By Arthur Caplan Bill of Health contributor Art Caplan has a new opinion piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In “Genetically Modified Food: Good, Bad, Ugly,” Caplan argues for the unrealized promise of GMOs: […] commercial farming of oranges and grapefruit is in dire peril from an insect-borne bacteria that causes a disease known…
By I. Glenn Cohen If you were watching television this week you may have seen this clip of a taste test for hamburger meat grown in a “test tube” in London discussed here. The meat was grown from stem cells from existing cows used to grow 20,000 strands of tissue. Costing more than $330,000 to…
By The Petrie-Flom Center 2014 Annual Meeting Section Panel Saturday, January 4, 2014, 2:00–3:45 p.m. Sustainability and Health This panel will explore the effects of the environment on health in western nations and the role that sustainability initiatives play with regard to wellness. The panel will be interdisciplinary, broadly spanning topics in health, environmental, and…
