David Cox

science and health journalist

David Cox is a science and health journalist based in the UK. He has a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Cambridge and has written for newspapers, magazines and broadcasters worldwide including BBC News, The New York Times, Wired, TIME magazine and The Guardian.

Written by David Cox

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When does a human embryo have the moral status of a person?

Weighing up the science and the ethics of research on human embryos beyond its current 14-day restrictions

by David Cox