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The Institute in the News

• Untying the Gordian knot: policies, practices, and ethical issues related to banking of umbilical cord blood [Jeremy Sugarman et al.] Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2005;115(10):2592-2597.
• Doctors of Interrogation   [Jonathan Marks] Hastings Center Report
• Geneticists' views on science policy formation and public outreach [Debra Mathews, Andrea Kalfoglou, & Kathy Hudson] American Journal of Medical Genetics. (advance publication)
• Moral Issues of Human-Non-Human Primate Neural Grafting [from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics, and Public Policy] Science.  July 15, 2005
• Interview with John Gearhart on recent events in stem-cell research. NEJM, July 2005.
• Doctors and Interrogators at Guantanamo Bay [Jonathan Marks]
  New England Journal of Medicine
• Playing God With Birth Defects in the Nursery New York Times. June 14, 2005. 
• Embryonic Stem Cell Research May 26, 2005
• The importance of cultural considerations in the promotion of ethical research with human biologic material [Gwynne Jenkins & Jeremy Sugarman] Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 2005;145(3):118-124.
• Health Information, The HIPAA Privacy Rule, And Health Care: What Do Physicians Think? [Nancy Kass et al.] Health Affairs. 2005;24(3):832-842.

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 September 30, 2005)

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical AssociationVol. 294; No. 12

• Coercive US Interrogation Policies: A Challenge to Medical Ethics
• Universal Coverage: The Elusive Quest for National Health Insurance [Book Review]
• The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time [Book Review]
• Stem Cells Created From Somatic Cells [News]

New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 353; No. 13

• Learning from the Dying
• Cultural Competence and the Culture of Medicine
• Compliance, Caricature, and Culturally Aware Care
• Accidental Deaths, Saved Lives, and Improved Quality
• Nursing against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care [Book Review]

BMJ: British Medical Journal Vol. 331; No. 7518

• A time to die [Editorial]
• Safer prescribing for children [Editorial]
• Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. Time for change
• Legalised euthanasia will violate the rights of vulnerable patients
• Changes in BMA policy on assisted dying
• Changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: Moral dimensions [Commentary]
• Dutch experience of monitoring euthanasia
• Inequality is barrier to global development, says World Bank [News]

Lancet Vol. 366; No. 9491

• UN summit 2005: gridlock at the gabfest [Editorial]
• Children's health coming of age in Europe [Editorial]
• Is poverty or wealth at the root of HIV?
• Developing an open relationship with the drug industry
• End-of-life: a Catholic view
• Genetic association studies
• Industry-funded bioethics articles [Letter]
• Industry-funded bioethics articles [Letter]

Nature Vol. 437; No. 7059

• Use of NIH funds placed under a spotlight [News]
• Political deadlock leaves scientists frustrated [News]
• Public disclosure could deter conflicts of interest [Letter]
• Stemming the tide. Stem-cell policies could dictate job flow. [News]

Science Vol. 309; No. 5743

• Social Security Meets Race [Editorial]
• View from the Bench: Patents and Material Transfers
• Suggesting or Excluding Reviewers Can Help Get Your Paper Published [News]

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Vol. 15; No. 3

• Reflections of Public Bioethics: A View from the Trenches
• The Baroness's Committee and the President's Council: Ambition and Alienation in Public Bioethics
• Promises and Perils of Public Deliberation: Contrasting Two National Bioethics Commissions on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• Respecting Difference and Moving Beyond Regulation: Tasks for U.S. Bioethics Commissions in the Twenty-First Century
• Bioethics as Politics: The Limits of Moral Expertise

American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 5; No. 5 (All citations link to PDFs)

• Undue Inducement: Nonsense on Stilts?
• Peer Commentaries on "Undue Inducement: Nonsense on Stilts?"
• Response to Commentators on "Undue Inducement"
• A Draft Model Aggregated Code of Ethics for Bioethicists
• Peer Commentaries on "A Draft Model Aggregated Code of Ethics for Bioethicists"
• Resisting the Tide of Professionalization: Valuing Diversity in Bioethics [Alan Regenberg & Debra Mathews]
• Response to Commentators on "A Draft Model Aggregated Code of Ethics for Bioethicists"
• Adolescent Decisional Autonomy Regarding Participation in an Emergency Department Youth Violence Interview
• Peer Commentaries on "Adolescent Decisional Autonomy in Research"
• Response to Commentators on "Adolescent Decisional Autonomy"
• Oversimplifications II: Public Health Ethics Ignores Individual Rights
• The Seven-Year Itch
• Using Criminalization and Due Process to Reduce Scientific Misconduct
• In the Wake of Katrina: Has "Bioethics" Failed?
• Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future [Book Review]

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Vol. 26; No. 4
(All citations link to PDFs)

• Health Care Reform: What History Doesn't Teach
• Quality of Life Considered as Well-Being: Views from Philosophy and Palliative Care Practice
• Aristotle and Headless Clones
• Scratching the Surface of Bioethics [Book Review]

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Vol. 33; No. 3
(All citations link to PDFs)

• Managing Malpractice Crises
• Physician Responses to the Malpractice Crisis: From Defense to Offense
• Medical Indemnity Reform in Australia: "First Do No Harm"
• Is there a Medical Malpractice Crisis in the UK?
• Liability Reform Should Make Patients Safer: "Avoidable Classes of Events" are a Key Improvement
• Reconsidering the Harvard Medical Practice Study Conclusions about the Validity of Medical Malpractice Claims
• Are Medical Malpractice Damages Caps Constitutional? An Overview of State Litigation
• Forensic Science
• Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations
• Away from Exploitation and Towards Engagement: An Ethical Compass for Medical Researchers Working in Resource-Poor Countries
• A Normative Justification for Distinguishing the Ethics of Clinical Research from the Ethics of Medical Care
• The Physician/Investigator's Obligation to Patients Participating in Research: The Case of Placebo Controlled Trials
• The Clinical Investigator as Fiduciary: Discarding a Misguided Idea
• Currents in Contemporary Ethics
• The Ethical Health Lawyer
• Attempting to "Correct Some of the Misimpressions": A Review of the President's Council on Bioethics Website
• The United States Supreme Court and Health Law: The Year in Review
• Wrongful Life: An Issue of First Impression for the Supreme Court of South Carolina - Willis v. Wu
  

Stem Cell News from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics and Public Policy (PCEEPP)
(Updated on September 30, 2005)

National News & Commentary

No Shortage of Funds. The Wall Street Journal, 30 September 2005.

'Illegal Beings: Human Clones and the Law'. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 30 September 2005.

Scientists unite in bid to drive policy. Nature, 29 September 2005

Medical Ethics Lecture. The Washington Post , 29 September 2005 .

Wis. Bans Human Cloning, Gov. Vows Veto. The Baltimore Sun , 29 September 2005 .

Government invests millions in Stem Cell Research Company. The Marquette Tribune, 28 September 2005.

Stem Cell Obstacle Identified. RedNova, 28 September 2005 .

Illinois offers up jobs to lure Missouri stem cell scientists. Student Life, 28 September 2005 .

Trends in the geographic distribution of human embryonic stem-cell research. Politics and the Life Sciences. 14 September 2005.

Research News

Administrative and research policies required to bring cellular therapies from the research laboratory to the patient's bedside. Transfusion, 1 October 2005 .

Mighty Mice Regrow Organs.Wired News. 29 September 2005.

Stem Cells Created From Somatic Cells . JAMA , 28 September 2005 .

Heart Failure Patient Treated with Her Own Stem Cells Shows Dramatic Improvement . PR News, 26 September 2005

Building a better stem cell. The San Francisco Business Times , 23 September 2005 .

Viacell Suspends Enrollment in CB001 Phase I Clinical Trial. Today’s Stem Cell Research, 19 September 2005 .

International News

Victoria makes therapeutic cloning bid.The Age, 29 September 2005.

Political deadlock leaves scientists frustrated.Nature, 29 September 2005

S Korean Stem Cell Researcher To Cooperate With German Institutions. Asia Pulse News , 28 September 2005 .

Mesoblast lifts off on stem cell go-ahead. The Age, 24 September 2005.

Neuroethics News from the Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS)
(Updated on September 30, 2005)

In Academic Journals:

Neuropsychiatric and behavioral alterations and their management in moderate to severe Alzheimer disease
Neurology. 2005;65(6s3):S18-S24.

Inferring another's expectation from action: the role of peripheral sensation
Nat Neurosci. 2005;8(10):1295-1297.

Subthalamic high frequency stimulation resets subthalamic firing and reduces abnormal oscillations
Brain. 2005;128(10):2372-2382.

Bilateral deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a multicentre study with 4 years follow-up
Brain. 2005;128(10):2240-2249.

Long-term effects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease [Commentary]
Brain. 2005;128(10):2222-2223.

Experience-Driven Plasticity of Visual Cortex Limited by Myelin and Nogo Receptor
Science. 2005;309(5744):2222-2226.

Mutant Mice Reveal Secrets of the Brain's Impressionable Youth [Commentary]
Science. 2005;309(5744):2145a-.

Breakdown of Cortical Effective Connectivity During Sleep
Science. 2005;309(5744):2228-2232.

Neural Communication Breaks Down As Consciousness Fades and Sleep Sets In [Commentary]
Science. 2005;309(5744):2148a-2149.

Detecting Deception Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Biological Psychiatry. In Press, Corrected Proof.

Direct Evidence for a Parietal-Frontal Pathway Subserving Spatial Awareness in Humans
Science. 2005;309(5744):2226-2228.

Widespread Cortical Networks Underlie Memory and Attention [Commentary]
Science. 2005;309(5744):2172-2173.

Cost consequences and cost benefits of treating patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer disease
Neurology. 2005;65(6s3):S31-S33.

The War of the Soups and the Sparks: The Discovery of Neurotransmitters and the Dispute over How Nerves Communicate [Book Review]
Nature. 2005;437(7059):622-622.

The Learning Brain: Lessons for Education [Book Review]
Nat Neurosci. 2005;8(10):1277-1277.


In the Popular Press:

Bizarre and Infamous Join Scholarship in and Archive of Psychology
New York Times. 27 September 2005.

Abuse of Electroshock Found in Turkish Mental Hospitals
New York Times. 29 September 2005.

Psychiatric disorders and immunity. Molecurel self-loathing
The Economist. 29 September 2005.

Neuroethics (PDF)
Annual Progress Report on Brain Research (Dana Foundation). 2005.

Scientist: MRIs Can Serve as Lie Detectors
Associated Press/ABC News. 27 September 2005.