Every year, in September, global leaders and change-makers gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York for two weeks, to discuss the burning issues of our time and set the global agenda for the year ahead. The 73rd session of the UN General Assembly opened this week and the body’s annual high-level segment – formally known as [...]
Ana Lita & Rasita Vinay Would you live your life in a body you feel is unwanted to you? Gender identity disorder, the original term coined for this mental state, was deemed unfit to label a specific group of individuals with a persistent feeling of discomfort with their anatomical sex. Gender dysphoria, as defined by [...]
After the first week of the GBI Summer school, I have found myself fostering an ever-increasing interest in bioethics. The variety and quality of lecturers really brings the topic to life. As a newcomer to this field, I have learned quite a bit, both in terms of the generalities of bioethics and also the specifics. [...]
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Michael S. Dauber, MA, GBI Visiting Scholar On November 17th, Sergio Canavero announced what he claims to be the first successful test of head transplantation in a human cadaver. Canavero gained international attention in 2015 when he announced plans to perform the first head transplantation surgery on a human patient by the close of [...]
By Michael S. Dauber, GBI Visiting Scholar A recent article in New Republic highlights one of the hallmark areas of ethical controversy in bioethics: designing the fairest possible system for organ transplantation. The article, written by Jordan Michael Smith, examines the cases of several patients in need of organ transplants, and discusses the roles geography [...]
by Michael S. Dauber, MA, GBI Visiting Scholar Stem cell research holds significant promise in finding cures for diseases that have traditionally devastated the human body. Earlier this year, Global Bioethics Initiative reviewed Robin L Smith, M.D., and Max Gomez, Ph.D.’s new book Cells Are The New Cure: The Cutting-Edge Breakthroughs That Are Transforming Our [...]
By Michael S. Dauber, M.A., GBI Visiting Scholar One of the most controversial contemporary bioethical issues is organ trafficking: should individuals be allowed to buy and sell organs for therapeutic purposes? In policy terms, the answer is currently “no”: people are not allowed to buy and sell organs for a variety of reasons. However, as [...]
By Jason Choi, B.A., Intern Thursday, October 5, 2017 — Global Bioethics Initiative attended the UN premiere of the new film, Trafficked, at the invitation of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, New York Office. Written by Siddharth Kara—a fellow at Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights and the world's leading expert on human trafficking and [...]
