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Announcement: Brian Earp and Julian Savulescu’s new book ‘Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships‘, published by (Stanford University Press) is now available. Is there a pill for love? What about an “anti-love drug”, to help us get over an ex? This book argues that certain psychoactive substances, including MDMA—the active ingredient in Ecstasy—may help ordinary couples […]
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by Vera Lúcia Raposo, Ph.D.
Last December it was made public that He Jiankui was sentenced to 3 years in prison and a fine of 3M yuan due to the genetic modification of two twin babies.…
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Cinnamon. Buttered popcorn. Strawberry and banana. Yummy tastes and smells that have lingered in my TV room, after my teenage son and his friends finish vaping. E-cigarette companies like Juul are creating flavors designed to lure young customers, following a tradition established by their cigarette-manufacturing predecessors. For a while, the Trump administration appeared poised to […]
The post Time To Ban Kid-Friendly Flavors For E-Cigarettes appeared first on Peter Ubel.
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by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
This week Las Vegas hosted the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where tech companies can show off the devices they hope we will all be buying soon.…
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The bioethics and legal communities must come together to find ways to move with the same ease of the scientific research community--to transcend the geopolitical borders and jurisdictional concerns that make international regulation so difficult.
The post Transcending Borders in the Ethical Oversight of Human Genome Editing appeared first on The Hastings Center.
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This post appears by special arrangement with the American Journal of Bioethics.
by John D. Lantos, MD
In this issue, Macklin and Natanson examine some of the controversies that arise in randomized clinical trials (RCTs).…
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by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Last week, I received an automated phone call from my local grocery chain saying that I had purchased some hardboiled eggs that were part of a recall and I should return the eggs for a full refund.…
Full ArticleBy Brian D. Earp (@briandavidearp) Those who follow my work will know that I have published a number of papers on the ethics of medically unnecessary genital cutting practices affecting children of all sexes and genders (a partial bibliography is at the end of this post). When my writing touches on the sub-set of these practices […]
Full ArticleWritten by Ben Davies Another Christmas, and another blog about the ethics of Christmas-based lying. Around this time last year, Alberto Giubilini wrote a post about whether we should allow children to believe in Santa. Alberto was pretty scathing about some of the arguments in favour of Santa-based honesty, but I want to offer some […]
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by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Last week I became a Jewish-American. No, I did not change my citizenship. No, I did not change religions.…
Full ArticleNeuroethics at 15: The Current and Future Environment for Neuroethics
Comparison of philosophical concerns between professionals and the public regarding two psychiatric treatments
Genes wide open: Data sharing and the social gradient of genomic privacy
Genomic Contextualism: Shifting the Rhetoric of Genetic Exceptionalism
Serious Ethical Violations in Medicine: A Statistical and Ethical Analysis of 280 Cases in the United States From 2008–2016
Is Genetic Exceptionalism Past Its Sell-By Date? On Genomic Diaries, Context, and Content
Toward More Effective Self-Regulation in Medicine
Physician Sexual Assault: The Moral Imperative for Gender Equity in Medicine
Dozens of databases of people’s faces are being compiled without their knowledge by companies and researchers, with many of the images then being shared around the world, in what has become a vast ecosystem fueling the spread of facial recognition technology.
Top plastic surgeons and cosmetic dermatologists gathered at the Ritz-Carlton in Cancun one weekend this month to learn about a wrinkle-smoothing injection, Jeuveau, that goes on sale this week.
Jeuveau’s manufacturer, Evolus, billed the event as an advisory board meeting. But it also appeared to double as a lavish launch party for Jeuveau, which the company is hoping will compete against Botox in a crowded market that also includes two other products.
Full ArticleOpen conflict broke out among U.S. liver transplant centers this week, with doctors and patients in less populous parts of the country seeking a contempt of court order against the Health and Human Services Department and the nonprofit organization that runs the transplant system.
Full ArticleThe Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for dengue, Dengvaxia, but placed significant restrictions on its use because the vaccine has been shown to put some people at heightened risk for a severe form of the disease.
Full ArticleThe Golden State Killer case was just the start. Hundreds of cold cases are hot again thanks to a new genealogy technique. The price may be everyone’s genetic privacy.
For months, Juul Labs has had a clear, unwavering message for officials in Washington: The e-cigarette giant is committed to doing all it can to keep its hugely popular vaping products away from teenagers.
Full ArticleSenator Mitch McConnell, long one of the tobacco industry’s loyal allies, said last Thursday that he would sponsor legislation to raise the minimum age to 21 for the purchase of tobacco and e-cigarettes.
Full ArticleA new experiment has raised medical and ethical questions as serious as those surrounding human gene editing: A support system delivering artificial blood to pig brains prevented degradation of important neural functions, Yale researchers discovered.
Stanford University has cleared Stephen Quake, a bioengineering professor, of any wrongdoing in his interactions with a Chinese researcher who roiled the scientific world by creating the first gene-edited babies.
Full ArticleMeasles has been much in the news lately, and rightly so. New York is one of the epicenters of a growing epidemic that poses a serious threat. There have been 285 confirmed cases since the outbreak began last fall; 21 of those led to hospitalizations, including five admissions to intensive care units.
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