Prospect of lab-grown human eggs, climate bioethics program launched, big health data research
November 2, 2023
Lab-Grown Human Eggs? New reproductive possibilities raise societal questions
The social implications of emerging reproductive technologies—including possibly creating human eggs in the lab--were explored last week by Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky and senior advisor Joel Michael Reynolds in interviews with the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal. “The technology keeps pushing the envelope, not just biologically but conceptually,” Ravitsky told the Boston Globe. This research “links technology development with the most profound concepts of humanity,” expanding how families can be created and the societal-ethical implications of these novel possibilities. Read more.
Climate Bioethics Program Launched Focus on justice and equity in the Caribbean
The Hastings Center launched a program on climate bioethics in partnership with the Caribbean Research Ethics Initiative (CREEi) and Clarkson University. The program will recruit eight Caribbean bioethics scholars to spend a year learning about climate change and health and exploring ethics questions concerning research, policy, and practice. "There are a wide range of ethical questions related to how we ought to respond to climate change at local, national, and international levels,” said Hastings Center research scholar Carolyn Neuhaus, an investigator on the project, “I'm excited to tackle these questions with our new cohort of climate bioethics scholars from a part of the world that is particularly vulnerable to climate change." Read more.
Where the Rubber Meets the Road Fostering researcher-community engagement in big health data research
Translational science is where the rubber meets the road for big health data research: taking what looks most promising from the bench—a lab or computer—and moving it more rapidly and effectively to the bedside—into clinical care, public health, and policy-making. Community expertise is essential to developing the novel bioethics tools and approaches (including artificial intelligence) to ensure the responsible and successful translation of research insights into better health for all. A new article in Ethics & Human Research proposes three tools for this implementation. Read the article.
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