Author Archives: impact ethics
Zika Outbreak Raises Familiar Ethical Questions
Noni MacDonald summarizes the all too familiar ethical challenges surrounding the recent outbreak of Zika virus.
A Cautious Approach to Mitochondrial Replacement
Françoise Baylis comments on the US Institute of Medicine’s report on Mitochondrial Replacement.
Clinical Trial Disaster in France
Jonathan Kimmelman comments on the recent phase 1 clinical research trial that left one healthy volunteer brain dead and five others hospitalized.
Margaret Lock Offers Dementia’s Realism Instead of Hope
Cynthia Martin writes that unlike cancer’s new push to accelerate treatment (recently launched under the banner Cancer Moonshot2020), there is no Alzheimer’s MoonShot2020.
Disentangling Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Aging
Katie Aubrecht shares her thoughts on Alzheimer’s, dementia, and aging as these intersect with The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging.
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