Sunday, October 30, 2005

Scientists as Creators (Shades of Frankenstein?)

›
Should scientists be acting as creators? A group of scientists is trying to form a living being from non-living chemicals reports a New Scie...
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Sex selection trial in China USA has been approved

›
This just in, a story in the Guardian referring to an article in the most recent issue of Nature : A clinical trial into the effects of all...
3 comments:
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Quote of the day....

›
"Old bioethicists never die, they just lose autonomy." - Karama Neal, bioethicist and writer . I had the pleasure of meeting Kara...
1 comment:

Have It Your Way - as long as it's not healthy

›
The “obesity crisis” in the US has fingers of blame wagging at everything from working moms who rely on processed food to the popularity of...

Can I Pick Your Brain?

›
ScienceDaily reports that neurobiologists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have carried out experiments that prove for the first...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

The Other Problem with IVF...

›
The findings of three US studies have caused some to believe that all eggs used for IVF should be screened for defects. Because the incre...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Supplement Your Mind . . . and Body?

›
It is It is said that there is no such thing as bad publicity, but Dr. Phil might not agree right now. The TV psychologist is in danger ...
Monday, October 17, 2005

Miers nomination "sexist"?

›
In an article on CNN.com about President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court, Senator Dianne Feinstein of Cali...

Embryonic stem cell research: a possible alternative?

›
Rick Wiess of the Washington Post and Nicholas Wade of the NY Times both report on an online article at Nature.com about a method to cre...
Thursday, October 13, 2005

The Politics of Bioethics: Getting Progressive Voices Heard

›
On October 3, a group of progressive bioethicists, including WBP board member and founding scholar Jonathan Moreno, got together at a meetin...
Monday, October 10, 2005

In pain? Head for a better neighborhood.

›
According to a new study from the University of Michigan Health System, minorities and people with low incomes have less access to pain medi...
2 comments:

Attention Women: Sleep is not a Luxury

›
Research on the relationship between sleep and health is growing quickly. Scientists have long known that sleep disorders, such as sleep apn...
Saturday, October 08, 2005

Fear and Loathing in Beverly Hills

›
Liza Mundy, a staff writer for the Washington Post, writes about America's obsession with infertility in a sharp and incisive critique o...
Friday, October 07, 2005

Happy Birthday to the WBP!

›
From our founder, Kathryn Hinsch: Pantry, Pilgrimage, and a Promise One year ago today: A Tribute to Our Founding Scholars Most of us are fa...
4 comments:
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Another reason to watch the Supreme Court this year

›
The United States Supreme Court has made many headlines this year and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Most of the news ha...
1 comment:
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Marriage a Legal Requirement of Motherhood in Indiana

›
The State of Indiana proposes that a woman in Indiana seeking to become a mother through assisted reproduction therapy such as in vitro fert...
1 comment:
Monday, October 03, 2005

Abortion and disability

›
A new study in the Journal of Pediatrics reports that the number of infants born with cystic fibrosis (CF) has decreased since prenatal gen...
1 comment:
Friday, September 30, 2005

Bill Bennett 's immodest proposal

›
Remember Bill Bennett? Paragon of virtue (editor, in fact, of the Book of Virtues )? Former Secretary of Education? Former Drug Czar? High-s...
1 comment:

Women’s Voices need to be in the Bioethics News

›
On the FAB listserv yesterday, Joan Callahan drew our attention to the fact that in USA Today’s story introducing the mainstream public to...
3 comments:

Generation Rx

›
Three things came into my e-mail box this morning related to pharma. I teach ethics at a Pharmacy College and I somehow get on pharma news l...
1 comment: