EPPC Bioethics Expert Appointed as U.S. Permanent Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
EPPC Fellow Carter Snead was appointed to serve as U.S. Permanent Observer for the Council of Europe's Bioethics Steering Committee (CDBI).   [Read More]

Carter Snead, Expert on Law and Bioethics, Joins EPPC
Posted: Thursday, October 5, 2006
The Ethics and Public Policy Center is delighted to announce that Carter Snead, an internationally recognized expert in the field of law and bioethics, has affiliated with EPPC as a Fellow.  His specific areas of expertise include stem-cell research, human cloning, assisted reproduction, neuroscience, abortion, end-of-life matters, and research involving human subjects.  [Read More]

EPPC Selected as a UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
Posted: Monday, January 2, 2006
The Ethics and Public Policy Center is delighted to announce that UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) has selected EPPC to serve as a UNESCO Chair in Bioethics. "EPPC has been a leading voice on bioethics issues in this country," said EPPC President M. Edward Whelan III. "We are grateful for the opportunity to expand our influence in the international arena and to work with UNESCO to promote bioethics principles that respect the dignity and equality of every human being.We thank both UNESCO and the U.S. National Commission on UNESCO."  [Read More]

The New Atlantis, Fall 2005
With articles on modern medicine, missile defense, Einstein's Annus Mirabilis, and much more...
By Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen, et.al.
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005
The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes major essays on the future of modern medicine, the moral education of our doctors, buggy software and missle defense, our perception of reality in the age of Photoshop, Einstein's Annus Mirabilis, and much more. Visit www.TheNewAtlantis.com today!  [Read More]

The New Atlantis, Summer 2005
With articles on video games, genetics, Star Trek, Hiroshima, and much more...
Edited by Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen, et. al.
Posted: Monday, July 11, 2005
The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes major new essays on video games, modern genetics, computers in education, and technology and private property. It also includes a pair of essays on the significance for bioethics of the writings of John Paul II, and a special tribute to the best science and technology articles from the four decades of The Public Interest.  [Read More]

A Possible Method of Producing Embryonic-Type Stem Cells May Break Political Impasse
Experts Available for Interviews
Posted: Monday, June 20, 2005
A new scientific strategy for producing embryonic-type stem cells could provide a revolutionary way forward in the divisive national debate over stem cell research. The method, which scientists say can be tested within a year, may allow researchers to create the type of stem cells that embryonic stem cell advocates want -- stem cells that can produce every cell type in the body and that are genetically tailored to individual patients -- without having to create or destroy human embryos.  [Read More]

The Stem Cell Debate
Breaking the Political Impasse
Posted: Monday, June 20, 2005
A group of leading scientists and ethicists has developed a proposal to create pluripotent stem cells without destroying human embryos, in the hope of breaking the current political stalemate over embryo research and moving the country forward in a way all citizens can embrace. The proposal has been spearheaded by Robert P. George, a member of the EPPC board and the President's Council on Bioethics, and Dr. Markus Grompe, a leading stem cell scientist.  [Read More]

The New Atlantis, Spring 2005
With articles on caregiving, space exploration, blogging, and much more...
Edited by Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen, et. al.
Posted: Monday, April 11, 2005
The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes major new essays on caregiving in the age of ownership, space exploration, science education, and more. It also includes shorter articles on DNA dragnets, the darker side of blogging, the Larry Summers controversy, and more.  [Read More]

The New Atlantis, Fall 2004 / Winter 2005
With articles on embryo research, TiVo & iPod, science and Congress, Wikipedia, and much more...
By Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen
Posted: Thursday, January 13, 2005
The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes major new essays on science and Congress, TiVo and iPod, and human growth hormone. It also includes a special forty-page section on "The Embryo Question," exploring the large human questions that lie behind the current embryo research debate.  [Read More]

The New Atlantis, Summer 2004
With articles on stem cells, space, cell phones, Segway, and more...
By Eric Brown, Colleen Carroll Campbell, Eric Cohen, Adam Keiper, Christine Rosen
Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes major new articles on Alzheimer's disease, stem cell politics, and commercial human spaceflight. This issue also features an exchange on Internet pornography, and articles on performance-enhancing drugs, China's military revolution, and nanotechnology news.  [Read More]