In this encyclopedia entry you'll learn about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which scientists infected blacks with syphilis to gather scientific data. There is a link to a website to gain more information about this grave ethical...

Pharmacogenetics allows for a more personalized drug to folks who need to take certain types of medicine in response to how human genes react. The study does not come without ethical questions such as medical privacy and unequal...

Ethical considerations are discussed in an article about the scientific ability to create "designer babies." Identify safety, moral use, effect on society, and whether it is for enhancement or therapy when humans have the option to...

A biography of Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka. Few medical discoveries have had the immediate impact that his did. He was able to transform normal human cells into stem cells. This extinguished the raging debate over the...

Icelandic biomedical company, deCODE, owns exclusive rights to a genetic database of all Icelanders. Studying the genome of the entire population could reveal trends because Iceland is such an isolated and hardly migratory nation. As...

What was the Tuskegee Syphilis Study? Find out more about this experimental study when you visit this site. The CDC compiled a timeline outlining the events of this tragedy.

This video explores the basic scientific and ethical questions surrounding the use of stem cells in medical research.