Stem Cell Science and its Public: The Case of Singapore
AbstractIn this paper, we attempt to elucidate a “public” that has emerged in response to the work of the Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC)—an expert body appointed by the Singapore Government—that...
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AbstractSome libertarians tend to advocate the wide availability of cognition-enhancing drugs beyond their current prescription-only status. They suggest that certain kinds of drugs can be a component...
View ArticleUnderstanding risk: psychosis and genomics research in Singapore
AbstractThis is an exploratory paper of the ethical implications for genomic research and mental illness with specific reference to Singapore. Singapore has a unique context due to its social and...
View ArticleEthical Issues in the Treatment of Addiction
AbstractAddiction or dependence to a psychoactive substance – or drug – is a biopsychosocial disorder. Many aspects of addiction can be clinically treated, yet this raises some important ethical...
View ArticleOne Health, Vaccines and Ebola: The Opportunities for Shared Benefits
AbstractThe 2013 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, as of writing, is declining in reported human cases and mortalities. The resulting devastation caused highlights how health systems, in particular...
View ArticleModels of biobanks and implications for reproductive health innovation
AbstractBiobanks are designed with particular purposes in mind. These purposes are reflected in the governance frameworks that define the conditions for participation and access by researchers. In this...
View ArticleResponding to a Public Health Objection to Vaccinating the Great Apes
AbstractCapps and Lederman, in a paper published in this journal in 2015, argued that, at the time, the dismal circumstances of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was an opportunity to revisit public...
View ArticleFalling giants and the rise of gene editing: ethics, private interests and...
AbstractThis paper considers the tensions created in genomic research by public and private for-profit ideals. Our intent is to strengthen the public good at a time when doing science is strongly...
View ArticleStatement on bioinformatics and capturing the benefits of genome sequencing...
AbstractThe HUGO Committee on Ethics, Law and Society (CELS) undertook a Working Group exploration of the key ethical issues arising from genome sequencing in 2013. The Imagined Futures paper the group...
View ArticleThe Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
AbstractThis letter is the Human Genome Organisation’s summary reaction to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies key areas for genomics research, and areas in which genomic scientists can...
View ArticleThe Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) and a vision for Ecogenomics: the...
AbstractBackgroundThe following outlines ethical reasons for widening the Human Genome Organisation’s (HUGO) mandate to include ecological genomics.MainThe environment influences an organism’s genome...
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