May 12, 2006
Quote of the Week
“I do worry if they pass this law that it would be used for the wrong reasons. People would be put under pressure because when you are that ill, you just want to do whatever is the easiest thing.†David … Read More
Monthly Archives: May 2006
May 11, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 11
Four in 10 Malpractice Cases Groundless (AP) Calif. to Oversee Kaiser Kidney Program (AP) 37 Million Americans Now Have Medicare Drug Benefit (HealthDay) How HIV can sabotage human cells (BBC) Op-Ed: The ethics of assisted suicide (BBC) Human Embryos in … Read More
May 11, 2006
HFEA Crosses a New Eugenic Line
Britain’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) ruled that human embryos may be screened for genes that raise the risk of cancer in adulthood. Previously the HFEA had allowed screening for fatal childhood diseases. This is pure eugenics — the … Read More
May 11, 2006
Terminology
Lawmakers in Kansas “want to better understand the esoteric medical terms used by both sides†of the stem cell debate. Unfortunately, the Kansas City Star isn’t much help, referring to embryonic stem cell research as “early stem-cell research.†Instead, legislators … Read More
May 10, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 10
Op-Ed: Bubba blew it. But can U.S. health care be fixed? (MSNBC) Bid to save couple’s IVF embryos (BBC) Cleveland Clinic Moves to Fight Conflicts of Interest (New York Times) US to weigh infections in “abortion pill” (Reuters) Study: OTC … Read More
May 10, 2006
Bioethics, Logic, and the Law
Most of the bioethical issues in America are a result of what the philosopher H. Tristram Engelhardt calls “an embarrassment of riches.” Technological advances such as IVF have allowed us to create new more challenges that were once inconceivable. Add … Read More
May 9, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 09
In Medicine, Small Is About To Become Big (Boston Globe) Nanotech Policy Faces No Small Hurdles (Fox News) The Ideas Interview: Nick Bostrom (The Guardian) Op-Ed: A Win-Win Option on Stem Cells (Philadelphia Inquirer) Op-Ed: Stop Trying To Kill Us … Read More
May 9, 2006
Stem Cell Confusion
Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer ran an article on a new stem cell bill cosponsored by Senators Santorum and Specter. The bill promotes techniques for obtaining pluripotent stem cells without harming embryos. Unfortunately, the article is misleading on a number of points. … Read More
May 8, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 08
University of California San Francisco Resumes [Cloning and] Human Embryo Stem Cell Work (San Francisco Chronicle) Cloning Efforts Resume in U.S. (Wall Street Journal) Santorum and Specter team up on stem-cell bill (Philadelphia Inquirer) Bishops to Fight Assisted Dying (The … Read More
May 8, 2006
Assisted Dying
This week will see the re-introduction of a bill to legalize “assisted dying†(physician-assisted suicide (PAS)) in Britain. Over the weekend, the British papers were full of articles and op-eds on the topic. Writing for The Observer, Mary Warnock argues … Read More
May 5, 2006
State-sponsored Liberal Eugenics Has Just Begun
The age of state-sponsored liberal eugenics has just officially begun. On April 29, 2006 Medical News Today announced that Case Law School was receiving $773,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to “develop guidelines for the use of human … Read More
May 5, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 05
Report: Transplant Regulators Swamped (AP) What’s worse? Anticipating pain or the ouch? (MSNBC) Use of Contraception Drops, Slowing Decline of Abortion Rate (New York Times) Benefits of umbilical cord blood banking highlighted (Jordan Times) MS Woman in [Cord Blood] Stem … Read More
May 5, 2006
Quote of the week
Cord blood banking is a simple, safe and secure procedure that provides a unique opportunity to save a life. Research on stem cell treatments is evolving at an incredible rate and is being used to treat a growing range of … Read More
May 4, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 04
Problems With Medicare Drug Information (AP) Calif. hospital may have exposed some to HIV (Reuters) Doctor defends IVF for woman, 63 (BBC) Doctors Object to Gathering of Drug Data (New York Times) Mice shed light on autism (BioNews) No EU … Read More
May 3, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 03
U.S. Flu Report Predicts Chaos (USA Today) Q&A: Embryonic Stem Cells: Exploding the Myths (NPR) Efforts Urged to Boost Organ Donations (AP) Acupuncture may relieve nausea after chemo (Reuters) Searching the brain for happiness (BBC) U.S. Charges 16 in Medicaid … Read More
May 3, 2006
Biotech and the Future
Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man is out in a revised paperback edition. In the new afterword to the book, Fukuyama identifies four specific challenges to the historical trend toward liberal democracy. Of particular interest for … Read More
May 2, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 02
Australia: Adult Stem Cell Research Centre To Be Opened (The Sydney Morning Herald) Australia: Down the Drain (Daily Telegraph) Missouri: Talent Comes Out Against Stem-Cell Initiative (Kansas City Star) A Painless Donation, an Enduring Lifeline (New York Times) Experts Confirm … Read More
May 2, 2006
Missouri Cloning Ban
The Kansas City Star reports that Missouri Senator Jim Talent “opposes a Missouri ballot measure protecting stem-cell research.” Well, yes and no. Talent does oppose the Show-Me State ballot measure, but it is not a measure to protect stem-cell research. … Read More
May 1, 2006
Bioethics in the News — May 01
Woman Says She Has Feeling in New Face (AP) Hope for new brain tumour vaccine (BBC) Alzheimer’s touches children (USA Today) Building a More Yummy Pig (Wired) World Stem Cell Hub is shut down (BioNews)
