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The Institute in the News

• 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)
• 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 December 9, 2005)

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 294 ; No. 21

• Deceased-Donor Characteristics and the Survival Benefit of Kidney Transplantation
• Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer: Implications of Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Differentiation
• Anonymity of Gamete Donations Debated [News]

BMJ: British Medical Journal Vol. 331 ; No. 7528

• In praise of uncertainty [Editorial]
• End of life decisions [Editorial]
• Are experimental treatments for cancer in children superior to established treatments? Observational study of randomised controlled trials by the Children's Oncology Group
• Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies to combat malaria in developing countries
• After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness [Book Review]
• Korean women rush to donate eggs after research pioneer resigns [News]
• Medical professionalism is under threat, say eight in 10 aspiring British doctors [News]

The Lancet Vol. 366 ; No. 9501

• Support for antimalaria efforts will depend on results [Editorial]
• An SOS from homeless people [Editorial ]
• When home is no longer safe: intimate-partner violence
• Britain accused of ignoring nurse-recruitment ban [News]

Annals of Internal Medicine Vol. 143 ; No. 11

• The Practitioner's Dilemma: Can We Use a Patient's Race To Predict Genetics, Ancestry, and the Expected Outcomes of Treatment?

Nature Vol. 438 ; No. 7069

• Unapproved tests on a chip [Editorial]
• Fetal genetic testing: Screen test
• UK animal labs still under siege [News]
• TV tests call into question cloner's stem-cell success [News]

Science Vol. 310 ; No. 5753

• Talk on 'Underground' Bird Flu Deaths Rattles Experts [News]
• Korean Cloner Admits Lying About Oocyte Donations [News]

Social Science & Medicine Vol. 62 ; No. 2

• The voices of older women in a disadvantaged community: Issues of health and social capital
• Gender imbalance in infant mortality: A cross-national study of social structure and female infanticide
• Studying physician effects on patient outcomes: Physician interactional style and performance on quality of care indicators
• Cross-cultural perspectives on research participation and informed consent
• Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in smoking cessation associated with employment and joblessness through young adulthood in the US [David Bishai et al.]
• Which surgical decisions should patients participate in and how? Reflections on women's recollections of discussions about variants of hysterectomy

Nursing Ethics Vol. 13 ; No. 1

• Constructing a Morality of Caring: codes and values in Australian carer discourse
• Learning to Respect a Patient's Spiritual Needs Concerning an Unknown Infectious Disease
• The Caring Relationship in Hospice Care: an analysis based on the ethics of the caring conversation
• Finnish Nurses' Interpretations of Patient Autonomy in the Context of End-of-Life Decision Making
• Nurses as Moral Practitioners Encountering Parents in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
• How Nursing Ethics as a Subject Changes: an analysis of the first 11 years of publication of the journal Nursing Ethics

PLoS Medicine Vol. 3 ; No. 2

• Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing to Participate in Health Research?

Globalization and Health Vol. 1; No. 16

• Exploring ethical considerations for the use of biological and physiological markers in population-based surveys in less developed countries [Adnan Hyder et al.]

Stem Cell News from the Program in Cell Engineering, Ethics and Public Policy (PCEEPP)
(Updated on December 8, 2005)

National News & Commentary

Landmark Paper Has an Image Problem. Science, 9 December 2005 .

Research Error By Cloning Team Prompts Inquiry. The Wall Street Journal, 7 December 2005.

Journal Defends Stem Cell Article Despite Photo Slip. The New York Times, 7 December 2005 .

Rights to stem cell discoveries may be retained by scientists. The Union-Tribune, 7 December 2005 .

Labs Unsure Whether to Join Stem Cell Bank. ABC News, 6 December 2005.

Patent Prosecution Strategies for Stem Cell-Related Applications. Pharmalicensing.com, 6 December 2005.

Stem Cell Research Advocates in Md. Optimistic. The Washington Post , 4 December 2005 .

Research News

FDA OKs testing drug for Crohn's. The Baltimore Sun , 8 December 2005 .

New Questions on a Breakthrough in Human Stem Cell Research. The New York Times, 6 December 2005 .

Embryonic stem cells without embryos?Nature Biotechnology. 6 December 2005.

Cord blood cell therapy trial suspended.Nature Biotechnology, 6 December 2005.

HK claims breakthrough in safer stem cell transplantation. The People’s Daily, 4 December 2005 .

Doctors make cancer breakthrough. BBC News, 3 December 2005 .

International News

In South Korea, Ethics Questions Prompt a Stem-Cell Pioneer to Resign a Top Post. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9 December 2005.

Cell bank 'requires few samples'. BBC News, 9 December 2005 .

U.K. Doubles Stem Cell Funding.Science, 9 December 2005 .

China Clones Threatened Gazelle Species. The New York Times, 8 December 2005 .

India's 1st stem cell transplant centre by April.Rediff.com, 8 December 2005.

Don Ho Recovering From Stem Cell Procedure. ABC News, 6 December 2005.

Stem cell therapy or snake oil?Nature Biotechnology. 6 Dec 2005.

Israeli stem cell researchers in demand in California. Israel 21C , 4 December 2005 .

Dolly creator to lead stem cell centre. The Scotsman, 3 December 2005 .

Changing ethics rules land Spanish stem cell scientist in hot water.Nature Immunology. 30 November 2005.

Neuroethics News from the Program in Ethics and Brain Sciences (PEBS)
(Updated on December 9, 2005)

In Academic Journals:

An Investigation of Moral Judgement in Frontotemporal Dementia
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2005;18(4):193-197.

Efficient internal pallidal stimulation in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: A case report
Mov Disord. 2005;20(11):1496-1499.

Pedunculopontine nucleus: a new target for deep brain stimulation for akinesia
Neuroreport. 2005;16(17):1875-1876.

Implantation of human pedunculopontine nucleus: a safe and clinically relevant target in Parkinson's disease
Neuroreport. 2005;16(17):1877-1881.

Bilateral deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus for Parkinson's disease
Neuroreport. 2005;16(17):1883-1887.

Proxy reports in Parkinson's disease: Caregiver and patient self-reports of quality of life and physical activity
Mov Disord. 2005;20(11):1462-1468.

The Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on Procedural Memory and Dysphoric Mood in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2005;18(4):223-227.

Recovery and brain reorganization after stroke in adult and aged rats
Ann Neurol. 2005;58(6):950-953.

Forebrain emotional asymmetry: a neuroanatomical basis?
Trends Cogn Sci. 2005;9(12):566-571.

How brains beware: neural mechanisms of emotional attention
Trends Cogn Sci. 2005;9(12):585-594.

The Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on Procedural Memory and Dysphoric Mood in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Cogn Behav Neurol. 2005;18(4):223-227.

On the Alleged Illusion of Conscious Will
Philosophical Psychology. 2001;18(6):699-714.

Intentional Action and Intending: Recent Empirical Studies
Philosophical Psychology. 2001;18(6):737-748.

An Effect of Dopamine Depletion on Decision-making: The Temporal Coupling of Deliberation and Execution
J Cogn Neurosci. 2005;17(12):1886-1896.

The Cerebral Response during Subjective Choice with and without Self-reference
J Cogn Neurosci. 2005;17(12):1897-1906.

Do Patients With Schizophrenia Wish to Be Involved in Decisions About Their Medical Treatment?
Am J Psychiatry. 2005;162(12):2382-2384.

Research Advance Directives: Protection or Obstacle?
Am J Psychiatry. 2005;162(12):2389-2391.

Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders
Nat Neurosci. 2005;advanced online publication.

Methodological and Conceptual Issues: Report on the Conference Toward a Science of Consciousness 2005 August, 17-20, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
Journal of Consciousness Studies. 2005;12(67-72.

The Missing Link in Cognition [Book Review]
Trends Cogn Sci. 2005;9(12):562-563.

In the Popular Press:

Nerve Stimulation and Revenue Growth
New York Times. 9 December 2005.

Brain Morphing Technology Simplifies The Surgical Treatment For Movement Disorders
ScienceDaily Newswire. 22 November 2005.

Lack of "Mirror Neurons" May Help Explain Autism
Scientific American. 5 December 2005.