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Discussion Highlights on Ethical Issues Related to Neuroscience

Written by Bethany Brookshire on December 18, 2013 — Leave a Comment

In a roundtable discussion that ended today’s meeting, Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., President of the University of Pennsylvania and the Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission), emphasized that “we have two big buckets here, one is the ethics of neuroscience research, and the other is the potential applications and […]

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How Some Private Sector Representatives Address Ethical Issues

Written by Bethany Brookshire on December 18, 2013 — Leave a Comment

The second session in today’s meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) brought together representatives from the private sector to discuss how they identify and address ethical issues in neuroscience research.  The question before the panel: ‘How does your institute currently address ethical issues related to neuroscience research?’ Terrence […]

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