Parents Lose Custody of Morbidly Obese Children?

An article published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association says the state should intervene in cases of morbidly obese children. The authors say that parents should lose custody in the most extreme cases of childhood obesity. This opinion has drawn criticism from several lawyers and members of the bioethics community. Arthur Caplan, […]

How Risky Are Live Organ Donations?

Global Politics

An organ transplant recipient contracted HIV from a kidney donation at a New York hospital. It’s the nation’s first documented case of HIV transmission via a living donor transplant since the 1980s. How did this happen? What are the repercussions?

Investigation: Ethics Violations in Health Experiments

This week, a presidential bioethics committee met to discuss one of the most shocking violations of medical ethics –  a clinical study done back in the 1970s on nearly 400 African American men in Tuskegee Alabama to study the progression of syphilis. The men believed they were receiving free health care from the US government.  But just […]

The World

Lifting the ban on gay men donating blood

Conflict & Justice

Gay men have been banned from donating blood since 1983. But now, a group of senators led by John Kerry are petitioning to put an end to the 27-year-old ban.

The World

When health care science and intuition collide

Global Politics

The Senate will take up debate on its health care reform bill this week. At the center of that discussion will be how best to cut costs and still maintain good care. What happens when the science clashes with people’s feelings about their own care?