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- Johnston Discusses Ethical Concerns about Human Gene Editing
Posted on September 9, 2016
Josephine Johnston, The Hastings Center’s director of research, discussed the science of human gene editing, the policy activity it has triggered, and the moral and ethical concerns that it raises... - Improving Patient Safety in the Operating Room
Posted on September 7, 2016
How can health care systems increase the effectiveness of patient safety checklists? Nancy Berlinger, a Hastings Center research scholar, and Elizabeth Dietz, a project manager and research assistant, examine this... - Nancy Berlinger Co-Authors Palliative Care Recommendations
Posted on August 10, 2016
Hastings Center research scholar Nancy Berlinger is an author of a new policy statement on palliative care issued by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The statement makes recommendations on... - Stem Cell Treatments: Assessing the Evidence
Posted on August 9, 2016
Should the Food and Drug Administration regulate some or all stem cell interventions? What standards of evidence should be used for making claims that stem cell interventions are safe and... - Erik Parens Addresses National Academies on Human Genetic Enhancement
Posted on July 15, 2016
What if gene editing technologies such as CRISPR could be used to safely and effectively “enhance” future generations – to make them, for example, better able to perform on IQ... - Point-Counterpoint: Callahan and Venter on Genetic Progress
Posted on June 14, 2016
What if any limits should there be on genetic research aimed at extending human longevity? Hastings Center cofounder Daniel Callahan and geneticist J. Craig Venter, parse the ethical quandaries in...
