Commentary Because of long transplant waiting lists, the bioethics and medical establishments are bent on increasing the source of organs. It has gotten so bad that some of the most influential policy advocates in bioethics now urge that doctors be allowed to do what was once considered unthinkable—kill would-be donors for their organs. Harvesting vital…

In recent years, cloning of deceased pets has become a booming business in China, a market that is rapidly growing despite its high price tag, immature technology, and controversial ethics. In July 2019, SinoGene, China’s pet cloning bellwether, produced China’s first cloned cat for 250,000 yuan ($37,000). Since then, commercial pet cloning in China is…

An Australian university is moving to turn science fiction into reality and forwarding marsupial conservation efforts by bringing back to life the extinct Australian apex predator, the Tasmanian tiger. The tiger, also known as the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, was once found widespread across Australia, but by the arrival of European settlement in the 18th century,…

A respected science journal has withdrawn a study that collected DNA samples from Tibetans and Uyghurs without informed consent. It comes against the backdrop of China’s increasing crackdown on ethnic minorities in Tibet and the northwestern region of Xinjiang, using tactics such as cultural and religious suppression, mass internment, forced labor, and the separation of…

Commentary Reaction to ethics professor Julie Ponesse’s short videos explaining her refusal to accept the COVID-19 injections mandated by her employer, Western University’s Huron University College in Ontario, could have been predicted. On one side, she has been lauded as a hero for standing up against what many now-sidelined individuals regard as an act of…

Throughout the world, scientific research and experiments involving ethical issues must first pass the scrutiny of ethics committees. In recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has conducted many experiments in the field of biomedical and genetic engineering that break human ethical boundaries. China began implementing the Ethical Review of Biomedical Research Involving Humans on Dec. 1, 2016. However, 122 Chinese scientists who co-signed…