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Re-creating medicine : ethical issues at the frontiers of medicine

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-24 15:07

Edible Antibiotics in Food Crop

Authors: Orvis, Kathryn ; Zaleski, Halina ; Zeller, Mike ; Riordan, Terrance
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A large land-grant institution and a major agricultural company have teamed together to create a variety of corn that has been bioengineered to create large quantities of penicillin. The developers believe that this new crop will h...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/ediblevaccines.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-26 15:45

Golden Rice

Authors: Guarino, Linda, Comstock, Gary ; Torrie, Melanie ; Fletcher, Jacqueline ; Ziegler, Robert ; Shriver, Sharon ; Penner, Karen Pesaresi ; Hessler, Kristen ; Whetten, Ross
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the effort to develop a variety of rice that could potentially solve a vitamin deficiency that affects over 230 million children in the world. The case study asks students to write a letter either supporting or opposing fu...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/publications/case_studies/golden_rice/default.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-25 16:08

Hybrid Corn: A Case Study for Bioethics

Authors: Konde, Victor ; Duvick, Don ; Wiersma, Jochum ; Fan, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A three-part case study about hybrid corn and some of the ethical issues faced by start-up seed companies working on developing new corn hybrids, as well as tensions between companies and activist groups opposed to genetic engineeri...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/classroom/hybridcorn.html

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-25 15:58

Property Rights and Genetic Engineering: Developing Nations at Risk

Authors: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin Sharon
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author argues that genetically engineers seeds, while cutting labor costs, can cause major problems in developing nations, including food shortages, food shortages, unemployment, resistant weeds, and extinction of native cultiv...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.nd.edu/~kshrader/pubs/gen-eng-KSF-2005.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:31

Is human nature obsolete? : genetics, bioengineering, and the future of the human condition

Authors: Baillie, Harold W. ; Casey, Timothy
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Basic bioethics;
Abstract: As the fields of genetics and bioengineering continue to to expand or scientific and technical abilities to alter the human condition, this book poses the question of what it means to be human against the backdrop of these advances ...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-17 15:35

Biomedical Engineering Ethics and Cultural Specificity

Authors: Bugliarello, George
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: International Journal of Medical Implants and Devices
Abstract: Biomedical engineering ethics, like all ethics, must ultimately address specific issues, out of which will emerge ethical tenets about risk, professional independence and responsibility, about obligation to avoid unwarranted technic...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Bugliarello.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-23 15:50

Occupational and Environmental Health: Towards an Environmentally Inclusive Bioethics

Authors: Fiore, Robin N. ; Fleming, Lora E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Year: 2003

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:33

Biomedical ethics : opposing viewpoints

Authors: O'Neill, Terry
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Opposing viewpoints series; Variation: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Abstract: Presents opposing viewpoints on biomedical ethics issues such as genetic engineering, organ transplants, medical use of fetal tissue, and reproductive technology....
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-06-21 15:03

Ethical considerations in bioengineering research

Authors: Smith, TJ ; Naurato, N
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Biomedical Science Instrumentation
Abstract: Biomedical science and engineering have made rapid advancements in the field of medicine over the past few decades. New ethical problems arising from this technology are influencing biomedical research more and more. It is disturbin...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12724954

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-09 10:48

Beyond evolution : the genetically altered future of plants, animals, the earth--and humans

Authors: Fox, Michael W.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Discusses the biological, economic, and moral ramifications of "genetic imperialism"....
Year: 1999

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-07-14 13:38

Brain-Computer Interface Devices: Risks and Canadian Regulations

Authors: Alpert, Sheri
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Implantable Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) devices are currently in clinical trials in the U.S., and their introduction into the Canada could follow in the next few years. This article provides an overview of the research, developme...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/08989620701783774

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-20 16:32

Technology and the future

Authors: Teich, Albert H.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: An anthology looking at how controversial technologies affect society, and how society shapes the development of technology. Part I: Thinking About Technology. -- 1. Does Improved Technology Mean Progress? / Leo Marx -- 2. How Socie...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:42

Medical technology assessment and ethics

Authors: Have, Henk A. M. J. ten
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Discusses the role of ethics in medical technology assessment. Concept of technology assessment; Presuppositions about technology; Repositioning ethics in technology assessment....
Year: 1995

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:59

Emerging medical technologies: balancing risks and benefits

Authors: Murray, D. C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
Abstract: This article explores the rapid developments currently going on in the development of new technologies for medical science applications, and how the U.S. premarket approval system threatens to not only slow down the development and ...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1109/44.536297

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:37

Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series: Topics in Medical Ethics and the Responsible Conduct of Research

Publication Type: Syllabi
Abstract: This course explores techniques for recognizing, analyzing, and resolving ethical dilemmas often faced by healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers in today's highly regulated environment. The course includes guest lectur...
Year: 2006
URL: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/health-sciences-and-technology/hst-590-biomedical-engineering-seminar-series-topics-in-medical-ethics-and-responsible-conduct-in-research-fall-2005-spring-2006/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-11 10:18

The Raelians : Visionary Science or Quackery?

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The topics of human cloning and pseudoscience are introduced in this case through the story of Claude Vorilhon, a French auto racing journalist who makes some unusual claims regarding the influence of extraterrestrials on human hist...
Year: 9999
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=469&id=469

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:51

Certified Cultured Beef

Authors: University of Kentucky, Department of Community and Leadership Development ; Balschweid, Mark ; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication ; Hains, Bryan ; Hains, Dawn
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In this case study, students are introduced to concepts and techniques in modern biotechnology, as well as the possible implications of this emerging science, by considering the possibility of in vitro cultured meat. Intended for us...
Year: 2006
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=264&id=264

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:46

Stem Cells : Promises to Keep?

Authors: University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Division of Biological and Health Sciences ; Yaich, Lauren E.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Samantha and her husband Brad have two children, conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization treatments. After viewing a TV program on stem cells and their potential medical uses, Samantha is convinced that they should donate ...
Year: 2002
URL: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=445&id=445

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-15 11:50

Bioengineering Ethics

Publication Type: Book Chapter
Secondary Title: Encyclopedia of Science Technology and Ethics
Abstract: This is an encyclopedia entry from the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics that discusses the field and history of bioengineering, and the specialized field of biomedical engineering ethics, which draws from the fields of...
Year: 2005
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Bioengethics.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-23 15:50

The Technological Tether : An Introduction to Ethical and Social Issues in High-tech Home Care

Authors: Arras, John D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Introduces a series of five articles from the book `Bringing the Hospital Home: Ethical and Social Implications of High-Tech Home Care,' edited by John Arras. The book is the product of a project of the Division of Bioethics, Montef...
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:06

The Ethics of Human Reproductive Cloning: When World Views Collide

Authors: Cohen, Cynthia
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Accountability in Research: Policies & Quality Assurance
Abstract: Though the two camps in bioethics have seemingly opposing world views, they do have some things in common. Analysis of their respective approaches to several issues surrounding reproductive cloning, such as where the ethical limits...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1080/08989620490891386

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-25 17:42

Taking sides : Clashing views on controversial issues in science, technology, and society

Authors: Easton, Thomas A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This easy-to-read book is often used as a text in ethics courses and covers issues of emerging technologies and science. The book is set up in a debate style, where reading consist of the arguments of leading commentators and reflec...
Year: 2009

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-08-01 16:50

Engineering the farm : ethical and social aspects of agricultural biotechnology

Authors: Bailey, Britt ; Lappe, Marc
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: ngineering the Farm offers a wide-ranging examination of the social and ethical issues surrounding the production and consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with leading thinkers and activists taking a broad theoretic...
Year: 2002

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-10-10 14:58

Case Study: The EU-US Dispute Over Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms, Plants, Feeds, and Foods

Authors: Peterson, M. J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The case study looks at the public debate surrounding the development and widespread use of genetically engineered crops and farm animals, and the problems that exist in regulating and relatively new technology when little is known ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.umass.edu/sts/pdfs/GMO_AChrono.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-01 11:30