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With H1N1 and flu vaccines on everyone's minds, the November issue of The American Journal of Bioethics couldn't be more timely. What do people think... (more)
Question: What is it worth to produce a blockbuster anti-wrinkle cream? Hypothetical Answer from Cosmeceutical Company: A single skin biopsy of a 14-week old voluntarily... (more)
Even as one trained in said number or data or fact crunching--whether you want to call us social scientists or empirical bioethicists or what have... (more)
For the disgrace and shame he placed upon stem cell research in South Korea and for many stem cell research more generally, he should do... (more)
Nanotechnology has been called a great many things--the great leveler, the panacea to all that ails the world, the technology that will allow us to... (more)
"Critics of synthetic biology who invoke the 'playing God' concern are sometimes using the notion of play to suggest that scientists are at best cavalier and at worst just screwing around when it comes to making artificial or novel life forms." from Discovery Tech
+ Arthur Caplan on "Do Synthetic Biologists Play God?"
"We're on the verge of profound changes in our ability to manipulate the brain."
+ Paul Root Wolpe on Reason Online in "The Battle for Your Brain"
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