Entries from May 2009

May 29, 2009

Research Ethics in the News: Stem Cells

New Rules on Stem Cells Threaten Current Research. Rob Stein, The Washington Post. 25 May 2009.
The concern focuses on strict new ethics criteria that the National Institutes of Health has proposed. Advocates of stem cell research say that most of the work currently underway passed close ethical scrutiny but that the procedures varied and usually [...]

May 28, 2009

Research Ethics in the News: Research Fraud

Former Army Doctor Accused of Research Fraud Takes Leave From University. Duff Wilson and Barry Meier, The New York Times. 23 May 2009.
Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo, a former Army physician accused of falsifying research involving injured soldiers, has taken a leave of absence from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and its [...]

May 27, 2009

Research Ethics News Digest from the Indiana University Center for Bioethics

The Bioethics and Subject Advocacy Program (BSAP) of Indiana CTSI will be monitoring the research ethics news and publishing a digest of this news on this blog (piece-by-piece), on the Indiana CTSI Hub (soon, in a more complete form) and (ultimately) by email. Sections of this digest will be devoted to 1) research ethics news [...]