A Primer on Ethics Education for Stem Cell and Biomedical Scientists

Ethics of Tissue and Stem Cell Transplantation

Tissue and cell transplantation are regarded as a popular procedure in clinical sciences, prospecting a new horizon for several incurable diseases. Along with its usefulness, many ethical concerns accompany this development. The ethical issue of organ transplant is unique to the source used which includes: living related, living unrelated, cadaveric, and xenotransplant. Obtaining organs has a s...

Feelings and Ethics Education: The Film Dear Scientists

There is an increasing body of evidence that not only cognition but also emotions shape moral judgment. The conventional teaching of responsible conduct of research, however, does not target emotions; its emphasis is on rational analysis. Here I present a new approach, 'the feelings method,' for incorporating emotions into science ethics education. This method is embodied in Dear Scientists, an...

Biomedical Scientists' Perceptions of Ethical and Social Implications: Is There a Role for Research Ethics Consultation?

BACKGROUND Research ethics consultation programs are being established with a goal of addressing the ethical, societal, and policy considerations associated with biomedical research. A number of these programs are modelled after clinical ethics consultation services that began to be institutionalized in the 1980s. Our objective was to determine biomedical science researchers' perceived need for...

A Biology Primer for Computer Scientists

The intent of these notes is to outline a minimal background for computer scientists wishing to deal with computer algorithms relevant to problems in molecular biology. In such context, it appears very pretentious to even try to formulate definitions concerning the enormously complex problem of life. With this caveat, however, one can identify some of the most characteristic features of living ...

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