News tagged with ethical issues
New genetic technique converts skin cells into brain cells
A research breakthrough has proven that it is possible to reprogram mature cells from human skin directly into brain cells, without passing through the stem cell stage. The unexpectedly simple technique involves activating ...
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Spoiler alert: TV medical dramas 'rife' with bioethical issues and breaches of professional conduct
A medical student and faculty directors from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics analyzed depictions of bioethical issues and professionalism over a full season of two popular medical dramas—"Grey's Anatomy" and ...
Mar 26, 2010 |
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Better ethics education needed in community-based research
A growing number of health research programs are collaborating with community groups to conduct research. The groups help recruit study participants, obtain informed consent, collect data and provide input on study design ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 03, 2012 |
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Dilemmas of destiny: Genetic predictors of disease can raise thorny ethical issues
Lila (the patient’s name has been changed) was only in her 20s when she learned that she could be at increased risk for breast cancer. A genetic test had revealed that her mother carried a mutation signaling ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Could prenatal DNA testing open Pandora's box?
(AP) -- Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions like Down syndrome, but also things like eye ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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The ethics of biofuels
An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy outlines a framework for evaluating biofuels in order to address ethical issues surrounding the rapidly evolving race to develop biofuels.
May 09, 2011 |
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Comfort or conflict: Earlier Down syndrome test
(AP) -- The results of the blood test revealed only a risk, but when she saw them, she still threw up. Now she had to find out for sure.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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As armor against criticism, corp. social responsibility no substitute for product quality
More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies commit themselves to corporate social responsibility initiatives in order to protect themselves against negative information. But these moves don't serve as a strong insurance ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Genome-wide association studies in developing countries raise important new ethical issues
Typically conducted in richer, developed countries but now increasingly done in the developing world, genome wide association (GWA) studies raise a host of ethical issues that must be addressed, argues a Policy Forum article ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Patients being discharged against medical advice
When patients choose to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge, the consequences may involve risk of inadequately treated medical conditions and the need for readmission, according to a review ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Ethical evaluations of nanotechnology
Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 27, 2009 |
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