Matthew EppinetteBioethics, Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2Note: I originally wrote this to be part of an email update from the research center were I am currently serving as interim director, The…Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
Matthew EppinetteinVoice Tech PodcastAlexa will “See” You NowAmazon has reportedly filed a patent that will allow its Artificially Intelligent Virtual Assistant, Alexa, “to notice a user’s illness…May 15, 2019May 15, 2019
Matthew EppinetteEthics and BurnoutThe New England Journal of Medicine last week published a brief piece examining burnout among healthcare providers. This is most certainly…Feb 5, 2018Feb 5, 2018
Matthew EppinetteConsuming FertilityThe Washington Post recently ran an article outlining a whole range of ways in which the business of fertility is reaching new heights of…Oct 31, 2017Oct 31, 2017
Matthew EppinetteWhat is Brave New World Really About?I’m a huge science fiction fan, and I particularly like works of speculative and dystopian fiction. Some of my favorite, relatively recent…Oct 5, 2017Oct 5, 2017
Matthew EppinetteDignity, Disability, Sickness, and SufferingAmy Hasbrouck, the executive director of Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet Canada, in 2016 wrote a terrific piece on the ways in which…Sep 22, 2017Sep 22, 2017
Matthew EppinetteArtificial Wombs: What’s Really NeededA recent article in Nature Communications announces the development of a kind of artificial womb (or extracorporeal gestational system). So…Aug 25, 2017Aug 25, 2017
Matthew EppinetteEthics and Embryo EditingIn a world where it seems the news is endlessly dominated by events in and around the White House, one recent story broke through…Aug 24, 2017Aug 24, 2017