Moral Questions
Human Guinea Pigs and the Sacrifice of 'Susceptible' Populations
Cannibalism raised its ugly head in January of this year at a meeting convened by the National Research Council at the behest of the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA was under pressure from the pesticide industry to relax existing policies and regulations. The Council was asked to examine the use of "human research participants" in determining toxicity. Johns Hopkins University Professor
Lynn Goldman, former Assistant Administrator in EPA for pesticides and toxic substances, and
Jennifer Sass [right], Senior Scientist of the Natural Resources Defense Council weighed in.
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Human Ecology
Gene + Environment
Linked to Depression
Possibly for the first time, scientists have traced the roots of a complex mental disorder to a specific interaction of genes and the environment.
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A new
feature: click on Book Review for a look at Elaine Draper's new work on the turmoil in occupational medicine.
Future updates: Socrates in the White House? The President's advisors' refreshing style in their report on stem cell research…genetic variation mapping…some Moral Questions on Europe's new environmental policy, "The Precautionary Principle" … reviews of Lewontin and Oyama on the gene-environment interface…and more from the Amarillo Health Consortium.
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Genetic Profiles
pRb2/p130 Plays a Role in Breast Cancer Therapy
The lack of success in breast cancer therapies often happens because the drug can't distinguish between good cells and bad cells. A new study shows that cancer is not the event of one gene, but an army of genes and it looks like pRb2/p130 is one of the generals.
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Francesco Maranta [center] receives Life Associate
Award from Dr. Antonio Giordano [left] as Governor
Antonio Bassolino [right] looks on. The ceremony took
place March 28, 2003 in the Governor’s office in Naples,
Italy.
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READ! Richard M. Zaner, Professor Emeritus of Medical
Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine at Vanderbilt's School
of Medicine, author of Finessing Nature, an even-handed
analysis of the history and theory of human cloning,
adds substance to both sides of the moral question. In
Volume 23, Number 3 (Summer 2003) of Philosophy &
Public Policy Quarterly, published by the University of
Maryland, click on www.puaf.umd.edu/ippp. |
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