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Gestational surrogacy in the NYT
I'm surprised none of my fellow bloggers has posted this yet, so here goes. The cover story of last Sunday's NYT Magazine was "Her Body, My Baby," style reporter Alex Kuczynski's account of her experience hiring a gestational surrogate to bear a child conceived with Kuczynski's own egg and her...
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Published a hour ago

Step 1 in intelligent healthcare reform
Just stumbled across this great article in the Washington Post by Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel, "5 Myths About Our Ailing Health-Care System." Their point is that we need to get in touch with reality before we start the reform process. Here's a taste of the myth-busting:America has the...
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Published 2 days ago

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Women's Bioethics Project!
Each year brings new experiences for which to be thankful ~ here, at the Women's Bioethics Blog, we'd like to send all of our readers a Thanksgiving Blessing and an expression of gratitude for your support!
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Published 7 days ago

England’s plan for GM trees, and the possible ramifications
Another one of our weekly guest posts from Jonathan Javitt:A group of researchers from the University of Southampton are hoping to establish a settlement of genetically modified poplar trees on land owned by the Forestry Commission as part of a research project into biofuels. Sounds good on its...
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Published 7 days ago

A Little Bit of Levity Before Bed

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Published 2 weeks ago

A Little Bit Closer to Jurassic Park
I fully admit that I am typically the first skeptic in line when people make proclamations like "oh, we're getting close to Jurassic Park!" After all, as fantastical as the book (and movie) was, it was fantasy, and it got as much, if not more wrong, than right. So needless to say, it was with a...
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Published 2 weeks ago

WBP Advisory Member R. Alta Charo Joins Transition Team of President-elect Obama
*****Congratulations and Hooray! ***** for R. Alta Charo, one of the WBP's Advisory Board members, who has been named by President-elect Barack Obama to his Transition Team. A prominent nationally known bioethicist, she is also the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Moreno named to Obama Transition Team
News alert: Women's Bioethics Project advisory board member Jonathan D. Moreno has been named to President-elect Obama’s transition team. Dr. Moreno will be leading the President's Council on Bioethics Review Team. You can read the official announcement here. This is excellent news for the...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Nip/Tucking Your Way to Beauty Queendom
Friend and colleague Art Caplan comments on the ethical issues surrounding Venezuelan beauty pageants on Bloomberg.com:"Eva Ekvall says she was 17, a little overweight and dreaming of winning enough to buy a car when she entered her first beauty contest. Plastic surgery was the last thing on the...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS?
BBC News reports that a patient suffering from AIDS and leukemia shows no signs of AIDS infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant from an AIDS-resistant donor. He had been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, that causes Aids, for more than a decade and also had leukaemia.The...
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Published 3 weeks ago

BioBeer -- It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This...
Along the lines of 'Better Living Through Genetic Manipulation', scientists at Rice University have created a beer that could enhance your chances at longevity:"BioBeer, as it's called, has three genes spliced into special brewer's yeast that produce resveratrol, the chemical in red wine that is...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Treacherous Kisses?
Our weekly guest post from Jonathan Javitt, author of Capitol Reflections:Genetically modified (GM) beet sugar is generally used to make Hershey's Kisses â€" but that will no longer be the case in Brazil. The company recently announced it won't use GM beet sugar in its Brazilian-made products,...
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Published 3 weeks ago