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On May 11, the Israeli Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited ruling in the case known as the “Assuta Embryo Mix-Up.” The case has drawn widespread attention in Israel and abroad — not just because…
Israel’s rich health databases are probably the reason why Pfizer agreed to a deal to expedite deliveries of its vaccine.
Can people infected with COVID-19 sue the people who transmitted the disease to them for negligence, even if those people did not do so knowingly?
By Shelly Simana Gene editing technologies enable people to directly change their DNA sequence by adding, removing, or replacing DNA bases. Today, for the first time, as Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg announced in their book, A…
By Shelly Simana Omri Shahar was killed in a car accident when he was 25 years old. At his death, Omri’s parents petitioned the Israeli family court for posthumous sperm retrieval. The request was approved yet, one…
By Shelly Simana Genetic information is quite distinguishable from much medical information due its familial nature and its unique ability to predict future health. The fact that genetic testing supplies comprehensive information about the genetic…
By Shelly Simana The topic of posthumous reproduction has produced great interest globally due to the fundamental dilemmas it raises. The most controversial cases are the ones in which there is no explicit consent on…
