Monday, December 01, 2008

Step 1 in intelligent healthcare reform

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Just stumbled across this great article in the Washington Post by Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel , " 5 Myths About Our Ailing H...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Women's Bioethics Project!

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Each year brings new experiences for which to be thankful ~ here, at the Women's Bioethics Blog, we'd like to send all of our reader...
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England’s plan for GM trees, and the possible ramifications

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Another one of our weekly guest posts from Jonathan Javitt: A group of researchers from the University of Southampton are hoping to establis...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

A Little Bit of Levity Before Bed

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

A Little Bit Closer to Jurassic Park

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I fully admit that I am typically the first skeptic in line when people make proclamations like "oh, we're getting close to Jurass...
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WBP Advisory Member R. Alta Charo Joins Transition Team of President-elect Obama

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*****Congratulations and Hooray! ***** for R. Alta Charo, one of the WBP's Advisory Board members, who has been named by President-el...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

Moreno named to Obama Transition Team

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News alert: Women's Bioethics Project advisory board member Jonathan D. Moreno has been named to President-elect Obama’s transition t...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Nip/Tucking Your Way to Beauty Queendom

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Friend and colleague Art Caplan comments on the ethical issues surrounding Venezuelan beauty pageants on Bloomberg.com: "Eva Ekvall say...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS?

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BBC News reports that a patient suffering from AIDS and leukemia shows no signs of AIDS infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant f...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

BioBeer -- It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This...

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Along the lines of 'Better Living Through Genetic Manipulation', scientists at Rice University have created a beer that could enhan...

Treacherous Kisses?

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Our weekly guest post from Jonathan Javitt, author of Capitol Reflections : Genetically modified (GM) beet sugar is generally used to make H...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A Refreshing Change: A Code of Ethics in a Presidential transition...

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[Hat tip to Dr. Matt Wynia, director of the American Medical Association Institute for Ethics for bringing our attention to this one] Any w...

How Womens' Health Will Be Affected by the Obama Presidency

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[Tip of the hat to Rachel Walden over at Women's Health News Blog for alerting us to these headlines] Buh-bye Global Gag Rule! 7 ...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Obama election signals change in stem cell fight

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A commentary by friend and colleague Art Caplan in his MSNBC column: 'Change' was the horse that Barack Obama's presidential cam...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Life begins at....

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In light of the recent defeat of the embryos-are-full-persons amendment in Colorado, this article from New Scientist from a few days ago she...

A New Day...

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Now that the numbers are in, here are some of the election results that our readers might be interested in: South Dakota's Measure 11, a...
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British GMO Protests Highlight Global Divide

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Our weekly guest post by Jonathan Javitt , author of Capitol Reflections : In July, Malawi became the second African country to approve biot...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

So Little Time, So Much Damage To Do

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In a quick and dirty driveby post, it's worth taking note that the current administration has 77 days left to change rules and regulatio...
Saturday, November 01, 2008

The Week in Review

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- Does your heart good : Don’t forget to “fall back” this weekend. Apparently, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine...