Mad cow probe offers little reassurance
Investigation illustrates need for better testing
by Arthur L. Caplan

Should scientists create new life?
Society must prepare safeguards for amazing prospect
by Arthur L. Caplan

Economics and Net medical ethics
Dr. Koop: Meet Dr. Napster
by Glenn McGee

The dangers of creating life in the lab
Breaking Bioethics on a whole new world of biological terrorism
by Glenn McGee

The merging of man and machine
"In 1999, the barrier between man and machine is as thin as a strand from the double helix," writes Glenn McGee.
by Glenn McGee

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How I (and other "Pro-Life" Leaders) Contributed to Dr. Tiller's Murder
Jun 02 (The Huffington Post)

My late father and I share the blame (with many others) for the murder of Dr. George Tiller the abortion doctor gunned down on Sunday. Until I got out of the religious right (in the mid-1980s) and repented of my former hate-filled rhetoric I was both a leader of the so-called pro-life movement and a part of a Republican Party hate machine masquerading as the moral conscience of America.

Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2008
Jan 06 (Wired) Scientists had plenty of reasons to celebrate in 2008. The Large Hadron Collider fired up for the first time, a temple of science opened its doors, several companies promised cheap genome sequencing and President-elect Obama hired a fantastic team of science advisers.

Cell Project May Help to Repair Human Tissue
Nov 30 (Greensboro News-Record) In downtown Winston-Salem, researchers are using a modified Hewlett-Packard inkjet printer to "print" human cells, one layer at a time, to build tissues and organs.

Biotech group not endorsing for prez, but seeks more in FDA budget
Sep 04 (Boston Herald)

The world’s largest biotechnology organization isn’t endorsing a candidate for president. But when that next U.S. leader is elected, the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s members will call on him to significantly increase the federal Food and Drug Administration’s budget, so it can speed up the review process for cutting-edge medicines now waiting in the pipeline for approval.

A New Step Toward Synthetic Life
Aug 22 (Christian Science Monitor) Scientists have long considered DNA the instruction manual for biological life. Each species has its own unique set of instructions, or genes. And for just as long, scientists have wondered if by swapping these instruction manuals, they could transform one organism into another.

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