March 11, 2009
A Massachusetts anesthesiologist has been accused of faking data for a dozen years in 21 published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers including Vioxx and Celebrex. (MSNBC)
March 11, 2009
The National Bioethics Committee last month delayed its decision over whether to allow the Seoul-based Cha Medical Center to conduct research on embryonic stem cells created from cloned human embryos. (Korea Times)
March 11, 2009
Nanotechnology has been used for the first time to destroy cancer cells with a highly targeted package of “tumour busting” genes. (BBC)
March 11, 2009
With nanotechnology certain to make its way into food manufacturing and food products, transparency and accountability is essential to avoid the kinds of food crises we have seen of late in other parts of the food industry such as the … Read More
March 11, 2009
Big Pharma listens. How social-networking sites created for physicians are becoming a boon for drug manufacturers and investors. (Newsweek)
March 11, 2009
About 10 years ago, I was taken to lunch at a little place in the San Francisco Bay area, and a young woman scientist explained an idea so new that she had to draw a picture of it on a … Read More
March 11, 2009
As he lifted the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research Monday, President Obama proclaimed that scientific decisions now will be made “on facts, not ideology.” (Washington Post)
March 11, 2009
The Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution, and Yale University have announced the establishment of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy. (PharmaLive)
March 11, 2009
Kidneys and livers from aborted foetuses could be given to the desperately ill and ease the organ donor shortage, a leading scientist has claimed. Professor Sir Richard Gardner, an Oxford University stem cell expert, said foetal tissues may offer a … Read More
March 11, 2009
The Georgetown Center for Clinical Bioethics Invites you to The Sixth Annual John Collins Harvey Lecture Georgetown University Leavey Center Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:00 PM Patient, Heal Thyself How the “new medicine†puts the patient in charge Robert M. … Read More
March 11, 2009
Transplant International (Volume 22, Issue 4, April 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Potential of mesenchymal stem cells as immune therapy in solid-organ transplantation” by Meindert Crop, Carla Baan, Willem Weimar, and Martin Hoogduijn, 365-376. “The quality of reporting … Read More
March 11, 2009
JAMAÂ (Volume 301, Number 9, March 4, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Reforming US Health Care: Key Considerations for the New Administration” by Victor R. Fuchs, 963-964. “Achieving Large System Change in Health Care” by John Oldham, … Read More
March 10, 2009
Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have asked on more than one occasion, “How many legs does a sheep have if you call its tail a leg?†When the respondent replied, “Five,†Honest Abe had a ready correction, something along the … Read More
March 10, 2009
When a Los Angeles fertility clinic offered last month to let parents choose their kids’ hair and eye color, public outrage followed. On March 2, the clinic shut the program down — and that, says transhumanist author James Hughes, is … Read More
March 10, 2009
A recent news piece that has caught everyones eye is that an Israeli homosexual couple has got a surrogate child from India. Everywhere, people seem to be pleased about it, but when analyzed legally, it leaves us in a very … Read More
March 10, 2009
Once a patient becomes terminally ill, relationships between patients, their caregivers and their primary doctors may become frustrating and uneasy for everyone, according to a new study. The study, an unusual glimpse of what patients and their doctors are thinking … Read More
March 10, 2009
New Australian research has found evidence of discrimination against people on the basis of genetics. The five-year Genetic Discrimination Project surveyed more than 1,000 people who had had genetic testing done, with about 10 per cent experiencing some form of … Read More
March 10, 2009
In announcing his policy on federal funding of stem cell research, President Obama inadvertently cast a bright light on a dangerous temptation in science policy that ought to give Americans pause. (Washington Post)
March 10, 2009
President Obama’s open-ended order lifting limits on federal funding for stem cell research raises the prospect that taxpayer money could be used for a much broader, much more controversial array of studies than many scientists, officials and activists anticipated. (Washington … Read More
March 10, 2009
Yesterday President Barack Obama issued an executive order that authorizes expanded federal funding for research using stem cells produced by destroying human embryos. The announcement was classic Obama: advancing radical policies while seeming calm and moderate, and preaching the gospel … Read More
March 9, 2009
Genes, Brain and Behavior (Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Social approach in genetically engineered mouse lines relevant to autism ” by S. S. Moy, J. J. Nadler, N. B. Young, R. J. Nonneman, … Read More
March 9, 2009
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Guest Editorial: Vulnerability Revisited” by Doris Schroeder and Gardar Arnason, 110-111. “Undue Fear of Inducements in Research in Developing Countries” by Gardar … Read More
March 9, 2009
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology (Volume 2, Issue 3, 2008) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Is Reproduction Women’s Business? How Should We Regulate Regarding Stored Embryos, Posthumous Pregnancy, Ectogenesis and Male Pregnancy?” by Rebecca Bennett. “Abortion Perspectives … Read More
March 9, 2009
In a court document, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it believes the group did cross that line into assisting the death in June of a Cumming man. John Celmer, 58, died of asphyxiation after inhaling helium while two Georgia … Read More
March 9, 2009
The doctor aiming to design the world’s first ‘trait baby’ has helped Irish couples make the choice. (Times Online)
