Tuesday, November 07, 2006

UK Scientists Ask for Permission to Create Chimeras

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According to the BBC News, researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have asked the Human Fertilisation and Embryol...
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Food. Lies and Videotape (or whatever medium you prefer)

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Do you want lies with that? I love it when Hollywood displays a conscience -- this time, Hollywood tackles the ethics of the fast-food ind...
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Imaging the Speaking of Tongues

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The cat has my tongue this morning, so I'll let the NY Times say it: A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues By BENEDICT CAREY N...

Male Contraception -- an option in the works

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All I can say is "Isn't it about time?": Contraception as an Option for the Man By MICHAEL MASON Published: November 7, 2006...
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Monday, November 06, 2006

Are 'Partial Birth' Abortions Ever Medically Necessary?

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On Nov. 8, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court revisits the Partial Birth Abortion issue again in the cases of Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. ...
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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Fox and Counter Fox revisited

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Stephen Colbert on the Rush Limbaugh, Michael J. Fox Affair too funny to pass up -- The Last Word on shameless Fox hunting on The Colbert Re...
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Saturday, November 04, 2006

We're afraid it's come to this

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At first it was an occasional hurtful/racist/sexist/hateful comment. We would pull the comment and hope for the best. Then the "crazy...
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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Should severly disabled kids be kept small, so that they are easier to care for?

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I don't know what to think about this one -- I cannot imagine having to make such a decision and cannot imagine the tears and agony of t...
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

No Kidneying Around

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On the evening of September 26, 2006 I was sitting down to watch an episode of Nip/Tuck and the opening scene pertained to my ethics class....
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

A Prescription for Trouble

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Those of you who attended the ASBH conference in Denver last week may have come to the mock trial of the Law and Bioethics Affinity Group wh...
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Friday, October 27, 2006

Universal Health Care Ethics

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One of the largest health problems facing the nation today is access to medical care. With around 50 million people uninsured, our country s...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Fox and Counter-Fox

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[Hat tip to R. Alta Charo for the title]... Making Stem Cell Issue Personal, and Political Alessandra Stanley does a great job of teasing ou...

Live from Denver! ASBH

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Kathryn Hinsch and I will be blogging from the annual ASBH conference in the Mile High City of Denver -- let us know what you'd like to...
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Friday, October 20, 2006

Genetic Guilt

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There was an interesting article about genetic testing and breast cancer today in The Independent, profiling a family and their decisions to...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Bioethics for the Rest of Us?

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Can you recommend a good book on bioethics for a beginner? I am often asked that question and until now I haven’t had a very satisfying a...
Monday, October 16, 2006

Calling all Bioethics Bloggers

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Are you a bioethics blogger and attending the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities annual meeting next week in Denver? We are pla...
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Friday, October 13, 2006

The Scientist & the Ethicists Podcast Series: Nerd Girrrrls Rule!

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In an effort to help the public make sense of an escalating number of news stories about “designer babies,” genetic engineering and cloning,...
Thursday, October 12, 2006

The Breastfeeding Rodeo

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office on Women’s Health have been actively promoting an ad campaign over the past ...
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Emergency Contraception for those under 18

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Student blogger Kirti Shah comments on a previous post re emergency contraception : Recently the Government of Chile announced that they are...
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Vaccines on Trial

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[Guest post by Amrita Desai] I came across a very interesting article on One of the largest ever vaccine studies which is underway in Kolkat...