It could be that we are on the verge of a great deluge of cognitive enhancement. Or it’s possible that new brain-enhancing drugs and technologies will be nothing compared to how we’ve transformed our minds in the past. If it seems that making ourselves „artificially“ smarter is somehow inhuman, it may be that similar activities are actually what made us human.
It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us.
We expect our physicians to always be truthful; this survey apparently shows that there is a considerable amount of lying going on, withholding of the truth, and not being forthright. What’s wrong?
Without a new kidney, Jesus Navarro will die. However, a kidney transplant but was denied due to his legal status.
US researchers have begun a groundbreaking trial to test the potential of umbilical cord blood transplants, a kind of stem cell therapy, to treat and possibly reverse hearing loss in infants.
A new strategy to increase kidney transplantations from live donors has been launched by NHS Blood and Transplant.
Floren Blake is an „absolute miracle“ to her mother, a „feisty little character“ to her father, and, at just under two months old, a „twin“ to five-year-old brother Reuben.
Procedures that involve human embryonic stem cells cannot be patented, the European Court of Justice declared today.
Survivors tell of damaged lives after being deliberately infected in secret 1940s experiment on 1,500 men, women and children.
Scientists and ethicists say paying funeral expenses could boost the number of people volunteering to donate their organs.
