>We also had the annual Member’s meeting, where our new President, the bioethicist for Planned Parenthood and NASA, Paul Root Wolpe,Ph.D., gave his first official speech. Unfortunately, this speech (like many talks this week) was full of political and ethical bias. I’m not sure how to take the President wondering why there are so few … Continue reading
We also had the annual Member’s meeting, where our new President, the bioethicist for Planned Parenthood and NASA, Paul Root Wolpe,Ph.D., gave his first official speech. Unfortunately, this speech (like many talks this week) was full of political and ethical bias. I’m not sure how to take the President wondering why there are so few … Continue reading
>Texas scientists have developed a method to extract virus-killing “T-cells” and induce them to attack 3 types of viruses, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and adenovirus. The cells can then be placed back in the body of the original patient. This technique is useful in the care for patients after bone marrow transplants, when the patient is … Continue reading
Texas scientists have developed a method to extract virus-killing “T-cells” and induce them to attack 3 types of viruses, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and adenovirus. The cells can then be placed back in the body of the original patient. This technique is useful in the care for patients after bone marrow transplants, when the patient is … Continue reading
>Ever been the only conservative in the room? I can go one better: a woman from Rhode Island responded to my confession that I’m a conservative by saying that we should talk, since she’d never had a conversation with a conservative before and she wanted to understand how we think. BTW, before I go on, … Continue reading
Ever been the only conservative in the room? I can go one better: a woman from Rhode Island responded to my confession that I’m a conservative by saying that we should talk, since she’d never had a conversation with a conservative before and she wanted to understand how we think. BTW, before I go on, … Continue reading
The American Society of Bioethics and Humanities meeting is different from the medical and political meetings I’m used to. From what I can tell, the people who attend expect to participate in the Question and Answer period. They are actually more critical than doctors are at our meetings. And they don’t necessarily ask questions. Sometimes … Continue reading
>I’m about to get on a plane in balmy San Antonio to fly to cold, snowy Denver for the American Bioethics and Humanities Conference. Hopefully, there’ll be lots to write about while I’m there. At the least, I’ll report on the discussions about the Missouri Amendment 2, celebrity ads and rebuttals, and what the bioethics … Continue reading
I’m about to get on a plane in balmy San Antonio to fly to cold, snowy Denver for the American Bioethics and Humanities Conference. Hopefully, there’ll be lots to write about while I’m there. At the least, I’ll report on the discussions about the Missouri Amendment 2, celebrity ads and rebuttals, and what the bioethics … Continue reading
> “Some folks are portraying this as imminently useful and it’s not.” “This [experiment] shows the incredible potential of the field, but it also sheds a more realistic light on the near-future potential.” These are comments from scientists in Nature.com and the Globe and Mail of Canada that sheds “light” on the Parkinson’s treatment experiment … Continue reading