John highlights a Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity seminar looking at biotech. See microclesia Blog Archive » Re-Engineering. While, Wired has Wired Science – Wired Blogs – In Freeman Dyson’s Biotech Utopia, Say Goodbye to Darwinian Evolution which links to the (badly formatted) interview Freeman Dyson’s Brain.

Brief summary article ScienceDaily: Who Should ‘Own’ Genetic Information? points to the British Medical Journal news release Should families own genetic information? Yes — Lucassen 335 (7609): 22 — BMJ. That article in turn points to two journal articles that argue for different sides of that discussion – one in favour of families and the…

Got flicked the link to this the other day. The programme and keynote speakers aren’t there yet, but it looks like an interesting conference with potential for interaction between religious ideas of wellbeing and biotechnology. See New Zealand Bioethics Conference: Wellbeing and Technology

A couple of interesting articles from Science about new stem cell research to file away under the bioethics category. Researchers Derive Stem Cells From Monkeys — Finkel 2007 (619): 1 — ScienceNOW Spare the Embryo, Save the Stem Cell — Finkel 2007 (619): 3 — ScienceNOW

The biblical language of the early chapters of the book of Genesis continues to permeate the discussions of technology and no more so than in the area of genetic engineering. Both religious and secular writers draw upon images Babel, Eden, naming, gardening and the Fall to frame their arguments and to inspire the imagination of…