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Ethically Sound Episode 10: Charting a Path Forward

Written by Rashmi Borah on November 21, 2016 — Leave a Comment

The tenth and final episode of the Bioethics Commission’s podcast series, Ethically Sound, is now available. Today’s episode, “Charting a Path Forward,” focuses on the Bioethics Commission’s two most recent public meetings, during which the Bioethics Commission reflected on the impact of past, present, and future of national bioethics advisory bodies.

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Also posted in Bioethics History, Bioethics in Action, Classroom, Commission Meetings, community engagement, Deliberation and Education, Ebola, Ethics Education, Every Generation Report, Human Subjects Protection, Incidental findings, Medical Countermeasures, Neuroscience, Public Bioethics, Public Health, Synthetic Biology, Whole Genome Sequencing

Ethically Sound Episode 6: New Directions

Written by Rashmi Borah on October 17, 2016 — Leave a Comment

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues bioethics_twitter-v3-08(Bioethics Commission) has
released the sixth episode, “New Directions”, in its new
podcast series Ethically Sound. This podcast series is dedicated to bringing the Bioethics Commission’s body of work to a broad audience. The Bioethics Commission, established in 2009 by President Bara
ck Obama, has produced 10 reports, each of which focuses on key ethical considerations surrounding a particular topic. Today’s episode is based on the Bioethics Commission’s first report, New Directions: The Ethics of Synthetic Biology and Emerging Technologies.

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Introducing New Primer Series: Spotting and Responding to Hype

Written by Rashmi Borah on August 3, 2016 — Leave a Comment

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has released a new series of primers on spotting and responding to science hype in the media. The three primers cover hype related to topics in new technology, public health and neuroscience.

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Also posted in Bioethics in Action, Deliberation and Education, Ethics Education, Neuroscience, Public Health

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