Bioethics Category
China’s Dominance in Pushing the Genetic Engineering Envelope
Posted on October 13, 2018
Hello Ethic Nutters, In the news another first to take note of by China. Remember just a little earlier this year the cloning of primates, well now Chinese scientists have achieved the birth of baby mice by “two mums and no dad”. See the following link for the BBC story: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45801043 It can be certain, as […]
Editing human embryos “morally permissible”
Posted on July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018 While we can tell an acorn from an oak tree, it doesn’t stop the acorn from growing into an oak tree. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44849034
Art Caplan on Trump’s Doctor
Posted on May 5, 2018
Hello Ethics Nutters, An interesting interview with Art Caplan on the most recent Trump scandal involving his former Doctor. Interesting to hear what he has to say. Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBJuFFo3hKw&t=216s&index=1&list=FLSrpD4fhC5a9QMxo3hP9lXg Andrew
What is the study of Bioethics?
Posted on April 21, 2018
Hello Ethic Nutters, It always came up when I was in my undergrad, what is bioethics? Here is the one and only Ezekiel Emanuel answering that question that so many people misunderstand. Have a great weekend, Andrew
Aldo Leopold Land Ethic and Sherwood Park
Posted on April 5, 2018
City parks are a useful tool in raising awareness for environmental problems, by providing people with an opportunity to see the beauty of nature beyond the narrow view of a household garden, of a potted plant in the corner of a room, or a small cactus completely out of place on an urban office desk. […]
Biotechnological consequences on Mental Illness
Posted on February 2, 2018
With advances in technology there are new, never before thought of moral dilemmas. It has been thought, that with new technology, that would allow for the advance detection of genetic deformities in babies, more people would have abortions and entire groups of people, such as people who have Trisomy 13, will disappear and that if […]
Cloning in the News
Posted on January 27, 2018
Hello Ethics Nutters, Another step towards being able to successfully clone humans was made last week. In China, scientists were able to clone macaque monkeys to improve biomedical research. To read more about the news without the media spin check out bioethics.net (http://www.bioethics.net/2018/01/monkey-see-human-do-cloning-macaque-monkeys-with-fetal-cells/) To read the actual article that will be published in the February […]
Mandating Elective Single Embryo Transfer: Should Ontario and the rest of Canada follow Québec’s lead?
Posted on September 23, 2017 Leave a Comment
Rather than include this short brief in my Writing Samples, I thought I would just post it here as a blog post. It was written in 2012 while I was working under the direction of Dr. Kerry Bowman (Bioethicist at Mount Sinai Hospital). Mandating Elective Single Embryo Transfer: Should Ontario and the rest of Canada […]
Eliminating Illness
Posted on August 2, 2017 Leave a Comment
Hello Ethic Nutters, As some may be aware as covered in the news (http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40802147?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook) scientists are taking increasingly important steps towards eradicating inheritable diseases. Should we be worried though that one day traits like baldness, shortness, albinism etc. will also be eradicated as what is defined as a healthy human becomes increasingly sculptured? Although it may, […]
