June 14, 2007
We have yet to ensure equal rights for humans, some demand “rights” for animals, and now we have a group dedicated to ensuring equal rights for robots–when they exist, that is. What rights would those be? After all, robots would … Read More
June 14, 2007
News that the NSF is spending half a million dollars to improve our ability to create a virtual reality avatar is bizarre enough. Add the info that the avatar is intended to represent a senior NSF official and we start … Read More
June 14, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Original Articles “Choosing embryos: ethical complexity and relational autonomy in staff accounts of PGD” by Kathryn Ehrich, Clare Williams, Bobbie Farsides, Jane Sandall and Rosamund Scott “‘It puts things out … Read More
June 14, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. “Improved method to disperse nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo investigation of toxicity” by Tina M. Sager; Dale W. Porter; Victor A. Robinson; William G. Lindsley; Diane E. Schwegler-Berry; … Read More
June 14, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Brief Reports “Organizational Relationships Between Nursing Homes and Hospitals and Quality of Care During HospitalNursing Home Patient Transfers” by Kenneth S. Boockvar, MD, MS, and Orah R. Burack, MA “Exercise: … Read More
June 14, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Original Articles “Regulation of replicative senescence by insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells” by Kwang Seok Kim, Min-Sun Kim, Young Bae Seu, Hae Young … Read More
June 14, 2007
Pig cells have been successfully transplanted into the first patient in new human trials of a revolutionary diabetes therapy pioneered in south Auckland. (New Zealand Herald)
June 14, 2007
In August of 2005, Shauna Anderson treated herself to a vacation of sorts: three weeks in Cape Town, South Africa, more than 10,000 miles from her home just outside Seattle, for a little respite, a safari — and a round … Read More
June 14, 2007
US health care has been declared a disaster. Britain’s subsidized NHS is little better. France’s hybrid system works, but faces rising costs. (SPIEGEL ONLINE)
June 14, 2007
Stark evidence that high medical payments do not necessarily buy high-quality patient care is presented in a hospital study set for release today. (New York Times)
June 14, 2007
China still faces a problem with the illegal sale of blood to hospitals, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, years after such trade sparked an AIDS outbreak in the central province of Henan. (Reuters)
June 14, 2007
In what’s being hailed as a milestone in human genetics research, an international consortium of scientists announced Wednesday new data that could revolutionize how scientists study health and disease. (HealthDay)
June 14, 2007
A woman who lay bleeding on the emergency room floor of a troubled inner-city hospital died after 911 dispatchers refused to contact paramedics or an ambulance to take her to another facility, newly released tapes of the emergency calls reveal. … Read More
June 14, 2007
Issue 16 of The New Atlantis is now available. Full content is available online. “The Right to Life and Human Dignity” by Leon R. Kass “Brave New World at 75″ by Caitrin Nicol “The Trouble with Nanoethics” by Adam Keiper … Read More
June 14, 2007
The case of a “mercy killing†in South Korea has opened the euthanasia debate, a theme that has until now been ignored both by public opinion and the law upon till this point, fuelling great expectation ahead of a decision … Read More
June 14, 2007
New Jersey has approved the first funding to build a state stem cell research facility touted by Gov. Jon S. Corzine as key to combating federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell work. (Boston Globe)
June 14, 2007
Some years ago, a single woman desperate to have a baby took on the legal system. Leesa Meldrum wasn’t allowed to use IVF in Victoria because she did not have a male partner. So Meldrum took her desire to have … Read More
June 13, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Brief Reports “Mortality Risk in Older Inner-City African Americans” by Theodore K. Malmstrom, PhD, Elena M. Andresen, PhD, Fredric D. Wolinsky, PhD J. Philip Miller, AB, Kathryn Stamps, MPH, and … Read More
June 13, 2007
Volume 21, Issue 6, July 2007 of Bioethics is now available. Full content is available by subscription only. EDITORIAL “Reproductive Autonomy a Special Issue” by Ruth Chadwick, p. ii–ii ARTICLES “Is Global Ethics Moral Neo-Colonialism? An Investigation of the Issue … Read More
June 13, 2007
This story is really a tragic tale of how rejecting human exceptionalism leads to the deaths of those deemed inferior–in this case girls–mostly in Asia. According to the United Nations, 60 million female fetuses or baby girls are “missing”–meaning they … Read More
June 13, 2007
As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only. Original Articles “Autologous endothelial progenitor cells transplantation promoting endothelial recovery in mice” by Xiaohui Zhao, Lan Huang, Yangguang Yin, Yuqiang Fang and Yinpin Zhou Reviews “Psychosocial and behavioural factors in … Read More
June 13, 2007
Issue 7(7) of American Journal of Transplantation is now available. Full content is available by subscription only. Articles that may be of interest from the TOC: “A Semi-Centennial Report on the Participants Depicted in Joel Babb’s Portrait, ‘The First Successful … Read More
June 13, 2007
Caremark, a company that manages prescription drug insurance plans, has accepted payments from a pharmaceutical maker to produce newsletters that appear to promote one of its medications – a practice that has raised questions of conflicts of interest. (Newsday)
June 13, 2007
Hawaii, the first U.S. state to mandate that employers provide health insurance for workers, scored best among its peers in providing safe and affordable medical care, a report released on Wednesday found. (Reuters)
June 13, 2007
Glowing nanoparticles could help doctors make sure they don’t leave behind any traces of brain tumors during surgery. (Technology Review)
