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Biomedical ethics
Biomedical ethics, also known as medical ethics or bioethics, is a concentration of ethical study focusing on the clinical medicine and the scientific research that informs medicine. Biomedical ethics is devised from an accepted set of values that medical and healthcare professionals refer to in an effort to avoid conflict or confusion.
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JUN 10, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Source: Science CRISPR-cas9, commonly referred to simply as CRISPR, is a bacterial immune system that was first used as ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 10, 2019Health & Medicine
Scientists now have a method for growing an active brain from skin cells. Previously, scientists were able to gen ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaMAR 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
What makes CRISPR so powerful is that it is easy for any molecular or genetic scientist to use ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaMAR 06, 2019Videos
A study of over 537,000 kids showed that vaccinated children and unvaccinated children face the same risk of autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2019Genetics & Genomics
In a highly controversial experiment, Chinese researchers modified the genomes of human babies, and all the potential im ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2019Cancer
In a recent report out of The Lancet: Public Health, published by Dr. Ahmedin Jemal, Ph.D., and colleagues fro ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 10, 2019Cannabis Sciences
In a recent publication in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs described the results of a survey of 392 patients who ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 09, 2019Cannabis Sciences
There are many of the uses of medical marijuana. Glaucoma, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety disorders, fi ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 09, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) oils have been reported to have amazing health effects, from pain relief to anxiety relief to even can ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 06, 2019Genetics & Genomics
While the exact number now varies by state, newborns are screened for several diseases. Should we be doing more?Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2018Cardiology
In September the Department of Health and Human Services (D.H.H.S.) released a statement citing “serious regulator ...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 04, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Last week the world was stunned to hear that twin babies had been born after a gene-editing experiment was conducted on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Shocking the scientific community, a Chinese scientist announced that he edited human embryos, and twins have been born.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2018Cannabis Sciences
You may be wondering, with all of these changes in marijuana laws occurring around the country, is anybody monitori ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJUL 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New techniques that can make stem cells could have a big impact on therapeutics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2018Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact, ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2017Technology
The new Sarco machine is made by a 3D printer and enables painless suicide for the user.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 05, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summitWritten By: Courtney SchaalJUL 19, 2017Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 30, 2016Videos
Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to receive treatment for a health problem, and discovered that she had ce ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Source: Science CRISPR-cas9, commonly referred to simply as CRISPR, is a bacterial immune system that was first used as
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
Scientists now have a method for growing an active brain from skin cells. Previously, scientists were able to gen
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAR 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
What makes CRISPR so powerful is that it is easy for any molecular or genetic scientist to use
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAR 06, 2019
Videos
A study of over 537,000 kids showed that vaccinated children and unvaccinated children face the same risk of autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
In a highly controversial experiment, Chinese researchers modified the genomes of human babies, and all the potential im
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2019
Cancer
In a recent report out of The Lancet: Public Health, published by Dr. Ahmedin Jemal, Ph.D., and colleagues fro
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 10, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
In a recent publication in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs described the results of a survey of 392 patients who
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 09, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
There are many of the uses of medical marijuana. Glaucoma, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety disorders, fi
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 09, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) oils have been reported to have amazing health effects, from pain relief to anxiety relief to even can
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
While the exact number now varies by state, newborns are screened for several diseases. Should we be doing more?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2018
Cardiology
In September the Department of Health and Human Services (D.H.H.S.) released a statement citing “serious regulator
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 04, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Last week the world was stunned to hear that twin babies had been born after a gene-editing experiment was conducted on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Shocking the scientific community, a Chinese scientist announced that he edited human embryos, and twins have been born.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
You may be wondering, with all of these changes in marijuana laws occurring around the country, is anybody monitori
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JUL 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New techniques that can make stem cells could have a big impact on therapeutics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2018
Cardiology
The decrease in death from abdominal aortic aneurysms in recent decades may not be due to increased screening. In fact,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2017
Technology
The new Sarco machine is made by a 3D printer and enables painless suicide for the user.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 05, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of ethical principles for biotechnology advances in human disease set forth by global summit
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JUL 19, 2017
Neuroscience
A government agency spending millions of dollars on an implantable brain chip for use in humans? It might sound like a s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 30, 2016
Videos
Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to receive treatment for a health problem, and discovered that she had ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch