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>Day 3 ASBH: Chimeras, Public Health, and Bioethics Bloggers

>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

Day 3 ASBH: Chimeras, Public Health, and Bioethics Bloggers

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 T-cells trained to kill viruses

>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 T-cells trained to kill viruses

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

>ASBH day 2: Human rights and Public Health Ethics

>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

ASBH day 2: Human rights and Public Health Ethics

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

Totalitarian bioethics and assumptions

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

>American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Conference

>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

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Conference

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

>"A more realistic light" on embryonic stem cell research

> “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

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