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Book excerpt from CRISPR People
Henry T. Greely | Aug 1, 2021 | 9 min read
In Chapter 6, author Henry T. Greely describes how news of the birth of gene-edited babies rocked a 2018 summit on human genome editing.
Is Medicine Ready for Clinical CRISPR?
John Parrington | Dec 1, 2016 | 3 min read
Using precision genome editing to treat or prevent human disease may require several leaps of faith.
vaccine, Covid-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, pandemic, self experimentation, polio, poliovirus, yellow fever, Jonas Salk, Joseph Goldberger, George Church
Self-Experimentation in the Time of COVID-19
Amanda Heidt | Aug 6, 2020 | 6 min read
Scientists are taking their own vaccines, an ethically murky practice that has a long and sometimes celebrated history in medicine.
Book Review: Personal Trials
Arthur L. Caplan | Mar 22, 2016 | 2 min read
At first blush, do-it-yourself clinical trials seem pointless and reckless. But a deeper truth pervades the research and the patients who drive it forward.
antibody test coronavirus covid-19 sars-cov-2 immunity privacy confidentiality ethics bioethics public safety health
Opinion: Public Health Trumps Privacy in a Pandemic
John D. Loike and Ruth L. Fischbach | Apr 16, 2020 | 4 min read
If governments were to use SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests to manage who can re-enter the workplace, society must accept a sacrifice of privacy.
Arthur Caplan Discusses Issues Facing The Growing Field of Bioethics
Arthur Caplan | Oct 16, 1994 | 10+ min read
Interview By:, Franklin Hoke and Karen Young Kreeger, pp.12 Date: October 17, 1994 In May 1994, preeminent bioethicist Arthur Caplan moved his base of operations from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he had established the Center for Biomedical Ethics, to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. There, he launched the Center for Bioethics, hoping to expand the purview of his activities through association with
Arthur Caplan Discusses Issues Facing The Growing Field of Bioethics
Arthur Caplan | Oct 16, 1994 | 10+ min read
Interview By:, Franklin Hoke and Karen Young Kreeger, pp.12 Date: October 17, 1994 In May 1994, preeminent bioethicist Arthur Caplan moved his base of operations from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he had established the Center for Biomedical Ethics, to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. There, he launched the Center for Bioethics, hoping to expand the purview of his activities through association with
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How an Early Warning Radar Could Prevent Future Pandemics
Amos Zeeberg, Undark | Feb 27, 2023 | 8 min read
Metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens, but its widespread use faces challenges.
Stirring the Pot
Alice Dreger | Mar 1, 2015 | 3 min read
How to navigate the slings and arrows of conducting “controversial” research
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Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome
Brianna Chrisman and Jordan Eizenga | Sep 1, 2022 | 10+ min read
Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has its shortcomings.

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