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Biologia sintetica

“Let me now comment on the question “what next”. Up to now we are working on the descriptive phase of molecular biology. … But the real challenge will start when we enter the synthetic biology phase of research in our field. We will then devise new control elements and add these new modules to the ... Biologia sintetica

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I test genetici: dubbi sulla privacy e potenzialità

In un’intervista a La Stampa lo scienziato-imprenditore islandese Kari Stefansson parla del rilancio della sua azienda, la deCODE genetics, dopo la recente bancarotta, e dell’intenzione riprendere il progetto, iniziato 14 anni fa, di individuare i geni responsabili delle malattie più comuni studiandone la diffusione fra la popolazione dell’Islanda. Nell’obiettivo di Stefansson, ora come nel ’96, ... I test genetici: dubbi sulla privacy e potenzialità

Margherita Fronte

The Limits Of Bioethics, The Hoover Institution Policy Review

In Stanford University’s Hoover Institution Policy Review this week Sally Statel raises the question of “The Limits Of Bioethics”. Carrying the secondary title “Where the profession ends and politics begins”, Statel bases her argument round the example of a stranger who donates half of his kidney to save the life of a middle aged woman ... The Limits Of Bioethics, The Hoover Institution Policy Review

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Go Ask Your Father about DNA

Imagine the scene, you grow up in a seemingly normal working class family but you always have the feeling that you are an outsider within that family, then just before your father’s death your mentally unstable uncle tells you that he has a secret that he wants to tell you. Your father dies and your ... Go Ask Your Father about DNA

Jonathan Hankins

Home DNA Testing for all the Family

On 17th November 2009 home DNA testing kits went on over the counter sale for the first time in high street chemists in the UK. These kits allow the DNA testing of a child’s paternity and involve the taking of saliva from both the child and the ‘alleged father’s’ mouth (their terminology) and its analysis. ... Home DNA Testing for all the Family

Jonathan Hankins

Cibernetica e biorobotica per il potenziamento umano

Le frontiere dell’innesto tecnologico nel corpo umano sembrano sempre più spostarsi in avanti per lasciare un grande spazio di possibilità e variabili. Le protesi robotiche, le nanotecnologie, le neuroscienze, le biotecnologie sono campi che stanno velocemente convergendo sul corpo umano apparentemente per il miglioramento, probabilmente per la modifica. A Roma il 1° dicembre 2009, si ... Cibernetica e biorobotica per il potenziamento umano

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An Ethics For Emerging Technologies

As a follow on from my previous introduction to synthetic biology posting I would like to take a look at the recent report entitled Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology; a review of the debates. The report published in June 2009 is co-authored by Erik Parens, Josephine Johnston and Jacob Moses, all of The Hastings Center ... An Ethics For Emerging Technologies

Jonathan Hankins

Drugs for People, not for Profit.

On Saturday 29th September 2009 an article appeared in the Guardian one of the UK’s wider read broadsheets entitled ‘Soaring Drugs Bill Threatens to Bankrupt NHS’. The article refers to a report published on the same day by left leaning think-tank Compass, an organization that describes itself as ‘Direction for the Democratic Left’. It reports ... Drugs for People, not for Profit.

Ethics and Innovation – slide

A seguito della partecipazione della FGB al tredicesimo International Intensive Course in Bioethics intitolato Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine, dal 13 al 24 luglio 2009 a Udine, rendiamo disponibili le slide delle presentazioni su Ethics and Innovation, di Piero Bassetti, Jeff Ubois e Cristina Grasseni. Piero Bassetti Ethics and Innovation —— Jeff Ubois Bioethics and the Media ... Ethics and Innovation – slide

Cristina Grasseni
Piero Bassetti
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Media, Innovation, and Bioethics

Media play a major role in the healthcare system, affecting medical research, public policy, clinical practice, and self care. Many of the goals of bioethical practice, including patient wellness, patient autonomy, and social justice, and the trend in medicine towards preserving rather than restoring health, can all be served by improving the quality of media ... Media, Innovation, and Bioethics

Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine

La Fondazione Bassetti è lieta di annunciare la sua partecipazione e sponsorizzazione del tredicesimo International Intensive Course in Bioethics intitolato Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine, che si svolgerà tra il 13 e il 24 luglio 2009 a Udine. Dopo l’apertura, il commento e una prefazione circa le finalità e la struttura del corso, si inizia con la ... Humanizing Tomorrow’s Biomedicine

A look at The Hastings Centre Bioethics Forum

For anybody interested in taking an overview of current debate on bioethics, the Hastings Center bioethics forum would be a good starting point. I say this not only because the forum hosts the Centre’s own bioethics blog, well informed and non partizan as ever, but also because it provides links to many other blogs addressing ... A look at The Hastings Centre Bioethics Forum