February 28, 2013
The Division of Ethics and Global Change Sector for Social and Human Sciences UNESCO Ethics Teacher Training Courses June 24-28, 2013 Inter University Center Dubrovnik, Croatia For more information: Please contact Mr Irakli Khodeli at Bioethics Section of UNESCO (i.khodeli@unesco.org); … Read More
February 28, 2013
Behold the latest curio in the cabinet of RNA oddities: naturally occurring circular RNA molecules that influence gene expression. (Nature)
February 28, 2013
COULD IVF success rates be improved simply by changing the materials used to make Petri dishes? It seems that standard polystyrene dishes may undermine the viability of sperm. Researchers have found that sperm cells are more likely to live longer … Read More
February 28, 2013
Bakir Hajdarevic didn’t have to study for the most important test in a class last fall. He just had to spit — a lot. (Time)
February 28, 2013
Researchers at the University of Manchester’s School of Materials and Faculty of Life Sciences have developed a web-like scaffold, coated with long-sugar molecules, that enhances stem-cell cultures to [become particular cell types]. The scaffold is formed by a process known … Read More
February 28, 2013
In the seven years since their discovery, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have transformed basic research and won a Nobel prize. Now, a Japanese study is about to test the medical potential of these cells for the first time. Made … Read More
February 28, 2013
And that’s the case for most forms of breast cancer – doctors never know the cause, and patients and their families are left forever wondering. Scientists are making progress on uncovering genetic causes, but environmental triggers can be especially challenging … Read More
February 28, 2013
A “very limited†number of terminally ill people in severe pain who have the mental competence to decide they want to end their lives but cannot do so unaided should be permitted a lawful assisted suicide, the Supreme Court has … Read More
February 28, 2013
A new issue of Health & Social Work (Vol. 38 No. 1, February 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles of interest include: Unequal Burden of Disease, Unequal Participation in Clinical Trials: Solutions from African American and Latino … Read More
February 27, 2013
Dr. C. Everett Koop, who was widely regarded as the most influential surgeon general in American history and played a crucial role in changing public attitudes about smoking, died on Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H. He was 96. … Read More
February 27, 2013
Retaining control over life decisions and maintaining dignity as the end of life approaches are top priorities for nearly everyone. These objectives can be achieved by good planning and the preparation of the proper directives under your state’s laws. These … Read More
February 27, 2013
As such, nanotech has already changed the world. But the fruition of atomically precise manufacturing (APM) — nanotech’s next phase — promises to create such “radical abundance†that it will not only change industry but civilization itself. (Forbes)
February 27, 2013
I’d like to begin with two different ideas of truth. The first appears to be the simplest: “It is true that 1+1=2.†The second is from the beginning of the Declaration of Independence…Now, these sound like quite different ideas about … Read More
February 27, 2013
Scientists in the UK are working on a ground-breaking new program to help find suitable stem cell matches for British Asians. (BBC)
February 27, 2013
A new issue of JAMA (Vol 309, No 8, February 27, 2013) is now available online and in print. Articles of interest include: Why the Ethics of Parsimonious Medicine Is Not the Ethics of Rationing by Con C. Tilburt, and … Read More
February 27, 2013
A new issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (February 28, 2013) is now available online and in print. There is an extended debate on Open Access, Patient Privacy, and the future of medical publishing including: Protecting Patient Privacy … Read More
February 26, 2013
The German Ministry of Education and Research Research Ethics: Current Challenges in Preclinical, Clinical and Public Health Research An international conference for young scholars August 26-30, 2013 Hannover Medical School Germany For more information: Conference Brochure (English)
February 26, 2013
Cambridge University Press Third Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education June 19-21, 2013 Columbia Global Centers/Europe at Reid Hall Paris, France For more information: www.cambridgebioethics.com
February 26, 2013
The Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and the Center for Cultural and Pastoral Research Catholicism and the Future of Medicine: A Symposium April 12-13, 2013 Washington, D.C. For more information: www.centerforculturalandpastoralresearch.org
February 26, 2013
Three years ago, I set out to explore the world of animal biotechnology, to see just how scientists were using advances in genetics, electronics, and materials science to totally re-engineer and re-invent animal bodies. (Slate)
February 26, 2013
But no lab in the world has been successful in identifying and growing liver stem cells in culture — using any available technique — until now. (Science Daily)
February 26, 2013
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified what may be a major factor behind the increased risk of two adverse outcomes in pregnancies conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Two papers published in the journal Fertility and Sterility support the … Read More
February 25, 2013
Governments across the globe have squandered treasure and imprisoned millions of their own citizens by criminalising the use and sale of recreational drugs. But use of these drugs has remained relatively constant, and the primary victims are the users themselves. … Read More
February 25, 2013
One person in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer every four minutes. Chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant help fight off the disease, but thousands more diagnosed each year cannot find a matching donor. Now a solution using stem … Read More
February 25, 2013
At a time when the U.S. government is contemplating changes to federal guidelines governing research with humans, serious questions are being raised about the role of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) in overseeing such research. (Carnegie Mellon University)
