BBI Co-Hosts International Stem Cell Conference

• New stem cell recommendations.  The Scientist, 27 February 2006.
• Stem cell researchers 'agree guidelines'.  Belfast Telegraph, 25 February 2006.
• Conflicting laws hinder research.  BBC News, 25 February 2006.
• Scientists agree global stem cell guidance.  Guardian Unlimited, 24 February 2006.
• Find weeds out cancerous stem cells. The Australian, 27 February 2006.
• Group Releases Ethical Guidelines on Stem Cell Research To Clarify Conflicting International Policies. KaiserNetwork.org: International News, 28 February 2006.
• Stem cell scientists draw up ethical charter.  Financial Times, 25 February 2006.
• Federal and global guidelines on stem cell research offer a level playing field. Wisconsin Technology Network, 28 February 2006.
• The Hinxton Group:A Consensus Statement on Stem Cell Research. Blog.Bioethics.Net, 26 February 2006.
• Rules tighten for stem-cell studies: International group aims to make research collaborations simpler. Nature, 1 March 2006.
• Universal Stem Cell Principles Proposed: Rules Would Guide Research Efforts. Washington Post, 2 March 2006.
• Principles urged for cell study. Denver Post, 2 March 2006
• Group Releases Ethical Guidelines On Stem Cell Research To Clarify Conflicting International Policies. Medical News Today, 2 March 2006.
• Scientists want global stem cell standards. United Press International, 2 March 2006.
• Panel at AAAS Discusses Quest for Global Guidelines on Stem Cell Research. AAAS News, 2 March 2006
• Global Stem Cell Research Guidelines Created by Expert Panel. DigitalJournal.Com, 3 March 2006.
• Global stem cell recommendations published. Bionews.org.uk, 3 March 2006.
• Junk medicine: stem cell research. The Times, 4 March 2006
• Global guidelines proposed for stem cell studies. SciDev.Net, 7 March 2006
• Stem cell researchers propose international guidelines. BioEdge, 7 March 2006.

The Institute in the News

• Conflicting laws hinder research. BBC News
• Anonymity May Slip from Sperm Donors. Kathy Hudson
• Debra Matthews discuss embryonic stem cell research on The Marc Steiner Show
• Experts Discuss Stem Cell Research at Three-Day Event in D.C.
• Center Urges Oversight Change at CMS (11/29/05)
• Experts Discuss Stem Cell Research at Three-Day Event in D.C.
• Technical Knockout: The overconfidence of stem-cell liberals Slate. 17 November 2005.
• Roundtable Discussion on Healthcare. PBS (Audio)

New Faculty Publication

• Rescuing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Blastocyst Transfer Method [S. Matthew Liao] American Journal of Bioethics. 2005;5(6):8-16.
• IBM's Smart Stance on Genetic Testing Business Week.  11 October 2005.

Ethics in the News

• Adult ADD: Common disorder or marketing ploy?
• IVF baby marks 25th anniversary
• Medical privacy law gets mixed reviews

Ethics in the Academic Literature
(Updated on March 30, 2006)

New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 354; No. 13

• Politics and Independence -- The Collapse of the Canadian Medical Association Journal
• Part "D" for "Defective" -- The Medicare Drug-Benefit Chaos
• Vaccines against Avian Influenza -- A Race against Time [Editorial]
• Behavioral Health Insurance Parity for Federal Employees
• Better Behavioral Health Care Coverage for Everyone

The Lancet Vol. 367; No. 9515

• Time for the renaissance of medicine in the Middle East [Editorial]
• The Middle East and health
• Public-health challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
• Reduction of vaccine-preventable communicable diseases in a Bedouin population: summary of a community-based intervention programme
• Rising tensions boost humanitarian concern for Palestinians [News]
• Middle-Eastern AIDS efforts are starting to tackle taboos [News]

BMJ: British Medical Journal Vol. 332; No. 7543

• Count the harms [Editorial]
• Learning from the TGN1412 trial [Editorial]
• Severe adverse reactions prompt call for trial design changes [News]
• Judge rules that baby boy should not be allowed to die [News]
• Extending life brings conceptual as well as technological challenges [News]
• Let's be fair about equity and equality
• Should all children be immunised against hepatitis A?

Nature Vol. 440; No. 7084

• Credit where credit's due
• Populations who test drugs should benefit from them [Letter]

Science Vol. 311; No. 5768

• Drug Trials: Violent Reaction to Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Remains a Mystery [News
• Intellectual Property and Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Vol. 34; No. 1

• Defining the Beginning and the End of Human Life: Implications for Ethics, Policy, and Law
• "Life Begins When They Steal Your Bicycle": Cross-Cultural Practices of Personhood at the Beginnings and Ends of Life
• Abortion and the Beginning and End of Human Life
• The Morality of Killing Human Embryos
• The Whole-Brain Concept of Death Remains Optimum Public Policy
• Alternative to Brain Death
• Moral Status, Human Identity, and Early Embryos: A Critique of the President's Approach
• Owning up to our Agendas: On the Role and Limits of Science in Debates about Embryos and Brain Death
• Transforming Public Health Law: The Turning Point Model State Public Health Act [James Hodge et al.]
• The New International Health Regulations: An Historic Development for International Law and Public Health
• Physician Participation in Executions: Care Giver or Executioner?
• Conflict over Conflicts of Interest: An Analysis of the New NIH Rules
• Face Transplant: Real and Imagined Ethical Challenges
• Shocking Treatment: The Use of Tasers in Psychiatric Care
• Ethical Lawyering in the Gray Areas: Health Care Fraud and Abuse
• "Open Access," Legal Publishing, and Online Repositories
• FDA and Drug Safety: New Tufts Study Challenges Critics of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act
• The Tenth Circuit Finds a Constitutionally Protected Right to Privacy in Prescription Drug Records

IRB: Ethics & Human Research Vol. 28; No. 2

• Resources and Needs of Research Ethics Committees in Africa: Preparations for HIV Vaccine Trials.
• Part III: Meeting the Challenge When Data Sharing Is Required
• Trials and Errors: Barriers to Oversight of Research Conducted under the Emergency Research Consent Waiver

American Journal of Public Health Vol. 96; No. 4

• Designing Healthy Communities, Raising Healthy Kids: National Public Health Week 2006
• Challenges to Research in Urban Community Health Centers
• Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapy Use Among Chinese and Vietnamese Americans: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Effects of Patient-Clinician Communication
• Social Support as a Buffer for Perceived Unfair Treatment Among Filipino Americans: Differences Between San Francisco and Honolulu
• Understanding Health Disparities: The Role of Race and Socioeconomic Status in Children's Health
• Exploring Lack of Trust in Care Providers and the Government as a Barrier to Health Service Use

Nature Reviews Cancer  Vol. 6; No. 4

• How participants in cancer trials are chosen: ethics and conflicting interests 

Stem Cell News from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics and Public Policy (PCEEPP)
(Updated on March 30, 2006)

National News & Commentary

Stem cells from testes: could it work? Nature, 30 March 2006.       

Legislators OK stem cell bill. The Baltimore Sun, 30 March 2006.

Missouri State Appeals Court Upholds Stem-Cell Ballot Language. Kansas City InfoZine, 29 March 2006.

Scrutinizing a Stem Cell Trial. Wired News, 29 March 2006.

Democrats place hopes on stem cells. The Sun-Sentinel, 27 March 2006.      

Michigan needs rational law for stem cell research. Detroit News, 27 March 2006.

Human cloning becoming abortion-like issue. The Wichita Eagle, 26 March 2006.         

Intellectual Property and Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Science, 24 March 2006.

Kansas House Rejects 'Hybrid' Cloning Ban. The Washington Post, 24 March 2006.      

Delayed Transplantation of Adult Neural Precursor Cells Promotes Remyelination and Functional Neurological Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. The Journal of Neuroscience, 29 March 2006.

Transplanted Brain Cells of Mice Ease Paralysis in Rats. The Wall Street Journal, 28 March 2006.       

Stem cells found in adult mouse testes. Nature, 24 March 2006.

International News

Cork GP under investigation in stem-cell therapy allegation. Irish Examiner, 30 March 2006.

Sending stem cells back in time. The Scientist, 29 March 2006.

More reprogramming clues – maybe. The Scientist, 29 March 2006.

Stem cells: Ethics before science. The Scientist, 28 March 2006.

EU stem cell funding in jeopardy? The Scientist, 28 March 2006.         

Neuroethics News from the Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS)
(Updated on March 24, 2006)

In Academic Journals:

Efficacy of bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation in Parkinson's disease
Acta Neurochirurgica. 2006;148(4):389-394.

A functional neuroimaging investigation of deep brain stimulation in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (PDF file)
J Neurosurg. 2006;104:558-565.

Microelectrode-guided implantation of deep brain stimulators into the globus pallidus internus for dystonia: techniques, electrode locations, and outcomes (PDF file)
J Neurosurg. 2006;104(4):488-501.

Effects of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation on sleep, daytime sleepiness, and early morning dystonia in patients with Parkinson disease (PDF file)
J Neurosurg. 2006;104(4):502-505.

Long-term evaluation of deep brain stimulation of the thalamus (PDF file)
J Neurosurg. 2006;104(4):506-512.

Meeting of minds: the medial frontal cortex and social cognition
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006;7(4):268-277.

Neuroscience and legal determination of criminal responsibility
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006;7(4):311-318.

Play It Again, Sam -- Depression Is Recurring [Editorial]
N Engl J Med. 2006;354(11):1189-1190.

Futility studies: Spending a little to save a lot [Editorial]
Neurology. 2006;66(5):626-627.

Optimizing the ongoing search for new treatments for Parkinson disease: Using futility designs
Neurology. 2006;66(5):628-633.

Suicidal Risk in Antidepressant Drug Trials
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006;63(3):246-248.

Suicidality in Pediatric Patients Treated With Antidepressant Drugs
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2006;63(3):332-339.

Could have done otherwise, action sentences and anaphora
Analysis. 2006;66:95-101.

No worries for Captain Kirk, pace Brueckner (or at least different worries)
Analysis. 2006;66:171-172.


In the Popular Press:

Mood Machine. Now there's a device to treat depression. If only there were evidence that it works
Washington Post. 21 March 2006.

Prescription For an Obsession?
Washington Post. 19 March 2006.

Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed?
New York Times. 21 March 2006.

Study: Changing Medicines May Aid Depressed
Associated Press. 23 March 2006.

Drugs Cure Depression in Half of Patients
Washington Post. 23 March 2006.

A Trip Down Memory Lane
Washington Post. 22 March 2006.

Panel Advises Disclosure of Drugs' Psychotic Effects
New York Times. 23 March 2006.

Doctor's specialty is re-wiring brain
CNN.com. 22 March 2006.