February 26, 2021
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 46, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. “Confused Out of Care: Unanticipated Consequences of a ‘Hostile Environment’” by Rose Glennerster and Nathan Hodson “Ethical Concerns with Online Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Companies” by Henry … Read More
February 19, 2021
(Washington Post) Scaling up production of formerly niche substances such as lipid nanoparticles for a global vaccine drive has been among the most complex challenges facing the Biden administration as it aims to ramp up the frustratingly slow provision of … Read More
February 18, 2021
(Financial Times) For all the headlines generated by the experiment in Shenzhen, it did not spark a global ethical debate about Crispr, the gene-editing technology that will almost certainly be used to change the course of life. While the world clashed … Read More
February 18, 2021
(Scientific American) CRISPR has many functions; one of these is that it can be used to treat disease. Yet the far-reaching, more fraught promise of this technology—one about which scientists seem at once excited and cautious—lies in its ability to … Read More
February 10, 2021
(Nature) – It was a historic moment, says Haussler. Before the HGP launched in the early 1990s, “there had not been a serious discussion about data sharing in biomedical research”, Haussler says. “The standard was that a successful investigator held … Read More
February 2, 2021
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 46, no. 2, 2020) is available online by subscription only. “Importance of Systematic Deliberation and Stakeholder Presence: A National Study of Clinical Ethics Committees” by Morten Magelssen “First Prosecution of a Dutch Doctor Since the … Read More
January 27, 2021
(The Japan News) – The government will lift a ban on nuclear transfer, in which a fertilized egg nucleus that contains genetic information is transferred into the fertilized egg of a third person, solely for the purpose of basic research … Read More
January 12, 2021
(Gizmodo) – Hollywood blockbusters such as X-men, Gattaca and Jurassic World have explored the intriguing concept of “germline genome editing” – a biomolecular technique that can alter the DNA of sperm, eggs or embryos. If you remove a gene that … Read More
January 12, 2021
(The New Yorker) – The Odin, in Oakland, California, is a company that sells genetic-engineering kits. The company’s founder, Josiah Zayner, sports a side-swept undercut, multiple piercings, and a tattoo that urges: “Create Something Beautiful.” He holds a Ph.D. in … Read More
December 14, 2020
(STAT News) – Genetically engineering pigs so they lack a certain sugar on the surface of their cells that triggers meat allergies or organ rejection won approval from the Food and Drug Administration Monday. The regulatory clearance — the first … Read More
