Animal Rights
Westworld and Bioethics
By I. Glenn Cohen [WARNING: Spoilers below] On Sunday, HBO’s Westworld finished its run. Though I thought some of the early episodes were arguably a bit of a failure as television (and my partner almost…
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Bioethics
Initial Quick Thoughts on the Announcement of the Birth Through Mitochondrial Replacement in Mexico
By I. Glenn Cohen The science media is abuzz about the birth of a child using mitochondrial replacement techniques in Mexico to Jordanian parents at the hands of NY Doctors. A few quick reactions (I am…
Initial Quick Thoughts on the Announcement of the Birth Through Mitochondrial Replacement in Mexico
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Animal Rights
NIH Announces Plans for new Rules for Funding Chimera Research (Human-Animal Mixtures)
By I. Glenn Cohen As reported by Science, today the NIH announced plans to lift a preemptive year long moratorium on funding chimera research – that which mixes human and animal cells, often at the embryonic…
NIH Announces Plans for new Rules for Funding Chimera Research (Human-Animal Mixtures)
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Judicial Opinions
Whole Women’s Health, First Take: On the Major Victories and On Technocratic vs. Kulturkampf Approaches to Abortion Litigation at the Supreme Court
By I. Glenn Cohen I have just made my way through all 107 pages of Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Supreme Court’s decision this morning to invalidate Texas’ H.B. 2 admitting privileges and surgical…
Whole Women’s Health, First Take: On the Major Victories and On Technocratic vs. Kulturkampf Approaches to Abortion Litigation at the Supreme Court
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Biospecimens
NPRM Symposium: Quick Take on New Analysis of the Comments on the NPRM to Amend the Common Rule (and the Challenge for Bioethics and the Public)
By I. Glenn Cohen The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), with support from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), undertook “to review and analyze the 2,186 public comments submitted in response to the…
NPRM Symposium: Quick Take on New Analysis of the Comments on the NPRM to Amend the Common Rule (and the Challenge for Bioethics and the Public)
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Bioethics
Planned Parenthood And Fetal Tissue Sale: Manufactured Controversy And The Real Ethical Debate
By I. Glenn Cohen This new post by I. Glenn Cohen appears on the Health Affairs Blog as part of a series stemming from the Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Friday, January 29,…
Planned Parenthood And Fetal Tissue Sale: Manufactured Controversy And The Real Ethical Debate
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Doctor-Patient Relationship
Some Very Preliminary Thoughts on Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt (Texas Abortion Case) Argument
By I. Glenn Cohen It is always dangerous to try to glean too much from oral argument, and I have only read the transcript (no recording yet) of today’s argument in Whole Women’s Health v.…
Some Very Preliminary Thoughts on Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt (Texas Abortion Case) Argument
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Bioethics
Does the NAM Recommendation of Sex Selection for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Violate the Equal Protection Clause (Part III on my take on the NAM report)
By I. Glenn Cohen As I said in one of my earlier posts today one of the most interesting parts of the NAM report on mitochondrial replacement therapy was its recommendation that only male embryos…
Does the NAM Recommendation of Sex Selection for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Violate the Equal Protection Clause (Part III on my take on the NAM report)
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Empirical
Breaking News: NAM Releases Report on Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (Part II My First Take)
By I. Glenn Cohen My last post was a summary of the NAM’s Recommendations on Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (MRT). Now here is my take on the report. But keep in mind the report was just…
Breaking News: NAM Releases Report on Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (Part II My First Take)
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Enhancement
Breaking News: NAM Releases Report on Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (Part I Summary)
By I. Glenn Cohen As readers know I’ve written on mitochondrial replacement therapy and its attendant ethical and regulatory issues. Today the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the IOM) released a terrific report…
Breaking News: NAM Releases Report on Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy (Part I Summary)