Research Ethics
January 30, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 389, no. 26, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Community-Based Doulas — Can Clinicians Share Power to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes?” by D. Pressley Byrd, et al. “Data … Read More
January 29, 2024
(Associated Press) – Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, announced Jan. 22 … Read More
January 29, 2024
(RAND) – A complex, high-threat landscape is emerging in which future wars might be fought with humans controlling hyper-sophisticated machines with their thoughts; the military-industrial base is disturbed by synthetically generated, genomically targeted plagues; and the future warfighter goes beyond … Read More
January 26, 2024
(Reuters via Yahoo! News) – Elon Musk’s brain-implant company Neuralink was fined for violating U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) rules regarding the movement of hazardous materials, according to records from the federal agency reviewed by Reuters. (Read More)
January 26, 2024
Neuroethics (vol. 17, no. 1, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “What (if anything) morally Separates environmental from neurochemical behavioral Interventions?” by Viktor Ivankovi? “Caregivers of ALS Patients: Their Experiences and Needs” by Kun Yang, et al. … Read More
January 25, 2024
(Science) – Over the past decade, a team of scientific sleuths uncovered one of the most extensive known bodies of faked research. They notified 78 journals about almost 300 papers by a pair of Japanese physicians that bore signs of … Read More
January 24, 2024
(Nature) – Moreau and a few other researchers have alerted publishers to 96 papers over the past half-decade, and raised questions about genetic databases that hold data from minority ethnic groups. Ethical concerns are particularly acute in forensic science because … Read More
January 24, 2024
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “The Challenges and potential Solutions of Achieving meaningful Consent amongst Research Participants in northern Thailand: A Qualitative Study” by Rachel C Greer, et al. “Ethical Considerations for Biobanking and Use … Read More
January 23, 2024
(CNN) – Testing a person’s blood for a type of protein called phosphorylated tau, or p-tau, could be used to screen for Alzheimer’s disease with “high accuracy,” even before symptoms begin to show, a new study suggests. The study involved … Read More
January 22, 2024
(NPR) – Back then, says Handley, the elders in the community had made a request that’s almost never demanded of researchers: “They said, ‘We will only allow this if you promise to return and tell us what it is that … Read More
January 22, 2024
(Knowable Magazine) – The fact that warfarin is riskier in some populations than others isn’t a surprise. Different geographic regions tend to host people with slightly different genetic makeups, and sometimes those genetic differences lead to radically different reactions to … Read More
January 22, 2024
Neuroethics (vol. 16, no. 3, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Ethics of Human Brain Organoid Transplantation in Animals” by Masanori Kataoka, et al “Addiction and Volitional Abilities: Stakeholders’ Understandings and their Ethical and Practical Implications” … Read More
January 19, 2024
(Associated Press) – Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The University of Pennsylvania announced the novel experiment … Read More
January 17, 2024
(Quartz) – Welcome to the concept of synthetic memories. They aren’t photographs. They’re visual representations of what we can remember. And, using futuristic-sounding technology that’s actually available in the present, they can help us piece together elements of our past. … Read More
January 17, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Chinese researchers isolated and mapped the virus that causes Covid-19 in late December 2019, at least two weeks before Beijing revealed details of the deadly virus to the world, congressional investigators said, raising questions anew about … Read More
January 16, 2024
(BBC) – Chinese researchers have cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species which is widely used in medical research because its physiology is similar to humans. They say they could speed up drug testing, as genetically identical animals give like-for-like … Read More
January 12, 2024
(The New Yorker) – Crownholm is an unusual patient. He is wealthy enough to afford, and eager to use, a wide variety of optional care; he’s drawn to experimental technologies, whether or not doctors recommend them. He also had a … Read More
January 10, 2024
Journal of Medical Humanities (vol. 44, no. 4, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Art is Patient: A Museum-Based Experience to Teach Trauma-Sensitive Engagement in Health Care” by Eva-Marie Stern “Forming Physicians: Evaluating the Opportunities and Benefits … Read More
January 9, 2024
Journal of Medical Ethics (vol. 50, no. 1, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Pregnancy and superior moral Status: A Proposal for two Thresholds of Personhood” by Heloise Robinson “Ethics of Antibiotic Allergy” by Yu Yi Xiang, George S … Read More
January 8, 2024
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 23, no. 4, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Reasons for and Insights about HPV Vaccination Refusal among ultra?Orthodox Jewish Mothers” by Rivka Zach and Miriam Ethel Bentwich “Addressing Exploitation and Inequities in … Read More
January 5, 2024
(Wired) – Derived from the root bark of the African iboga shrub, ibogaine has been used for centuries by the Pygmy tribes in Central Africa in spiritual and healing ceremonies. It is illegal in the US and many other places. … Read More
January 5, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 389, no. 24, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicine’s Lessons for AI Regulation” by L. Stark “Preliminary Data on ‘Unwinding’ Continuous Medicaid Coverage” by A. McIntyre, G. Aboulafia and … Read More
January 3, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Instrumentation maker Thermo Fisher Scientific said it no longer sells certain DNA-based human-identification products in Tibet, building on a similar halt of sales to China’s Xinjiang region of technology that human-rights groups allege can be misused … Read More
January 3, 2024
(Undark) – Advances in the field have proved life-changing for individuals living with conditions like Parkinson’s, spinal cord injury, and stroke. People who cannot speak or type due to paralysis have regained the ability to communicate with loved ones, people … Read More
January 2, 2024
(Wired) – In June 2023, Moolec revealed that it had inserted genes from pigs into soy plants in order to make soybeans that expressed porcine proteins. The experiments were carried out at the company’s greenhouses in Wisconsin. In some of … Read More