March 27, 2008
The 2006 amendment approved by voters made it a crime to “clone or attempt to clone a human being.†But it allowed a procedure known as somatic cell nuclear transfer as long as a cloned embryo is not implanted in … Read More
March 27, 2008
The settlement is something of a surprise, coming three weeks into a trial over the state’s claims in Anchorage. The state sued to recoup medical bills it said were generated by Medicaid patients who developed diabetes while taking Zyprexa. The … Read More
March 27, 2008
A novel strategy based on targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease, based on the results of a study in a mouse model of this currently untreatable … Read More
March 27, 2008
Sir Ian Wilmut, who led the team which created the clone Dolly the sheep, said he respected the views of religious figures such as Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, who has condemned the use … Read More
March 27, 2008
Drugs approved in that just-before-deadline period had a four- to five-fold higher rate of later being withdrawn or requiring serious safety warnings, compared with drugs approved faster — presumably slam-dunks — or those that miss the deadline, Carpenter concluded. (AP)
March 27, 2008
The death of the girl has shocked the community and raised profound moral and legal questions over when medicine should trump faith, especially when the life of a child is at stake. (JS Online)
March 26, 2008
As I often say, euthanasia consciousness leads to the bottomless pit. Latest example: There is now pressure in Belgium to open euthanasia to children and people with dementia. From the story: Teenagers should be given the right to medically assisted … Read More
March 26, 2008
Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 299 No. 11, March 19, 2008) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “How to Interpret a Genome-wide Association Study” by Thomas A. Pearson; Teri A. Manolio, 1335-1344 “Epigenetics at the Epicenter … Read More
March 26, 2008
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Volume 11 Number 1) is now available online. Articles include: Editorial “From clinical ethics to phenomenology” by Bert Gordijn, Wim Dekkers, October 25, 2007, 1 Scientific Contribution “Research on clinical ethics and consultation. Introduction to … Read More
March 26, 2008
Nursing Philosophy (April 2008 – Vol. 9 Issue 2) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: Editorial “Philosophy and palliative care” by John Paley, 75–76 Original papers “Human nature: a foundation for palliative care” by Beverly J. B. Whelton … Read More
March 26, 2008
American Journal of Transplantation (April 2008 – Vol. 8 Issue 4p2) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “2007 SRTR Report on the State of Transplantation” by Robert M. Merion, MDGuest Editor, 909–910 “Trends in Organ Donation and Transplantation … Read More
March 26, 2008
If you’ve ever wanted to know just exactly how much DNA you share with your ridiculously tall brother or doppelganger best friend, you’ll soon be able to find out. 23andMe, a personal genomics startup in Mountain View, CA, is about … Read More
March 26, 2008
The 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled that the punishment the state Pharmacy Examining Board handed down against pharmacist Neil Noesen did not violate his state constitutional rights, specifically his “right of conscience” to religiously oppose birth control. (Associated Press)
March 26, 2008
Embryo research has pitted scientists against bishops, caused a cabinet split and divided the country. Religion, politics, medicine and ethics all collide in a debate that boils down to the question above. (Independent)
March 26, 2008
Should deaf parents be prohibited from using reproductive technology to have a child with genes for deafness? Should an infertile couple be prohibited from using artificial sperm and eggs to have a child of their own? Should scientists be permitted … Read More
March 26, 2008
Enhancing Evolution will appeal to readers from the general, as well as professional, audiences, with Harris’s easy to follow tongue-in-cheek style. His text serves both as a response to critics of enhancement technologies and a positive argument in favor of … Read More
March 26, 2008
The largest-ever study of the long-term consequences of premature birth finds that children born early have higher death rates in childhood and are more likely to be childless in adulthood. Experts called the research significant because it followed 1.2 million … Read More
March 26, 2008
MANAGED CARE got a bad reputation in the 1990s. At its best, though, this method of organizing healthcare saves money while enhancing the quality of patients’ lives. In Massachusetts, the Commonwealth Care Alliance, which bills itself as a nonprofit care … Read More
March 26, 2008
Teenagers should be given the right to medically assisted suicide and the parents of terminally ill younger children should be able to choose euthanasia under proposals from members of Belgium’s coalition government. (Telegraph)
March 26, 2008
The state had problems documenting millions of dollars in grants it gave to mostly universities and hospitals to support stem cell research, an audit released Tuesday shows. In 2005 Gov. Rod Blagojevich made the controversial move of inserting millions of … Read More
March 26, 2008
LB 606 prohibits the use of state money, facilities or resources to conduct research that destroys human embryos or that creates cloned embryos for research or reproduction. The new law also will provide grants to encourage stem cell research by … Read More
March 26, 2008
Gordon Brown was forced to retreat as he agreed to allow his ministers and MPs to vote against controversial new laws on embryos and fertilisation. (Telegraph)
March 25, 2008
History and Technology An International Journal (Volume 24 Issue 2, 2008) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “How pharmaceuticals became patentable: the production and appropriation of drugs in the twentieth century” by Jean-Paul Gaudillière, 99 – 106 “Professional … Read More
March 25, 2008
Journal of Religious Ethics (March 2008 – Vol. 36 Issue 1) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “ISLAM AND BIOETHICS. Beyond Abortion and Euthanasia” by Jonathan E. Brockopp, 3–12 “BRAIN DEATH AND ITS ENTANGLEMENTS. A Redefinition of Personhood … Read More
March 25, 2008
Clinical Transplantation (March/April 2008 – Vol. 22 Issue 2) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Attitude of health care professionals to brain death: influence on the organ donation process” by Jonathan Cohen, Sharona Ben Ami, Tamar Ashkenazi and … Read More
