Patents, Property, and Genes

Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether human genes may be patented. The case centers on a dispute between a group of researchers and patient advocates and Myriad…

Why Limit PAD to the Terminally Ill?

While catching up on the recent Cato Unbound conversations, I just read through Howard Ball’s lead essay and Philip Nitschke’s response about physician assisted death. Ball argues that a terminally…