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The Institute in the News

• 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)
• Value in Conflict : Public attitudes on Embryonic Stem Cell Research 13 October 2005
• Separate Worlds: A bioethicist brings a Jewish upbringing and sensibility to her work [Profile of Ruth Faden]
  Baltimore Jewish Times.  30 September 2005.
• Do-it-yourself diagnosis. EMBO Reports (Nature).  2005;6(9):805-807.

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.
• 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

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 November 18, 2005)

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 294 ; No. 19

• Why America Needs a Strong FDA
• Ramping Up Rehabilitation Research Urged as a "Public Health Imperative" [News]
• 1918 Killer Flu Virus Reconstructed, May Help Prevent Future Outbreaks [News]

New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 353; No. 20

• So Where's My Medal?
• Cost-Effectiveness of Cervical-Cancer Screening in Five Developing Countries

Lancet Vol. 366; No. 9498

• A forecast of disaster for Pakistan [Editorial]
• Responding to the threat of chronic diseases in India
• US President releases long-awaited preparedness plan [News]
• Nations set out a global plan for influenza action [News]

BMJ: British Medical Journal Vol. 331; No. 7525

• Are cost effective interventions enough to achieve the millennium development goals? [Editorial]
• Trauma care research and the war on uncertainty [Editorial]
• Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in developing countries
• Time to reassess strategies for improving health in developing countries
• Methods to assess the costs and health effects of interventions for improving health in developing countries
• Political lead essential to avoid panic when flu strikes [News]
• US has most reports of medical errors [News]
• Merck cleared in personal injury case against Vioxx [News]
• FDA investigates direct to consumer adverts [News]
• WHO official warns of crisis in supply of low cost AIDS drugs [News]

Science Vol. 310; No. 5750

• Pandemic or Not, Experts Welcome Bush Flu Plan [News]
• A Vaccine Disaster and Its Fateful Shadow [Book Review]

Nature Vol. 438; No. 7066

• Will the regulator please stand up [Editorial]
• Stem-cell brothers divide [News]
• Japan's embryo experts beg for faster ethical reviews [News]
• Impact of regional climate change on human health

Annals of Internal Medicine Vol. 143; No. 10

• The Terri Schiavo Case: Legal, Ethical, and Medical Perspectives

American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 5; No. 6
(All citations provide links to full-text)

• Eggs, Lies and Compromise [Editorial]
• Judging Public Health Research: Epistemology, Public Health and the Law
• Rescuing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Blastocyst Transfer Method [S. Matthew Liao]
• Commentaries on "Rescuing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research" (See table of contents)
• Response to Commentators on “Rescuing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research"
• Confronting Deep Moral Disagreement: The President's Council on Bioethics, Moral Status, and Human Embryos
• Commentaries on "Confronting Deep Moral Disagreement" (See table of contents)
• Response to Commentators on “Confronting Deep Moral Disagreement"
• Coexisting Commitments to Ethics and Human Research: A Preliminary Study of the Perspectives of 83 Medical Students
• Reflections on the Appointment of Dr. Edmund Pellegrino to the President's Council on Bioethics
• Kidney for Sale By Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market [Book Review]
• Wondergenes: Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Society [Book Review]

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Vol. 26; No. 6
(All citations provide links to full-text)

• Homage to David Thomasma: Introduction
• A Personal Recollection
• In Defense of Paternalism
• Some Things Ought Never Be Done: Moral Absolutes in Clinical Ethics
• “Diseases and Natural Kinds”
• “Suspended Animation,” My Mother’s Wife and Cultural Discernment: Considerations for Genetic Research among Immigrants
• Human Rights,Cultural Pluralism, and International Health Research
• The Human Body as Field of Conflict between Discourses
• Dialogue with David C. Thomasma and Renzo Pegoraro

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Vol. 8; No. 3
(All citations provide links to full-text)

• The Proper Role of Bioethics [Editorial]
• A New Rejection of Moral Expertise
• In Defence of Ethicists. A Commentary on Christopher Cowley’s Paper
• Constructing Critical Bioethics by Deconstructing Culture/nature Dualism
• Would They Follow What has been Laid Down? Cancer Patients' and Healthy Controls' Views on Adherence to Advance Directives Compared to Medical Staff
• Children, Longitudinal Studies, and Informed Consent
• The Right to Withdraw Consent to Research on Biobank Samples
• Towards a Dynamic Definition of Health and Disease
• The Conflation of Competence and Capacity in English Medical Law: A Philosophical Critique
• “Health, Human Rights and Ethics”: A Curriculum Development Experience at Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb
• Overcritical, Overfriendly? A Dialogue between a Sociologist and a Philosopher on Genetic Technology and its Applications

Stem Cell News from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics and Public Policy (PCEEPP)
(Updated on November 18, 2005)

National News & Commentary

Stem cell teamwork stops after split. The Scientist, 18 November 2005 .

Stem Cell Agency Wants Lawsuits Dismissed. The New York Times, 17 November 2005 .

Ethics Charges Jeopardize Cloning Program. The Washington Post , 15 November 2005 .

Stem-Cell Rift Shows Difficulty Obtaining Eggs. The Wall Street Journal, 14 November 2005.

Is This a Solution?The Washington Post , 13 November 2005 .

Funding of stem cells is debated. The Baltimore Sun , 12 November 2005 .

U.S. Scientist Leaves Joint Stem Cell Project. The Washington Post , 12 November 2005 .

State voters back stem cell funding. The Baltimore Sun , 8 November 2005 .

Research News

Will the regulator please stand up. Nature, 17 November 2005.

Self renewal, expansion, and transfection of rat spermatogonial stem cells in culture.PNAS, 17 November 2005 .

Cartilage grown from stem cells. BBC News, 16 November 2005 .

Study: Stem cells help heart after attack. CNN, 13 November 2005 .

International News

Japan's embryo experts beg for faster ethical reviews. Nature, 17 November 2005.

Stem cell researchers want watchdogs for human tests. The Register, 16 November 2005.

Clinic's embryonic stem cell therapy worries govt. Rediff.com, 16 November 2005.

Stem cell therapy helps MS woman. BBC News, 16 November 2005 .

S Korean scientist defends work. BBC News, 14 November 2005 .

Singapore's Regeneration. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 November 2005.

Sight saved by stem cell surgery. CNN, 7 November 2005

Neuroethics News from the Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS)
(Updated on November 18, 2005)

In Academic Journals:

Deep-brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: long-term efficacy and safety - What happened this year?
Current Opinion in Neurology. 2005;18(6):723-730.

Non-invasive brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005;76(12):1614-1623.

Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: a 5 year follow up
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005;76(12):1640-1644.

Pallidal stimulation in dystonia: effects on cognition, mood, and quality of life
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005;76(12):1713-1716.

Evolution of Parkinson's disease during 4 years of bilateral deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus
Mov Disord. 2005.

The functional role of the subthalamic nucleus in cognitive and limbic circuits
Prog Neurobiol. 2005.

Efficacy of bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation in Parkinson's disease
Acta Neurochir (Wien ). 2005.

Decision-making and impulse control after frontal lobe injuries
Current Opinion in Oncology. 2005;18(6):734-739.

Metacognitive deficits in frontotemporal dementia
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2005;76(12):1630-1635.

Psychiatric disease: All in the mind of a mouse
Nature. 2005;438(7065):151-152.

Memory as Initial Experiencing of the Past
Philosophical Psychology. 2005;18(6):671-698.

On the Alleged Illusion of Conscious Will
Philosophical Psychology. 2005;18(6):699-714.

Intentional Action and Intending: Recent Empirical Studies
Philosophical Psychology. 2005;18(6):737-748.

Psychology's Facts and Values: A Perennial Entanglement
Philosophical Psychology. 2005;18(6):749-765.

The War of the Soups and the Sparks: The Discovery of Neurotransmitters and the Dispute over How Nerves Communicate [Book Review]
N Engl J Med. 2005;353(19):2093-2094.


In the Popular Press:

'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey
All Things Considered (NPR). 16 November 2005.

A Lobotomy That He Says Didn't Touch His Soul
New York Times. 16 November 2005.

Some Drugs Work To Treat Depression, But It Isn't Clear How
Wall Street Journal. 18 November 2005.

Monk-y Brains. The Dalai Lama phones it in
Slate. 15 November 2005.

Our Faith in Science [Op-ed]
New York Times. 12 November 2005.

A Self-Effacing Scholar is Psychiatry's Gadfly
New York Times. 15 November 2005.

For the Dalai Lama, a Meeting of Brain and Mind
Washington Post. 9 November 2005.