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Research Chimps Go To Haven

All chimpanzees formerly used by the US federal government for biomedical research at New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) will be retired to Chimp Haven, a federal sanctuary in Keithville, Louisiana,...

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Experts Aim to Redefine Healthcare and Research Ethics

Johns Hopkins bioethicists lead a call to reform the ethical foundation of the changing American healthcare system In what they acknowledge as a seismic shift in the ethical foundation of medical...

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Building Trust For Online Health Research

Bioethicists Call for Collaborative Consent To Ensure Ethical Practices While Leveraging The Web’s Research Potential Status updates, patient forums, blog comments – among the incredible amount of...

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Bioethicists Propose Routine Randomization of Therapy in Clinics

People visiting the doctor don’t necessarily expect to be partaking in a research project. But a new report from US ethicists proposes that blurring the line between clinical care and clinical trials...

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Bioethics Bulletin: Engaging Individuals in the Research Process

Our Debra Mathews comments on genetic research, participation, control, trust & ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Sequel’, an Op-Ed by Rebecca Skloot Read More >>

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Matthew DeCamp Honored For Mentoring

  (r-l) Colleagues Holly Taylor and Maria Merritt check out Matthew DeCamp’s advising award. Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, received...

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Bioethics Bulletin: Sensationalizing SUPPORT Harms Us All

With a new letter from OHRP and the publication of influential letters in the New England Journal of Medicine from leaders at NIH and an a group of scholars and leaders in bioethics and pediatrics...

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News Roundup: Is It Safe to Take Medication While Pregnant?

It isn’t unethical to test drugs on pregnant women. It’s unethical not to. Anne Drapkin Lyerly and Ruth Faden, another founder of the Second Wave Initiative and the director of the John Hopkins Berman...

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Press Release: Ethical Research With Minorities

November 4, 2013 Media Contact: Leah Ramsay, lramsay@jhu.edu; 202.642.9604  Johns Hopkins bioethicist Nancy Kass is a guest editor of the AJPH special issue taking a comprehensive look at the current...

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New Paper: Trustworthy Research Institutions

Authors, including our Gail Geller, use the challenging case of studying the genetics of intelligence to encourage a greater consideration of how research institutions, like Johns Hopkins, balance...

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Ethics, pregnancy, and ZIKV vaccine Research and Development

The Ethics Working Group on ZIKV Research and Pregnancy has authored a new publication in Vaccine, summarizing their recommendations for the Zika virus vaccine research agenda. This work is part of a...

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