Live from Salt Lake City
Welcome to the live blog of the nineteenth public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission is meeting in Salt Lake City...
View ArticleEthical Responsibilities of Direct-to-Consumer Neuroscience Companies
As part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, President Obama asked the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Deliberates Neuroscience-Related Recommendations
Following this morning’s presentations and discussion about the ethical responsibilities of direct-to-consumer neuroscience companies, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Deliberates Consent Capacity
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) is devoting the majority of today’s public meeting in Salt Lake City to discussing potential neuroscience-related...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Discusses Law and Neuroscience
This afternoon, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) turned its attention to law and neuroscience as part of its deliberations on potential...
View ArticleLive from Salt Lake City
Welcome back to live blog coverage of the nineteenth public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission is meeting in...
View ArticleDeliberation and Bioethics Education: A Case Study of Public Health Emergency...
This morning, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) turned its attention to its next report topic: deliberation and bioethics education. The Bioethics...
View ArticleDeliberation and Education in Bioethics: Overview
In the final session of its nineteenth public meeting, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) heard from a panel of experts on deliberation and bioethics...
View ArticleBioethics Commission, Live from Washington, D.C.
We are live and blogging in Washington D.C. for the 20th public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission is meeting...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Sharpens Focus on Ebola Challenges
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) is conducting an in-depth review of U.S. engagement in the global response to the current Ebola epidemic. In her...
View ArticleIn Rush to Develop Ebola Therapies, a Debate Over Placebo Control
This morning the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) resumed consideration of U.S. engagement in the global response to the current Ebola epidemic by...
View ArticleLearning the Lessons from Ebola to Inform Future Fights
As part of its review of U.S. engagement in the global response to the current Ebola epidemic, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) sought insights...
View ArticleExperiencing Ebola: First-Person Perspectives from the Diaspora and Health...
Among the many unfortunate outcomes of the recent Ebola outbreak is how public reaction played out in the affected communities, both in the countries themselves and also in the western African diaspora...
View ArticleAmnesia and Other Side Effects of Epidemics
If there is one medical condition that commonly occurs at the culmination of many infectious disease epidemics it is “amnesia.” That was the message from Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., the George E. Wantz...
View ArticleBack Live for Day 2 of the Bioethics Commission Meeting in D.C.
We are back live and blogging in Washington, D.C. for day 2 of the 20th public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Finalizing Work on Neuroscience
On July 1, 2013, President Obama requested that the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) review the ethical considerations of neuroscience research and...
View ArticleRethinking the Global Response to Public Health Emergencies
Members of the Presidential Commission on the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) are considering possible recommendations for future engagements in public health emergencies, including...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Meeting 21: Live from Philadelphia
We are live from Philadelphia, blogging the 21st public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission is meeting today, May...
View ArticleThe Bioethics Commission Remembers Commission Member John D. Arras
Today, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) remembered one of their own. Dr. John Arras, a member of the Bioethics Commission and the Porterfield...
View ArticleLessons from Democratic Deliberations
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) launched its discussion about democratic deliberation in bioethics this morning by focusing on how to connect...
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