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Unconventionally advancing the field of clinical ethics

Much has been written about conference fatigue and how to down the dullness, survive and even thrive at academic meetings. Conference organizers are getting creative.

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The future of neuroethics

November 15, 2019 Biomarkers, Brain Stimulation, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Neuroethics

I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual International Neuroethics Society held in Chicago, Ill. alongside the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

From The Labs

Learning to stop cancer at its roots

November 7, 2019 chronic myeloid leukemia, CML, DYRK2, Research, stem cell renewal, stem cells, tyrosine kinase inhibitors., vitamin K3

Why do some cancers come back? Sometimes, a treatment can effectively eliminate cancer cells to undetectable levels, but, if the treatment stops, cancer may return.

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Death wellness: A modern movement with ancient roots

October 30, 2019 Bryanna Moore, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Death, Death positivity, Death wellness

Have you heard of the death wellness or death positivity movement? It’s a culture, community and related set of practices built around the mutual goals

From The Labs

Nutritional deficiencies, HIV and DTG brew a ‘perfect storm.’ The good news? There is a simple solution.

August 6, 2019 AIDS, doluteglavir, folate, folic acid, HIV, neural tube defects, Research

A preferred medication for treating HIV infection has been recently linked to a 6- to 9-fold increase in the risk for neural tube defects among

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Embryo swap scandal reinforces role of genetic counselors

August 2, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Fertility, Genetic counselors, Sarah Huguenard

In what should have been the best moment of her life, a New York woman looked down at her newborn twins for the first time

From The Labs

Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer shows promise

July 23, 2019 Conference, Immunotherapy, pancreatic cancer, Research, T cell therapy

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging types of cancer to treat, but new therapy using the body’s own immune system is providing new

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Is biohacking ‘the practice of medicine?’: Regulators might think so

July 19, 2019 BIohacking, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Citizen Science, Rebecca Hsu, Regulation

In an unprecedented regulatory move, a famous biohacker is under investigation in California for allegedly practicing medicine without a license. The complaint against Josiah Zayner,

From The Labs

‘Can you hear me, now?’ A new strategy ‘raises the volume’ of hard-to-detect gut-body communication

June 27, 2019 enteroendocrine cells, enteroids, gut-body communication, microbiome, neurogenin-3, Norovirus, Research, rotavirus, serotonin

Throughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they comprise only a small population of the total cells, they

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What if someone could be ‘kind of’ alive?

April 24, 2019 Brain, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, consciousness, Death, Dr. Kristin Kostick, Life

When the executioner’s assistant held up the freshly guillotined head of assassin Charlotte Corday by her hair and slapped her face on both cheeks in