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(Updated on 06-10-05) New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 352; No. 23
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 293; No. 22
BMJ Vol. 330; No. 7503
Nature Vol. 433; No. 7043
Science Vol. 308; No. 5727
Annals of Internal Medicine Vol. 142; No. 11
Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics Vol. 15; No. 2
Complete Issue in PDF format contains the following: - Death's Doorstep
- Humans, a species with parapatric populations
- Genetic Testing and Research - Ethics and Legislation
- An ethical view, from developing countries, on pharmacogenomics
- Biotech Patents in Australia: Recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission
- HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Natural Selection and Poverty
- Obligation of Non-maleficence and Female Circumcision in Africa: A Moral Discourse
- Human Rights Issues in Life Sciences
- Bringing Bioethics back to earth: Comment on Xiong Lei's Article
- China: Ethical Issues in the Family Planning Program
- Preliminary Draft Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics
- Ethical issues about human reproductive cloning
Pediatrics Vol. 115; No. 6
Current Opinion in Oncology Vol. 17; No. 4
Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 22; No. 1
(Citations link to PDFs)
Bioethics News
(Updated on 06-10-05) Ethics of U.S. Scientists May Be Shaky, Poll Says
Wall Street Journal
Thursday June 9, 2005 Scientists Back Bill on Stem Cells
The Baltimore Sun
Thursday June 9, 2005 Stem Cell Advocates Plan Strategy in Texas
MSNBC News
Thursday June 9, 2005 Managing Conflict at the End of Life
The New England Journal of Medicine
Thursday June 9, 2005 Patients in a Persistent Vegetative State – a Dutch Perspective
The New England Journal of Medicine
Thursday June 9, 2005 Ovary Transplant Birth like a ‘Normal’ Pregnancy
MSNBC News
Thursday June 9, 2005 Texas Family Blocks Girl’s Cancer Treatment
MSNBC News
Thursday June 9, 2005 Stem Cell Advances May Make Moral Issues Moot
The Washington Post
Monday June 6, 2005 Inmates Organ Donor Wish Poses Quandary
Wired News
Thursday June 2, 2005 Testing Could Prevent the Birth of Geniuses
MSNBC News
Tuesday May 31, 2005
Stem Cell News from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics and Public Policy (PCEEPP)
(Updated on 06-10-05) General Policy News & Commentary: Stem Cell Advocates Meet, Plan Strategy
Associated Press. 10 June 2005.
Scientists back bill on stem cells
Baltimore Sun. 9 June 2005.
$50 million raised for stem cell study
Baltimore Sun. 9 June 2005.
Venture Firms Back Federal Funds To Help Research on Stem Cells
Wall Street Journal. 8 June 2005.
Stem Cell Advances May Make Moral Issue Moot
Washington Post. 6 June 2005.
Most Americans Back Research Using Stem Cells, Poll Shows
Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive. 7 June 2005.
Battle Threatens Calif. Stem Cell Agency
Associated Press. 6 June 2005.
Raising the stakes [Op-Ed]
Chicago Tribune. 26 May 2005.
Everything you always wanted to know about the stem cell debate
Salon.com. 8 June 2005.
Exaggerated claims of cures threaten stem cell research
BMJ. 2005;330(7503):1285-128a.
Senator Seeks to Delay Stem Cell Bonds
Los Angeles Times. 7 June 2005.
A Balance of Benefits in Stem Cell Debate
Associated Press. 4 June 2005.
US president and Congress set to clash over stem cell research [News]
BMJ. 2005;330(7503):1285-.
Research: Characterization and culture of human embryonic stem cells
Nat Biotech. 2005;23(6):699-708.
Directed Differentiation of Dopaminergic Neuronal Subtypes from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem Cells. 2005;23(6):781-790. Derivation of germ-line-competent embryonic stem cell lines from preblastocyst mouse embryos
PNAS. 2005;102(23):8239-8244. Human Embryonic Stem Cells May Be Toxicology's New Best Friends
Science. 2005;308(5728):1538-. Neurofibromin Regulates Neural Stem Cell Proliferation, Survival, and Astroglial Differentiation In Vitro and In Vivo J Neurosci. 2005;25(23):5584-5594. Transnational: Italy's Reproductive War. Does Life Begin at Conception?
New York Times. 8 June 2005.
Europe halts decisions on stem-cell patents [News]
Nature. 2005;435(7043):720-721. Many countries restrict research into stem cells
Toledo Blade. 5 June 2005. Scientists can access new made-in-Canada stem cells
CBC News. 9 June 2005. Canadian stem-cell research wins approval
The Globe and Mail. 9 June 2005. Korea stem cell expert: no human clones in 100 years
Reuters. 7 June 2005. Korean Scientist Values Religious Groups
Associated Press. 6 June 2005.
Neuroethics News from the Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS)
(Updated on 06-10-05) In Academic Journals:
Physics, complexity and causality
Nature. 2005;435(7043):743-743. You Can't Always Get What You Want: Educational Attainment, Agency, and Choice (Citation links to full-text article)
Journal of Personality & Social Psychology. 2005;88(4):703-720. Naive deontics: A theory of meaning, representation, and reasoning
Cognitive Psychology. 2005;50(2):159-193.
Electrophysiological correlates of reward prediction error recorded in the human prefrontal cortex
PNAS. 2005;102(23):8351-8356.
Neuroimaging and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in the 21st Century: What to Consider and How to Proceed
Biological Psychiatry. 2005;57(11):1261-1262.
Functional Neuroimaging of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Review and Suggested Future Directions
Biological Psychiatry. 2005;57(11):1273-1284.
Neurobiology of Executive Functions: Catecholamine Influences on Prefrontal Cortical Functions
Biological Psychiatry. 2005;57(11):1377-1384.
Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005;62(6):593-602.
Integrative Study of Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Processes in Clinical Neuroscience
Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology. 2005;18(1):1-4.
Essays in Social Neuroscience [Book Review by Peter Rabins]
Annals of Neurology. 2005;57(6).
Emotion, evolution and rationality [Book Review]
Appl Cogn Psychol. 2005;19(3):375-377.
The 21st Century Brain: Explaining, Mending, and Manipulating the Mind [Book Review]
The Lancet Neurology. 2005;4(6):338-338.
Blue Brain boots up to mixed response [News]
Nature. 2005;435(7043):720-721.
In the Popular Press: How Young Is Too Young to Diagnose Autism
Wall Street Journal. 9 June 2005.
His Brain, Her Brain
Scientific American. May 2005.
Grey matter, blue matter
The Economist. 9 June 2005.
Most Will Be Mentally Ill at Some Point, Study Says
New York Times. 7 June 2005.
Researchers Say Intelligence and Diseases May Be Linked in Ashkenazic Genes
New York Times. 3 June 2005.
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