June 18, 2007
The majority of Americans are in favor of easing restrictions on embryonic stem cell research even though it involves the destruction of a human embryos, according to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll survey. (Christian Post)
June 18, 2007
A new Michael Moore documentary on healthcare, criticism by an NIH official and a recent global report point out that the nation has fallen behind others when it comes to caring for its average citizen. (Sun-Sentinel)
June 18, 2007
Last week the California Legislature was about to vote to legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide. The speaker of the Assembly was a co-sponsor. The bill had passed two committees. Oddly, it did not matter to those pushing the bill that Californians rejected … Read More
June 18, 2007
Late last week, two developments involving stem-cell research offered a sharp contrast between the great strengths of American biomedical science and the terrible weakness of Washington politics. (National Review Online)
June 18, 2007
Volume 7 Issue 6 of American Journal of Bioethics. Full content is available by subscription only. “Kant Condemned All Suicide”by Stephen R. Latham, P.49 “Suicide Fails to Pass the Categorical Imperative” by Constance Perry, P. 51 “Morality of Suicide in … Read More
June 18, 2007
Volume 7 Issue 6 of American Journal of Bioethics. Full content is available by subscription only. “Reasons and Healthcare Professionals’ Claims of Conscience” by Mark R. Wicclair, P. 21 “Should Professional Associations Sanction Conscientious Refusals?”by Inmaculada de Melo-Martin , P.23 … Read More
June 18, 2007
Volume 7 Issue 6 of American Journal of Bioethics. Full content is available by subscription only. “Is it Sound Public Policy to Let the Terminally Ill Access Experimental Medical Innovations? by Arthur Caplan, P. 1 “Public Health, Public Trust and … Read More
June 17, 2007
The New York Times Magazine published an important article today about pain control and the fear put into doctors by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that treating patients too aggressively with opioids (narcotics) could be dangerous to one’s freedom. The … Read More
June 16, 2007
I don’t really care what bioethicist Ronald M. Green thinks (and, I am sure, he doesn’t care about my opinions). I bring Green up because he is the head of the Advanced Cell Technology bioethics advisory committee, and a professor … Read More
June 15, 2007
Governor Mitt Romney, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, has a piece in today’s NRO promoting “alternatives” to embryonic stem cell research. Skipping over his partisan arguments, here is the crux of his column: I studied the issue … Read More
June 15, 2007
New York Times columnist David Brooks weighs in on human genetic engineering with some pithy points and a disturbing passivity. (No link available.) First, the pithy points: [A]Harris poll suggested that more than 40 percent of Americans would use genetic … Read More
June 15, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. “Microdevice-based delivery of gene products using sonoporation” by Tung Siu, Robert Rohling, Mu Chiao, P. 295 – 300; DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10544-006-9028-0 “Simultaneous detection of five indices of hepatitis B based … Read More
June 15, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Reviews “Stem cells and cardiac regeneration” by Alfred A. Kocher, Bernhard Schlechta, Aneta Gasparovicova, Ernst Wolner, Nikolaos Bonaros and Günther Laufer
June 15, 2007
An effort is under way to create a curriculum that can be used nationally to teach ethics to students in health fields like medicine and nursing, based on an exhibit at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nazi medical experiments … Read More
June 15, 2007
First he succeeded in reading humanity’s genetic code. Now gene pioneer J. Craig Venter believes he is within weeks or months of creating the world’s first free-living artificial organism in his laboratory. It won’t be much to look at—a tiny … Read More
June 15, 2007
Everything about Shinya Yamanaka’s discovery was right—except for the timing. The 44-year-old Kyoto University stem-cell researcher had found a way to genetically reprogram an ordinary mouse skin cell to revert to the virtual equivalent of its embryonic state, in which … Read More
June 15, 2007
A simple change to the design of ‘bionic ear’ implants dramatically improves the quality of sound they provide, say researchers in the US who have tested a prototype on cats. (New Scientist Tech)
June 15, 2007
For centuries, humans have been trying to beat mortality through technology, employing such fanciful (if chilling) methods as cryonics, or the freezing of cadavers in the hope that science might one day stumble upon a cure for all ills. Now, … Read More
June 15, 2007
Scientists may have turned mouse skin cells into embryolike stem cells, but prior claims for the power of adult cells have yet to stand the test of time. (Scientific American)
June 15, 2007
The revolutionary research and wondrous discoveries of neuroscience offer fresh insights into the conduct of business and, in particular, business ethics. These frontiers require a rethinking of public policy in business and economics. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
June 15, 2007
Mitt Romney, who as a presidential candidate has already drawn criticism for changes in his positions on other social issues, is now facing questions on whether he has shifted his stand on expanded federal support for embryonic stem cell research. … Read More
June 15, 2007
Under the false pretense of improved food and drug safety the FDA is re-inventing itself as a kingpin drug company. This charade has so far hoodwinked virtually all members of Congress. The Senate has already approved this FDA transformation. The … Read More
June 15, 2007
BY NOW you may be forgiven for suspecting that science is tinted — if not entirely tainted — by politics. The arguments over evolution and global warming alone are enough to make anyone believe that we have red and blue … Read More
June 15, 2007
Issue Volume 73, Number4 of Philosophy of Science. Full content is available by subscription only. Table of Contents “Wayward Modeling: Population Genetics and Natural Selection” by Bruce Glymour, P. 369 Book Reviews “Ron Amundson: The Changing Role of the Embryo … Read More
June 14, 2007
Metanexus Institute recently released a digital recording of the lecture: “Facing the Challenges of Transhumanism: Philosophical, Religious, and Ethical Considerations” by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson from the Metanexus 2007 Conference. The lecture has been made available through iTunes.
