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- The Gift and Weight of Genomic Knowledge
Posted on August 3, 2018
With the popularity of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, genomic knowledge is assuming a growing role in shaping human life. On the one hand, this knowledge is a gift, offering insights into... - Hastings Scholar on Ensuring Evidence-based Prescribing of Off-Label Drugs
Posted on July 25, 2018
It is legal and common for physicians to prescribe drugs for uses other than those for which they are approved by the Food and Drug Administration. But in a letter... - Should Gene-Edited Mice Be Released to Control Lyme Disease?
Posted on July 25, 2018
Hastings Center research scholar Carolyn P. Neuhaus participated in a panel discussion on Martha’s Vineyard on July 12 to discuss a proposal to release genetically modified mice to curb the... - What is Normal? Why Medicine Should Reconsider the Concept
Posted on July 6, 2018
The idea that there’s a normal human body has traditionally been “the glue that renders any given modern concept of health, illness, or disease coherent,” writes Joel Michael Reynolds, the... - National Workshop on Science Communication Features Hastings Scholar
Posted on June 27, 2018
What are the right and wrong ways to speak about disability? Joel Michael Reynolds The Hastings Center’s Rice Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics and the Humanities, was an invited speaker... - Scanning the Landscape of Physician-Assisted Death
Posted on June 27, 2018
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released Physician- Assisted Death: Scanning the Landscape, proceedings from a two-day workshop convened by the National Academies in February to take a...
