Bioethics in the News — June 09

June 9, 2006

• Enrollment of Children in Drug Study Suspended (AP)
• Lawsuit: Lipitor Tied To Nerve Woes, Memory Loss (New York Post)
• Plan to Build Children’s DNA Database Raises Concerns (Wall Street Journal)
• Employee Stigma over Infertility (BBC)
• Albany Scientists Turn Thought into Words (AFP)
• GE Partners with New York Blood Center on Cord Blood Storage (WTN News)
• Britain: Let Doctors Kill Without Consent, says Ethics Expert (The Times)
• How Bioethics Leader Learned from Religion (Science & Theology News)
• Patients Seek Off-Label Depression Therapy (Wall Street Journal)
• Ethical Questions Complicate the Recruitment of Egg Donors (Boston Globe)
• Dubai: New Cord Blood Bank to Conduct Stem Cell Research (Gulf News)
• New Peril Is Seen in a Blood Pressure Drug (New York Times)
• Nebraska Couple Fights Newborn Blood Test Law (AP)
• Biotech Engages in Germ Warfare (Wired)
• Op-Ed: Cell Research Support at Catholic Hospitals (The Jersey Journal)