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Bioethicists Concerned over Japan’s Chimera Embryo Regulations
Katarina Zimmer | Apr 4, 2019 | 5 min read
Many researchers see the move to relax the rules as a welcome change, yet some are worried the revisions don’t take public concerns enough into consideration.
Opinion: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Edward Archer | Oct 21, 2013 | 4 min read
Nutrition research must overcome pseudoscientific measures and self-interest to make progress in the fight against obesity.
2022 Top 10 Innovations 
2022 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist | Dec 12, 2022 | 10+ min read
This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.
News Notes
Eugene Russo | May 27, 2001 | 3 min read
As the study of biology and medicine continues to take place beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere, so too does the study of important, sometimes unique, bioethics issues. Recognizing the need for a cogent bioethics policy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently hired its first chief of bioethics and human subject protection, Paul Root Wolpe, a fellow at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. NASA's individual centers already convene bioethics committ
Tide Shifting on Embryo Gene Editing?
Bob Grant | Sep 11, 2015 | 2 min read
An international bioethics group says that research that involves editing genes in human embryos can be valuable, though it doesn’t approve of making “designer babies.”
A Look Back At NBAC
Eugene Russo | Oct 10, 1999 | 9 min read
Despite the presence of Hurricane Floyd and the resulting absence of more than half of the members, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) convened its 34th meeting Sept. 16-17 in Arlington, Va. The location of the meeting--a modest, drab hotel conference room--belied the serious subject matter of the day: "international bioethics," a preliminary consideration of bioethical regulations for research that runs between borders and cultures. It's the latest of an array of tough topics t
Indiana consortium targeting patent infringers
Ted Agres(tedagres@lycos.com) | Sep 2, 2003 | 4 min read
Group will pursue universities and companies for His-tag payments
How Orphan Drugs Became a Highly Profitable Industry
Diana Kwon | May 1, 2018 | 10+ min read
Government incentives, advances in technology, and an army of patient advocates have spun a successful market—but abuses of the system and exorbitant prices could cause a backlash.
The Price of DNA IDs
Jef Akst | Sep 16, 2013 | 2 min read
Following natural disasters or violent political turmoil, DNA science can help identify victims. But what if a country can’t afford the technology?
Is corporate funding steering research institutions off track?
Dan Ferber(ferber@nasw.org) | Feb 4, 2002 | 5 min read
As a senior researcher defends his involvement with both Enron and ImClone, we assess the conflicts of interest that can attend corporate funding of research.

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