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Ethics in the Academic Literature
(Updated on August 26, 2005)

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 294; No. 8



New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 353; No. 8



BMJ: British Medical Journal Vol. 331; No. 7514



The Lancet Vol. 366; No. 9486



Nature Vol. 436; No. 7054



American Journal of Public Health Vol. 95; No. 9



American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 5; No. 4 (All citations link to full-text articles.)



Journal of Medicine and Philosophy Vol. 30; No. 3 (All citations link to full-text articles.)



Bioethics News
(Updated on June 10, 2005)

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 August 26, 2005)

National News & Commentary

Feinstein, Schwarzenegger Back Cell Study. ABCNews.com, 25 August 2005 .

Palm Beach County commissioner looks to raise $1 million for stem cell campaign. The Sun-Sentinel, 25 August 2005 .

Frist Subject of Anti-Stem Cell TV Ads. ABCNews.com, 25 August 2005 .

State Fights Federal Bill on Cloning. The Los Angeles Times, 24 August 2005.

Stem Cell End Run?The Washington Post , 24 August 2005 .

Study downplays biotech bounty. SiliconValley.com, 24 August 2005.

Stem Cell Advance Muddles Debate. The Washington Post , 23 August 2005 .

Senate Poised to Ease Bush Stem Cell Rules. CNN.com, 22 August 2005 .

Firms bemoan rules on research grants. The Palm Beach Post, 21 August 2005.

Scientific Progress Is Inexorable. The Wall Street Journal, 19 August 2005.

Research News

Nuclear Reprogramming of Somatic Cells After Fusion with Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Science, 26 August 2005.

Step towards making human lungs. BBC News, 23 August 2005 .

Harvard Scientists Report a Stem Cell Advance. The New York Times, 23 August 2005 . ( John Gearhart interviewed for this article)

Fusion might end need for embryo cells. The Baltimore Sun , 23 August 2005 .

Skin Cells Converted to Stem Cells. The Washington Post , 22 August 2005 . ( John Gearhart interviewed for this article)

First kittens for cloned wildcats. BBC News, 22 August 2005 .

International News

Stem Cell Experts Converge in Seoul. The Korea Times , 24 August 2005 .

German candidates debate science. The Scientist, 23 August 2005 .

African first as stem cell bank launches. Independent Online, 21 August 2005 .

How India Reconciles Hindu Values and Biotech. The New York Times, 21 August 2005 .

UK consults on embryo law. The Scientist, 18 August 2005 .

Neuroethics News from the Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS)
(Updated on August 26, 2005)

In Academic Journals:

Ordinary Ethical Reasoning and the Ideal of `Being Yourself'
Philosophical Psychology. 2005;18(327-340.

Skill, luck, control, and intentional action
Philosophical Psychology. 2005;18(341-352.

Behavioral and Neural Predictors of Upcoming Decisions
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. 2005;5(117-126.

Enhancement Technologies and Human Identity
J Med Philos. 2005;30(3):261-283.

Variance Maps as a Novel Tool for Localizing Regions of Interest in Imaging Studies of Individual Differences
Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. 2005;5(252-261.

Unattended Facial Expressions Asymmetrically Bias the Concurrent Processing of Nonemotional Information
J Cogn Neurosci. 2005;17(9):1386-1395.

Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine [Book Review]
JAMA. 2005;294(8):968-96a.

Songs from the Black Chair: A Memoir of Mental Interiors [Book Review]
N Engl J Med. 2005;353(8):856-857.

The Brain and Behavior [News]
JAMA. 2005;294(8):893-89c.

Alertness drug arouses fears about 'lifestyle' misuse [News]
Nature. 2005;436(7054):1076-1076.

Dalai Lama gets go-ahead for meditation lecture [News]
Nature. 2005;436(7054):1071-1071.

In the Popular Press:

Neuroethics and the 21st Century Brain
All in the Mind (Radio Program). 30 July 2005 .

Does Neuroscience Refute Ethics?
mises.org (blog). 24 August 2005 .

Soul Survival. Is "the new neuromorality" a threat to traditional views of right and wrong?
Reason.com (online magazine). August 2005.


  

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