Effects of low-field magnetic stimulation on brain glucose metabolism

Medicine & Health, Neuroethics, Resource Room / /

Abstract:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNP-4YCS01G-2&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=64479cca8cdee6dc637e8a0fcfcd8a7f

Comment:

http://f1000medicine.com/article/lrqbfysb40nj39h/id/3202958

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Don’t Ignore What an Embryo Is

Stem Cell Research / /

Originally published by The Tennessean, Invited Opinion, 12/31/2008 (used by permission)

Change is today’s political buzzword.  President-elect Obama has promised lots of change.  One change anticipated is an executive order authorizing funding for embryonic stem cell research (ESCR).  Why? Private, state, and limited federal monies are already being used.  Since the hoped-for cures have not materialized, more is demanded: more money and more embryos.  Looking to the deep pockets of the NIH for a decade, embryonic stem cell researchers, joined by various celebrities, continue to extend their hands for additional tax-dollars

Embryonic stem cell research has been going on for a long time.  I attended a “25 Years of ...read more

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Transplantation Ethics

Book Reviews / /

As professor of medical ethics at Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Robert M. Veatch is an able dissector of the ethical principles involved in the arena of human organ transplantation.  As a member of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Ethics Committee, and formerly chair of its Organ Allocation Subcommittee, Veatch has practical experience with many of the issues involved in the distribution of organs for transplantation.  As chair of a local Organ-Procurement Organization (OPO) Task Force on Directed Donation, he has particular insight into procurement.  While Transplantation Ethics is certainly a reference, it is more an exposition ...read more

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