Interviews

Interview: David Albert Jones on Brüstle stem cell ruling

Michael Cook | 25 October 2011

Last week the European Court of Justice, in the case of Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace, ruled that research involving the destruction of embryos cannot be patented. This provoked an uproar among stem cell scientists. BioEdge interviewed Dr David Albert Jones, director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, about the judgement.

Interview: Art Caplan on boycotting Chinese organ transplants

Michael Cook | 11 October 2011

In response to the “barbarous practice of obtaining organs from executed prisoners” in China, the prominent US bioethicist Arthur Caplan, together with other experts, proposed an international boycott of organ transplants in China in a recent issue of The Lancet. Chinese doctors and scientists would be excluded from conferences, journals, and collaborative research. BioEdge asked Professor Caplan to elaborate on the situation in China.

The Professional Guinea Pig

Roberto Abadie | 14 September 2010

An interview with the author of The Professional Guinea Pig

Interview: George J. Annas on Worst Case Bioethics

Michael Cook | 17 May 2010

Can American health survive worst case scenarios?