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Dr. Christopher Scott

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The perils of partnering for profit

November 2, 2018November 1, 2018 Clarice 0 Comments Big Data, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, conflicts-of-interest, Dr. Christopher Scott, Transparency

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in the following blog post are the author’s own and do not reflect the views

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The gene therapy watchers: Can an NIH advisory committee reinvent itself?

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 Clarice 0 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Christopher Scott, FDA, gene therapy, NIH

Francis Collins, NIH Director, and Scott Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner, recently announced plans to eliminate oversight of new gene therapy experiments

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CRISPR: A democratizing technology calls for democratic dialogue

April 27, 2018April 25, 2018 Clarice 1 Comment CRISPR/Cas9, Deliberative Engagement, DNA, Dr. Christopher Scott, health policy

By now, you may have read stories about a gene editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9. CRISPR is poised to revolutionize the

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A ‘right to try,’ but at what cost?

April 6, 2018May 2, 2018 Clarice 1 Comment Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Christopher Scott, health policy, pharmaceuticals, Right to Try

A few weeks ago, my colleague Stephanie Morain wrote a PolicyWise post on attempts to pass so-called “right-to-try” legislation in

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Life played richly: Learn to live a life of fulfillment

January 11, 2017January 10, 2017 Clarice 1 Comment Anna Deavere Smith, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Christopher Scott, Dr. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, ethics

In her critically acclaimed one-person show, Let Me Down Easy, Anna Deavere Smith re-enacts interviews with people observing the rich

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Gene therapy: An out-of-body experience

July 1, 2016October 7, 2016 Momentum 0 Comments Affiliates, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, David Vetter, Dr. Christopher Scott, gene therapy, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Research

On April 1, 2016, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the first ex-vivo (outside the body) gene therapy in the

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From the Labs features an image of neurogenesis in the adult mouse brain. Learn more.

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