Next was a great symposium on clinical trial data sharing and reproducibility at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics with Jeffrey Drazen, Harlan Krumholz, and Ameet Sarpatwari. The implications of this discussion go far beyond medicine, applying to many data-intensive disciplines where data collection is labor intensive, ethically fraught, and devalued by the academic community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbJJC2kOdc (5/9) #bioethics#ethics#data#science
🧠 Exclusive: Musk's Neuralink has faced issues with its tiny wires for years, sources say
— @Reuters
"The company knew from animal testing it had conducted ahead of its U.S. approval last year that the wires might retract, removing with them the sensitive electrodes that decode brain signals, three of the sources said. Neuralink deemed the risk low enough for a redesign not to be merited, the sources added."
"Since the 19th century, scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have obtained, studied, and stored more than 30,000 human remains, one of the largest such collections in the United States." A LOT of stolen bodies. #bioethics#anthropology
On Monday, Jan 22 UCSF #Bioethics will host a celebration of the career of Barbara Koenig, PhD. We hope people can join us for a great afternoon of conversation!
Every now and then these news hit my inbox and make my day. My article on #Circumcision is now published in The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Thanks go to Hilary Callan and Simon Coleman for the invitation, the comments, the review process and incredible editorial mastery. And to Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies - SCAS where I started working on the first draft. Free to download via https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2405#bioethics#CulturalRelativism#GenitalCutting#genitalmodification
@fulanigirl@BlackAzizAnansi fair enough, it was unclear at least to me. Color me skeptical as regards to the #bioethics on any of these vaccines and particularly their efficacy.
We had some crazy weather in Boston today (ominous pic of the crows is from last week), but at least I had some talks for my #AcademicPlaylist to keep me company while helping my neighbor clear a downed tree from their driveway! (1/9)
#Bioethics in the Academic Lit - This Week - Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Hope, Hype, Cure, And Four-Letter Words, Health Care Workers & War in the Middle East, Heart-Liver Transplantation, Incapacitated, Incarcerated, Systematic Errors, + More https://mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethics-in-the-academic-literature-2519576
Well back in the day us feminists had fierce debates about #ShulamithFirestones proposal linking oppression the to obligatory childbearing. She advocated a #technologicalliberation
Human trials of artificial wombs could start soon. Here’s what you need to know
US regulators will consider clinical trials of a system that mimics the womb, which could reduce deaths and disability for babies born extremely preterm. #artificialwombs#bioethics https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02901-1
First was a fantastic talk by Jada Wiggleton-Little on pain dismissal and the limits of epistemic injustice at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. This talk explores why #bioethics needs to consider biases towards types of pain in addition to types of people, with broader implications for bias detection and mitigation. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lGfCwXOG4 (2/9)
Did I mention it was hot? Running after my child while they sped along on a hoverboard wasn't exactly pleasant, but at least I was able to listen to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/11)
Next was a fascinating talk by Alondra Nelson on the intersection of race, reparations, and reconciliation with genetic testing at the Harvard Medical School Center for #Bioethics. Nelson demonstrates the inescapable connections between these different spheres and the implications for society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADzBTol_rDg (10/11)
Next was an important conversation on the science and #ethics of a new class of #cancer therapies at the Harvard Medical School Center for #Bioethics with Insoo Hyun and Caron Jacobson. Medicine has a much clearer ethical approach than tech and management when it comes to weighing tradeoffs of new technologies, and it shows in this discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlujvFHFees&t=13s (5/7)