Providers have an ethical imperative to facilitate a truly informed choice for parents and donors, which means educating them about the facts around anonymous donation, the potential needs of their donor-conceived child, and the importance of choosing programs that dedicate time and effort toward obtaining updated medical information.
Researchers in the field of gene editing have largely denounced the experiment by Jiankui He and a team of scientists, including after he defended his work at a conference Wednesday.
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In the face of a gene editing breakthrough this week, Insoo Hyun, an associate professor in the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University talked about CRISPR vs. preimplantation genetic diagnosis to help couples select healthy embryos.
Behind-the-scenes partnerships between the pharmaceutical industry and advocacy groups may work against lowering the cost of high-priced drugs.
The U.S. has 351 stem cell clinics making an awful lot of businesses making marketing claims about stem cell interventions,” said Leigh Turner, coauthor of the study and a bioethicist at University of Minnesota.
Also, M.D. Anderson has started a pilot breast cancer study using the Apple Watch, A report released by HHS shows a reduction in hospital acquired conditions has saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars in healthcare costs.
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MedCity News' Meghana Keshavan will speak on a panel about the ethics of life sciences journalism at a program arranged by the University of California, San Diego Ethics Center.