On December 12, the Catholic Church issued what the New York Times called “the most sweeping document on bioethical issues,” its Dignitas Personae. The document– the summary of which is available on the web– is dominated by discussion of in vitro fertilization, embyro research, and stem cells. But there is a section on gene transfer–… Continue reading GenetEx Cathedra
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You are being (ethically) watched!
In the current issue of Bulletin of the World Health Organization, authors Margaret Carrel and Stuart Rennie describe ethical challenges presented by demographic and health surveillance activities performed in low-income countries (“Demographic and Health Surveillance: Longitudinal Ethical Considerations”). What’s the link to translational research and gene transfer? A number of issues identified in this article… Continue reading You are being (ethically) watched!