Recommendations for pig kidney transplant trials; global bioethics mentorship program; therapy chatbots; justice & bioethics
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July 10, 2025
Recommendations Issued for First-in-Human Pig Kidney Transplant Trials Ethical and policy challenges
A multisite research team including The Hastings Center for Bioethics has issued ethical and policy recommendations for first-in-human clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig kidneys into humans. The recommendations are the culmination of a four-year study funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health and led by Hastings senior research scholar Karen J. Maschke, Michael K. Gusmano of Lehigh University, and Elisa J. Gordon of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Learn more.
Applications Open: Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SFN) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program For early-career bioethics scholars from low- and middle-income countries
Applications are open for the inaugural cohort of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program. This new Hastings Center program offers a one-year remote opportunity for project-focused mentorship for early-career bioethics researchers in low- and middle-income countries. Application deadline: August 1. Learn more and apply.
Regulating AI Therapy Chatbots Any attempt "must balance access with risk"
AI therapy chatbots and other digital mental health tools could revolutionize mental health care delivery, potentially overcoming the barriers that millions of people face in getting the care they need. But these tools also raise concerns about data privacy, bias, and other issues. Approaches to regulation must “balance access with risk,” concludes a new article in the Hastings Center Report, which proposes three criteria for evaluating regulatory schemes. Read the article.
Incorporating Social Justice into Bioethics Listen to the Bioethics in the Margins podcast
More than 80% of bioethicists surveyed said that social justice should be part of their work, according to a recent study. Several authors, including Danielle Pacia, a former Hastings Center research associate who is starting law school at Yale, and Sana Baba, a former Hastings project manager and research assistant who is a medical student at the University of Massachusetts, discussed their findings and their implications in today’s political landscape on Bioethics in the Margins. Listen to the podcast.
GSA Arts and Humanities Forum: Humanistic AI and Humanistic Gerontology. Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will lead this webinar for the Gerontological Society of America. July 22.
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