Amid a global pandemic and a national reckoning on race, a host of complicated…

In the half-century history of clinical practice of diagnosing brain death, informed consent has seldom been considered until very recently. Like many other medical diagnoses and ordinary death pronouncements, it has been taken for granted for decades that brain death is diagnosed and…

Gene-editing technology is rapidly advancing, opening up the possibility that one day embryos could be altered so that babies don't inherit a disease that runs in the family. That day is still a long way away, but a Portland State University professor will begin tackling the…