Ethics in the News

See also: Science and Justice at UCSC.

• In DNA Era, Worries About Revival of Prejudice Amy Harmon The New York Times 2007-11-10

• Disgrace: How a giant of science was brought low Robin McKie The Guardian 2007-10-21

• The Ethics of Erasing a Bad memory Scott Haig Time 2007-10-15

• Wombs for Rent Oprah Show 2007-10-09

• Indigenous rights outlined by UN BBC News 2007-09-13

• Share and share alike: deciding how to distribute the scientific and social benefits of genomic data, Morris W. Foster and Richard R. Sharp Nature Reviews Genetics 2007-08

• Identifiability in Genomic Research, William W. Lowrance and Francis S. Collins Science 2007-08

• Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World, Cornelia Dean NY Times 2007-07-17

• Professors in Colorado Receive Death Threats for Teaching Evolution, Kristen Philipkoski Wired Science 2007-07-17

• A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech, Denise Caruso NY Times 2007-07-01

• Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally, Nicolas Wade New York Times, June 26, 2007 reviews and/or discussion

• Genes, genomes and genealogies: the return of scientific racism ?, Robert Carter Ethnic and racial Studies 2007-07-04 reviews and/or discussion

• Opening the white box: Exploring the study of whiteness in contemporary genetics research, Richard Tutton Ethnic and Racial Studies 2007-07-04

• 6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me !, Amy Harmon NY Times 2007-06-03

• Break a Confidence ? Never. Well, Hardly Ever., Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. NY Times 2007-05-29

• Search engine aims to Google your genes, Rhys Blakely London Times 2007-05-24

• Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science, Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg Science 2007-05-18

• Earlier Down syndrome test prompts debate: NY Times 2007-05-09

• Irish teen wins abortion battle BBC News 2007-05-09

• Dangerous New Age of the Genome Financial Times 2007-05-09

• As Ethics Panels Expand, No Research Field Is Exempt, Patricia Cohen NY Times 2007-02-28

• Pillow Angel - parents keep child small Time Magazine 2007-01-07 and parents blog

• Studies of published research indicate that many results arefound to be false: Dirty Little Secret Seed Magazine 2007-05 and Why Most Published Research Findings Are False PLOS

• Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects NY Times 2006-12-05

External References

• How Anecdotal Evidence can undermine scientific results Scientific American

• Towards A Science For The People Bill Zimmerman, Len Radinsky, Mel Rothenberg and Bart Meyers (1972)

• My Daughter's DNA Hugh Young Rienhoff Jr., M.D.

• USA National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center

• California Newborn Screening Program

• Minnesota Newborn Screening

• Save Babies Through Screening Inc. foundation to promote infant screening programs

• National Center for Science Education Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools

• DefendingScience.org "The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy examines the nature of science and how it is used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings. Through empirical research, conversations among scholars, and publications, SKAPP aims to enhance understanding of how knowledge is generated and interpreted. SKAPP promotes transparent decision-making, based on the best available science, to protect public health."

• Emory-Tibet Science Initiative ... an historic initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.

• Hypotheses, Facts, and the Nature of Science Douglas Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology, 3rd ed., Sinauer Associates, 1998, pp. 9-12.