In an apparent international first, the High Court has allowed a terminally ill 14-year-old to be
cryopreserved after her death. The patient, JS, requested this, as she hoped one day to be …

Cryonics, the 'freezing'of the human body after death in the hope of reanimation in the future,
remains a remote possibility, and yet it is becoming a more popular choice. There has been …

"[I] n this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."'Is it possible that Ben Franklin was
only half right? Advancements in cryobiology, the study of biological systems at a very low …

In recent years, advances in medical science have left the legal community with a wide array
of social, ethical, and legal problems previously unimaginable. 1 Historically, legislative and …

In fascinating recent work, some philosophers have argued that it would be morally
permissible and prudentially rational to sign up for cryonics—if you can afford the price tag of …

Abstract In 1989, Thomas Donaldson requested the California courts to allow physicians to
hasten his death. Donaldson had been diagnosed with brain cancer, and he desired to die …

Cryonics is the practice of cryopreserving the bodies or brains of legally dead individuals
with the hope that these individuals will be reanimated in the future. A standard argument for …

In October 2016, a dying teenager won the legal right to have her remains cryogenically
frozen and stored indefinitely in an American clinic. The cryonics aspect was novel, posing …

This article will explore the role of conscience in cases which are not subject to a
predictable, generalisable rule-based conscientious objection. These claims arise in cases …

This commentary examines relationships between bioethics, research, and advances in
technology. It explores the role of bioethicists in promulgating 'blue skies' thinking which …