August 4, 2009
This book operates at the intersection of three debates: bioethics; biomedicine; and disability/Deaf studies. It is an excellent introduction for bioethicists and others who are unfamiliar with the challenge posed by disability studies. Scully challenges thinkers to take bodies seriously, … Read More
August 4, 2009
Stem cell tourism – patients paying for treatment at illegal “guerrilla” clinics – continues to be a lucrative racket. Police in Hungary last week arrested four individuals they suspect of running an illegal stem cell treatment clinic in Budapest. Reuters … Read More
August 4, 2009
A team at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla says it bred live mice from mouse skin cells, advancing a technique that could offer an alternative to the controversial use of embryonic stem cells. The work, reported online yesterday … Read More
August 4, 2009
Scientists have made teeth from stem cells in a world first that could make dentures a thing of the past. They looked like normal teeth, were sensitive to pain and chewed food easily. (Mail Online)
August 3, 2009
The drug, which terminates pregnancy by causing the embryo to detach from the uterine wall, is already available in several other European countries. But approval in Italy had been held up so far by the Catholic Church, which opposes abortion … Read More
August 3, 2009
Poiesis & Praxis (Volume 6, Numbers 3-4, August 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Antidepressants for neuroenhancement in healthy individuals: a systematic review” by Dimitris Repantis, Peter Schlattmann, Oona Laisney and Isabella Heuser, 139-174. “Embodied cognitive neuroscience and its consequences for psychiatry” … Read More
August 3, 2009
WHAT DO Richard Nixon and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have in common? Not much linked the former president, who died in 1994, and the associate justice now in her 17th year on the Supreme Court. But each was in the news … Read More
August 3, 2009
Reporting from Washington — Amid a flurry of activity on healthcare legislation, the House left Friday for its monthlong summer recess. The Senate will take off at the end of this week. The break comes as Democratic leaders are working … Read More
August 3, 2009
WITH THE RISING cost of healthcare now atop the national agenda, one theme rings like a frustrating refrain: healthcare is special, so the tools we use to fix normal economic problems don’t apply. What good is mass production in confronting … Read More
August 3, 2009
For the country to get real health-care reform, Americans have to come to grips with end-of-life issues. (Newsweek)
August 3, 2009
For those interested in medical research ethics, this is an important book. With so much of the day-to-day discussions in bioethics focused on the wording of consent forms and other details, this volume raises some of the most profound issues … Read More
August 3, 2009
JAMA (Volume 302, Number 4, July 22/29, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Ancillary Care Obligations of Medical Researchers” by Neal Dickert and David Wendler, 4248-428. “Ancillary Care for Public Health Research in Developing Countries” by Adnan A. Hyder … Read More
August 3, 2009
Much attention of nanotechnology researchers has recently been paid to the fabrication of free-standing, ultra-thin films. These systems have been developed for use in a wide variety of fields such as nano-separation membranes or nanosensors for electrochemical and photochemical applications. … Read More
August 3, 2009
A new proposal that could place Korea among the top five countries in stem cell research has been presented. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is aiming to boost Korea’s ranking in the field by 2015 through securing world-class … Read More
August 3, 2009
Archives of Internal Medicine (Volume 169, Number 13, July 13, 2009) is now availably by subscription only. Articles Include: “Channeling David E. Rogers, MD: The Moral Imperative for Health Care Reform” by Adam S. Kaufman, Oliver Fein, and Joseph J. Fins, … Read More
