Research Ethics
Research Ethics Bibliography
The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.
Health Research for Developing Countries: Reason and Emotion in Bioethics
2009 Parallel Paper Presentation, Global Bioethics: Emerging Challenges Facing Human Dignity.
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How Much Do We Care When Truth Replaces Fiction? Ethical Conduct and Human Subjects Research in Africa
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Remaking Humanity
July 17-19, 2003
Deerfield, Illinois, USA
Co-Sponsors
Christian Medical & Dental Association
Christian Legal Society
Nurses Christian Fellowship
Americans United for Life
Fellowship of Christian Physician Assistants
Trinity International University
The Interface Between Science and Ethics: Probing the Deeper Questions
Debates over bioethical issues necessarily involve people from diverse circles. Scientists, health care professionals, lawyers, clergy, and representatives from other disciplines join formally trained bioethicists in assessing the appropriateness of various forays within medicine and biotechnology. It is my hypothesis that the way scientists think is often so fundamentally different that the "answers" to bioethical issues offered by the non-scientific community are perceived as (at best) only minimally relevant by those who are actually pursuing the research in question.
Human Embryo Research After the Genome
Recently, the Bush administration planted a flag on ethical high ground by updating the charter of the federal advisory committee that addresses the safety of human research subjects to consider the welfare of human embryos along with that of fetuses, children, and adults.
The Good News and Bad News About Creating Embryos for Research
There is good news and there is bad news. First, the bad news. Confirming what we knew all along, scientists at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Virginia, do not think it is sufficient to do research on human embryos that are "going to die anyway," to follow the popular mantra. They announced 11 July 2001 that they intentionally created human embryos from donor eggs and sperm with the sole purpose of conducting destructive research on those nascent humans.
Cloning and Stem Cell Research: Wrong Motives on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Human cloning may soon become an accepted means of producing human embryonic stem cells for use in medical therapies. The Donaldson Report, released in August by a government advisory commission headed by Britain's Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson, sanctions the use of just such a practice. If passed by Parliament, Britain would likely become the first country in the world to explicitly permit the cloning of human embryos.
Human/Animal Transgenics: When is a Mouse Not a Mouse?
Transgenic animals are animals which have had DNA from another species inserted into their genome. The goal of transgenics is to produce a hybrid animal that is able to pass on genetic material from two different species to the next generation. Inserting genes from one species into another species to create a transgenic animal is considered the most powerful technology for modeling disease processes and for determining the mechanisms by which genes are regulated during development.
