Stephen Hawking in his A Brief History Of Time taught the world that given enough time, monkeys hammering away on typewriters could type out a Shakespeare sonnet.
There is nothing "brave" or beautiful about the biotechnised world we are entering, says one of America's best-known bioethicists.
When I traveled to Auschwitz a few years ago, one question played over and over in my mind: Did they know?
Last week the scientific world was abuzz with the news that adult stem cells could be used to regenerate tissues and cure diseases.
The debate over embryonic stem cell research continues to escalate in our country, and remains a topic of significant public interest.
Two years ago, a letter was released on the Ethics and Public Policy website that dealt with making embryonic stem cells without destroying human embryos.
In its pastoral constitution, Gaudium et spes, Vatican II said, "Believers and unbelievers agree almost unanimously that all things on earth should be ordained to man as to their center and summit."
How far can biology take us? Are there limits on what it can know or on what it may enable us to do?
Embryo-research advocates finally back ethical alternatives but still insist on ethical violations.
