Your Brain And You: Penn Researcher Forecasts Ethical Challenges Ahead For Neuroscience And Society
Are we ready for a future where brain scans invade our private thoughts? Will we have to alter our brains chemically to keep competitive at our jobs? Could science determine that "souls" do not exist, and, if so, what does that mean for how we t

Infants Or Adults? NIH Ethicists Argue For New Bird Flu Priorities
An American flu pandemic would present difficult and tragic choices: As many as 90 million people might become sick, and widespread shortages of vaccine would likely leave more than 90 percent of the population unprotected in the pandemic's first year.

Consortium Aims To Improve Protection Of Human Research Subjects
A national "Consortium to Examine Clinical Research Ethics" (CECRE) has been established at Duke University Medical Center to compile the first comprehensive information about oversight of clinical trials at medical centers, and to develop new w