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>International Oocyte Trafficking Has Begun
>The British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has an article by BC Heng (abstract is here) detailing the practice of obtaining oocytes (“eggs”) from women in developing countries. Heng supposes that not only the women more susceptible to financial pressures to “donate” their eggs, but the fact that the drugs to induce superovulation are cheaper … Continue reading
ASBH Final Day: Hurricanes, Feminists, and more Public Health Ethics
“Religion and Reproductive Freedom” was presented from a feminist bioethics view on Sunday, the final day of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities annual conference. I’m fairly sure that no one else noticed the irony. The predictable results are discussed below. Throughout the conference, I tried to attend presentations by Texans, in order to … Continue reading
>ASBH Final Day: Hurricanes, Feminists, and more Public Health Ethics
>”Religion and Reproductive Freedom” was presented from a feminist bioethics view on Sunday, the final day of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities annual conference. I’m fairly sure that no one else noticed the irony. The predictable results are discussed below. Throughout the conference, I tried to attend presentations by Texans, in order to … 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
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
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
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