Biomedical Technologies

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bag babies?

Just as children conceived through IVF became known colloquially as ‘test-tube babies’, the work…
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The UK’s first womb transplant – what the media missed out

The first UK ‘womb transplant’, carried out by Richard Smith’s team in Oxford and announced at…
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Mitochondrial manipulated births: a muted reception

For a prospect anticipated for almost 20 years, the announcement in a Guardian exclusive of the successful…
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‘Of Mice and Men’

The Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in 2018 really hit the headlines when Prof He…
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Neuro-silicon interfaces: a new mode of being?

The idea of humankind being merely machines has a long history, stretching back to Julien Offrey De La…
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Podbabies: Who are they kidding?

Ectogenesis – the gestation of children in artificial wombs – has long been considered by many…
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Whole Genome Sequencing: challenges and opportunities

You may have requested whole-genome sequencing (WGS). You may be wondering what the words mean. Is…
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Mitochondrial Donation Down Under

‘Maeve’s Law has just passed the Senate 37-17 and will now become law. It is globally leading mitochondrial…
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COVID-19 Vaccines: making ethical decisions that value human life

As the first COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out, many people are asking how Christians should think about…
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COVID-19 vaccines: the wider ethical questions for Christians

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues with no apparent end in sight to the death toll and disruption…

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