by Remy Servis
This week, a team of doctors at The Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania announced that they had completed the world’s first pediatric dual hand transplant on Zion Harvey, an eight year old from Maryland, earlier this month. After he lost his hands and feet to an infection at the age of two, Zion had been living a very active, healthy life with prosthetic limbs. However, the new hands open …

The Opening Reception of the Manhattan International Bioethics Summer School 2015 was held at the Bohemian National Hall | June 16, 2015 | 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Check out this video from the opening reception for Summer School Program on Global Bioethics back in June!

We are pleased to inform you that Global Bioethics Initiative has been granted special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the United Nations’ central platform for reflection, debate, and innovative thinking on sustainable development. It serves as the main mechanism for the activities of the United Nations system, and facilitates collaboration between policymakers, parliamentarians, academics, foundations, business sector representatives and over 3,000 registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
As an …