Brain in a Dish Creates New Possibilities for Neuroscience Researchby Michelle Dotzert, PhDWhile not quite miniature human brains, organoids enable scientists to study the developing brain
NewsExploring the Ethics of Transplanting Human Brain Organoids into Animalsby Institute for the Advanced Study of Human BiologyResearchers identify and discuss the ethical issues surrounding certain types of "chimeric animals"
NewsDoes a Brain in a Dish Have Moral Rights?by Cortical LabsInventors of brain-cell-based computer work with team of ethicists exploring ethical applications of bio-computing
NewsWhat Should We Call Evolution Driven by Genetic Engineering?by Cell PressA new opinion piece argues for the scientific and ethical scrutiny of genetic welding
NewsReport Calls for Improved Oversight on Chimeric Human-Animal Researchby The Hastings CenterAn examination of the conceptual, ethical, and procedural limitations of chimeric research
NewsSolving a Double Murder with Investigative Genetic Genealogyby Linköping UniversityA successful case study of a 16-year-old double murder in Sweden
NewsOrganic Meat Less Likely to Be Contaminated with Multidrug-Resistant Bacteriaby Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthAnalysis also uncovers meats from processors that handle both organic and conventional retail meat may be less likely to be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria
NewsResearchers Generate Human-Monkey Chimeric Embryosby Cell PressThe research, despite its ethical concerns, has the potential to provide new insights into developmental biology and evolution
NewsMaking Good Decisions About COVID-19by Carnegie Mellon UniversityThe COVID-19 pandemic isn't just a challenge for medicine, it's a challenge for decision making of all types
NewsExperts: Those Purposefully Infected with COVID-19 for Research Should Be Paidby Taylor & Francis GroupMultidisciplinary team of international experts suggests participants should receive a "substantial" amount, be paid ethically
NewsAccounting for 'Research Fatigue' in Human Studiesby WileyRecent article explores research fatigue experienced by marginalized communities and how the research community should respond to it