bioethics.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The Irish Council for Bioethics (ICB) has launched its report entitled “Biometrics: Enhancing Security or Invading Privacy'” The report advises that these technologies, though powerful, must be used appropriately to avoid resentment and paranoia among users. (Tech Central)
Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
n an April cover story, we looked at the dilemma facing the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state agency created through Proposition 71 to fund stem-cell research: Should the landmark agency direct the remainder of its $3 billion in research funds towards "adult" stem cells -- which are closer to clinical applications, albeit for less serious ailments -- or to embryonic...
Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The best possible kind of regenerative medicine would surely be to entice the body to use nature's own methods to regrow a damaged limb or organ. The genes that made the structure in the first place are still present in every cell of the body but somehow repressed. Could they not be reactivated to make the patient as good as new?
Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Among the thousands of Americans with leukemia and other serious health conditions who are on waiting lists for bone marrow donations, there are some who are willing — and can afford — to pay for the marrow that could save their lives.
Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Mark A. Rothstein (University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law) has posted Legal Conceptions of Equality in the Genomic Age (Law & Inequality, Vol. 25, pp. 429-463) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article presents...
MARRIAGEDEBATE.COM--MAIN BLOG (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
in Public Discourse : A recent profile in the New York Times of the marriage between President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle had a great deal to say about how the Obamas have balanced their desire for public influence and personal privacy. The article had nothing to say about one of the most simple and remarkable facts about the first family: for the first time in recent memory, the family in...
Flesh and Stone (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
by Fred Schulte, for the Huffington Post Investigative Fund and American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop The government’s $45 billion plan to jump-start a national shift to electronic medical records has touched off a gold rush among scores of technology firms – even as many experts question whether the benefits of the products are being oversold. Federal officials won’t...
Onward State (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to produce the food you eat? A week from today, the Penn State Vegetarian Club will be joined by renowned author Peter Singer, a man well versed in the field of bioethics. Singer has built himself quite a rep. The New Yorker recognized him as “the world’s most influential living philosopher.” Time has [...]
Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.
Bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Kass even opposes living wills because "it's preposterous to think that we can have the kind of foreknowledge to cover the myriad circumstances in which we may find ourselves. Nor can you accurately pass judgment on how you're going to feel about your life in a different circumstance...No kind of legal approach and no kind of medical approach are going to take the place of a loving, prudent caregiver...
blog.bioethics.net (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
With H1N1 and flu vaccines on everyone's minds, the November issue of The American Journal of Bioethics couldn't be more timely. What do people think about the measures necessary to protect ourselves from flu? Do we, or more importantly should...
Values Voter News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
"There is absolutely no reason to use aborted babies for such selfish motives," Vinnedge said. "It is anti-life, anti-woman and counter-productive, as Neocutis is about to find out!" WND.COM reports that the skin creams contain fetal proteins from aborted babies . "...a Switzerland-based cosmetics manufacturer whose website openly admits some of its products were developed...
Non-Clinical Medical Jobs, Careers (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
No one likes to talk about the "business of medicine." After all, who wants to admit that patient care is a business? Well, there's a new certified CME (continuing medical education) series that's jointly sponsored by Sermo and the University of Pennsylvania. In the world of CME, the word "sponsored" does not mean that they are financially supporting the activity. This CME series...
LifeNews.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Most pro-life advocates can easily articulate the pro-life perspective when it comes to the issue of abortion. But when complex bioethics questions like embryonic stem cell research and human cloning arise, the ability to shape a sound argument escapes even some long-time pro-life activists.
Medical Humanities Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Dan Brock and Dan Wikler (Harvard), both of whom have recommended in recent years a shift to what they term "population-based bioethics," have a new article out in Health Affairs entitled Ethical Challenges In Long-Term Funding For HIV/AIDS. Here is...
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