Midday on Ethics

Dr. Jeffrey Kahn weighs in on current issues in bioethics, from a controversial new organ transplant technique to a new 3-parent in-vitro fertilization method, and the Trump administration's anti-research agenda.

Midday on Ethics: Tom speaks with Dr. Jeff Kahn of the Johns Hopkins Bermin Institute of Bioethics about problems posed by a new organ retrieval process.

The director of Hopkins' Berman Institute of Bioethics discusses how medical tech is impacting the ways we make our babies. An estimated 2% of US-born babies are now conceived in labs, as part of an in-vitro fertilization industry worth more than $23 billion.

The director of Hopkins' Berman Institute of Bioethics discusses so-called "dual-use research of concern" and the dark side of biological research.

The director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics discusses the implications of recent milestone medical procedures using animal organs for human transplant patients.