Bioethics in the News — July 12

July 12, 2006

• Ethical route to stem cell testing (The Standard)
• Virginia teen fights for right to pick Hodgkin’s treatment (USA Today)
• ‘Keep emotion out of stem cell debate’ (The Age)
• U.S. Finance Pulls Biotech Across Seas (Gadsden Times)
• Moral theologians broaden focus at first international Catholic ethics meeting (Catholic News)
• Premature babies transferred to hospitals up to 280 miles away (The Guardian)
• Choosing baby’s sex to be outlawed (Daily Mail)
• Leading Medical Journal Tightens Conflict-of-Interest Rules (HealthDay)
• A Tale of Two Drugs Hints at Promise for Genetic Testing (New York Times)
• Senate votes to end seizures of Canadian drugs (Reuters)
• This Is a Computer on Your Brain (Wired)