DNA Returned to Tribe, Raising Questions About Consent

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The Havasu 'Baaja tribe and informed consent.

The Havasu ‘Baaja tribe, or as they are more generally referred to, the Havasupai, has about 650 members. This tiny band of Native Americans has won a momentous lawsuit that might demand rethinking about the way biological materials are obtained for use in scientifi c research. In 1882, the US Government declared the tribe’s Grand Canyon land to be a national park and the Havasupai were confi n...

From Raising Questions to Providing Answers: Reviewing Organizational Learning Research

Consumers’ anD professIonals’ responses to sItuatIons raIsIng ethICal QuestIons

In this study we have attempted, in collaboration with an agrifood company, to compare and contrast the responses of consumers and professionals to the same set of situations raising ethical questions, in order to highlight the differences and the similarities of viewpoint between these two groups of stakeholders. In order to do this, we constructed multi-stakeholder scenarios comprising a desc...

The iPrEx results: lifting hopes, raising questions.

Thanksgiving week was a truly auspicious time for results to be released from the first clinical trial evaluating the use of antiretroviral treatment to prevent HIV infection among gay men and transgenders. There was much to be thankful for: Data from the iPrEx study showed that taking once-daily tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada), as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention package, reduced new i...