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Evolution of hybrid functional imaging in bioelectromagnetics research
The field of bioelectromagnetics, consisting of the study of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and biological systems, has been rapidly expanding in the recent years. One important factor that con...
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Reproductive cloning: don't rush to judgement
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Bioterrorism and the right to research
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Patentability and higher life forms
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Consent and privacy in pharmacogenetic testing
The clinical use of pharmacogenetic drugs will require that a sample of a patient's DNA be tested before a drug is prescribed. Although pharmacogenetic tests pose fewer risks than genetic tests for disease mut...
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Human embryonic stem cell research: ethical and legal issues
The use of human embryonic stem cells to replace damaged cells and tissues promises future hope for the treatment of many diseases. However, many countries now face complex ethical and legal questions as a res...
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Two Problems in Embryo Research
Controversies over prenatal human life also extend to the use of fetuses and embryos in biomedical research. These concerns first arose around 1973, when abortion in the United States was first recognized as a...
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Fetal Therapy
Frequently the rate of scientific evolution is so rapid that it far outstrips prudent analysis on the appropriateness of new technology. However golden a promise they may first appear to offer, all new technol...
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The Geography of Competency
On maps of the Western states, the zig-zagging but nonetheless clear line of the continental divide indicates to which oceans the streams and rivers arising there will run. The concept of competency is a conti...
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Relaxing the Death Standard for Organ Donation in Pediatric Situations
A major ethical and legal constraint in organ procurement is the requirement that organs be removed only from dead patients. Although kidneys and bone marrow are obtained from living donors, the dead donor rul...
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Reconciling Offspring and Maternal Interests during Pregnancy
The papers and the policy proposals by Janet Gallagher, by Mary Sue Henifin, Ruth Hubbard, and Judy Norsigian, and by Nan Hunter raise a variety of issues concerning autonomy during pregnancy, and state action...
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Substantive Criteria and Procedures in Withholding Care from Defective Newborns
Passive euthanasia of defective newborns through selective non-treatment is now widely practiced in England and the United States. Many persons defend the practice as a morally and socially justified way to pr...
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Dire warnings and baseless fears
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The Scientist’s Right to Research and the Legitimacy of Governmental Regulation
The recent controversy over recombinant DNA research has raised important questions about the legitimacy of government regulation of scientific research. Many scientists claim that they have a right of free in...
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Discretionary Non-Treatment of Defective Newborns
Developments during the last decade in neonatal intensive, are have drastically cut the infant mortality rate in the United States, and assured the survival of many infants who formerly would have died. Among ...
