Expanding The Right to Try Unproven Treatments: A Dangerous, Deregulatory Proposal
As has been proven time and again, “gut feeling” and wishful thinking have never been shown to replace controlled clinical testing.
Arthur Caplan
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Read more: The National Anti-Vaccine Movement Heads to Hartford to Intimidate CT Legislators The National Anti-Vaccine Movement Heads to Hartford to Intimidate CT Legislators
Legislators should show the out-of-state anti-vaccine movement that intimidation doesn’t work here.
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Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan: A New Mind-Body Problem Bioethicist Art Caplan: A New Mind-Body Problem
A new piece by Bill of Health contributor Arthur Caplan, with Lisa Kearns, in The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum: Not since Rene Descartes gazed from his garret window in early 17th-century Paris and wondered whether those were men or hats and coats covering “automatic machines” he saw roaming the streets has the issue of personal…
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Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan: Right-To-Try Laws For The Terminally Ill Are Bad Policy Bioethicist Art Caplan: Right-To-Try Laws For The Terminally Ill Are Bad Policy
A new piece by Bill of Health contributor Art Caplan in Forbes: Nathan Nascimento thinks that right-to-try laws aimed at the terminally ill are sound public policy. He is wrong. Mr. Nascimento’s commentary misrepresents the complexities of the drug development process and the issues surrounding granting access to experimental medicines before they have been fully tested….
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Read more: Bioethicist Arthur Caplan: Using Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Fight Zika Is The Right Thing To Do Bioethicist Arthur Caplan: Using Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Fight Zika Is The Right Thing To Do
A new piece by Bill of Health contributor Art Caplan on Forbes: When most of us think of mosquito control, we think of repellent, sprays and DEET. You might think long sleeves, window screens or mosquito control trucks, too. We’ve gotten pretty used to the idea that mosquitoes live around and among us–even when those…
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Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan – About Time: FDA Overturns Ban On Gay Men Donating Blood Bioethicist Art Caplan – About Time: FDA Overturns Ban On Gay Men Donating Blood
A new piece by Bill of Health contributor Art Caplan on Forbes: In 2001 one of my goals as the chair of the Federal government’s Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability was to get the ban on gay men donating blood overturned. The ban made no sense ethically or scientifically. The ban stigmatized gay…
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Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan: Shkreli Isn’t to Blame For High Drug Prices in U.S. Bioethicist Art Caplan: Shkreli Isn’t to Blame For High Drug Prices in U.S.
A new piece by Bill of Health contributor Art Caplan on NBC News: Should we care about Martin Shkreli, the man I call the “Wolf of Pharma Street”? His hoodie-wearing perp walk sparks outrage, but he is diverting attention from far bigger and more important systemic problems regarding the cost of drugs for all Americans….
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Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan: Cruz or FDA – Who do you trust with your health? Bioethicist Art Caplan: Cruz or FDA – Who do you trust with your health?
Bill of Health contributor Arthur Caplan and his colleagues have a new piece up on The Hill Blog: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) not only wants to be your president; he wants to decide what medicines you can get. On Dec. 10, Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation intended to speed up Food and…
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Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan: Engineering the Better Baby Bioethicist Art Caplan: Engineering the Better Baby
Bill of Health Contributor Arthur Caplan has a new article in Project Syndicate: There should no longer be any doubt about whether humans will one day be genetically modified. A new tool – called CRISPR – is already being used to edit the genomes of insects and animals. Essentially a very sharp molecular knife, CRISPR allows scientists…
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Read more: Bioethicist Art Caplan: No time to waste – the ethical challenges created by CRISPR Bioethicist Art Caplan: No time to waste – the ethical challenges created by CRISPR
Bill of Health Contributor Art Caplan has a new article in EMBO Reports: The term “CRISPR” has gained a lot of attention recently as a result of a debate among scientists about the possibility of genetically modifying the human germ line and the ethical implications of doing so. However, CRISPR is not just a method to edit…