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Is Longer Life Better?

Gilbert Meilaender looks at the case for using science to extend human life.

Christianity and Scientific Concerns

Six evangelical scholars--including C. Everett Koop--in a panel discussion on technology and bioethics.

Stealing God's Stuff & Controlling Human Life

Christians must help bridge the growing gap between biotechnology and bioethics.

Sin in the Double Helix

Reports linking moral behavior to genetic traits actually prove Scripture's claims, not undermine them.

The Untold Story of Donor-Conceived Children

The next reproductive-technology issue coming to a church near you.

Stay Young! Live Longer!

That's not just a silly promise of our culture.

Chasing Methuselah

Exercise, technology, and diet help us live longer than ever. Should those who look to eternal life care?

Frozen Embryos: Biotech's Hidden Dilemma

What should be done with frozen embryos left at fertility clinics?

A New Frontier in Pro-Life Stem-Cell Research

FDA-backed Georgia researchers hope stem cells from umbilical cord blood will effectively treat cerebral palsy.

I Want to Be Accepted As I Am, But I’ll Take a Cure Too

Why we should consider correcting disabilities.

Considering 'Curing' Down Syndrome with Caution

Why we shouldn't be too quick to think disabilities need correcting.

When Stem Cell Research Isn't Embryonic

Christians have reason to celebrate miracles of adult stem cell research.

My Top 5 Books on Life Ethics

The Lab Rat of the 21st Century

The new executive director at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity discusses recent bioethical debates.

Where Does Francis Collins Stand on Stem-Cell Research?

The question is more pressing now that he is heading the National Institutes of Health.

Q & A: Francis Collins

The former director of the Human Genome Project hopes to show compatibility between Christianity and science.

Be Careful What You Wish For

Access to federal money may be mixed blessing for embryonic research.

Test Tube Ethics

Some couples pay the hefty price of storing frozen embryos, despite increasing pressure to donate them for scientific research.

The Empty Promise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Why scientific breakthroughs make the destruction of human embryos obsolete.

In Over His Pay Grade

When science is made 'apolitical' and 'unencumbered by religion,' it's usually to hyper-politicize and hyper-sacralize it.

Ignorance as Blessing

Foreknowledge: for God and not for us.

Presidential Clones  Subscriber access only

All three candidates have voted to fund embryonic stem-cell research.

Not Just A Clump Of Cells

What the Christmas story says about our bodies and our bioethics debates.

Hybrid Test Drive  Subscriber access only

Advances in stem-cell technology cheer and alarm ethics watchers.

Brave New Salvation  Subscriber access only

A vision of a sinless future.

Stem Cell Bill's Bad (Or Providential?) Timing

Plus: Surgeon general nominee's Methodist work under fire, Time interviews Rowan Williams, church building conflicts, and other stories from online sources around the world.

U.K.'s Solution to Multiple Problems: One at a Time

Britain may tighten IVF laws to prevent multiple pregnancies.

Re-engineering Temptation  Subscriber access only

Fuzzy science sparks debate over treatments to reverse homosexuality.

The Slope Really Is Slippery  Subscriber access only

Why we struggle to gain our moral footing in bioethics.

Fluid Solution  Subscriber access only

Research advance could shift stem-cell debate.

War on the Weak  Subscriber access only

Eugenics has made a lethal comeback.

Worth Protecting  Subscriber access only

It's hard to see the humanity of tiny embryos if we live by blind faith.

Science and Law Haven't Changed on Stem Cells. Has Politics?  Subscriber access only

Plus: Prolifers rally and ... burn the Qur'an?! On having Ralph Reed to kick around, banning baths, and a bunch of links to a bunch of other stories.

Biopolitics: Can't We All Just Get Along?  Subscriber access only

Plus: The latest from the Korean cloning scandal.

Straight Talk from the Pope on the Biotech Century  Subscriber access only

The "anti-Genesis" of those who play God, and why the biotech business needs to take ethics seriously.

Human Nature on Trial  Subscriber access only

Tomorrow's "godlike massively intelligent machines." Plus: Our nanotech future and some good news on stem cells that really work.

The Abortion Agenda: South Dakota's Move in Context  Subscriber access only

Plus: The latest on the biopolicy agenda and some outrageous lies on stem cells.

The Truth, the Partial Truth, and Nothing but Evasions  Subscriber access only

How to sell unethical science.

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