/channels/taxonomy/term/8804/all en /channels/channels/news/covid-19-treatments-and-vaccines-importance-rigorous-science-321782 <p>Ethicists from Carnegie Mellon and 平特五不中 universities are calling on the global research community to resist treating the urgency of the current COVID-19 outbreak as grounds for making exceptions to rigorous research standards in pursuit of treatments and vaccines. Their paper, published online today in <a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/22/science.abc1731">Science</a>, provides recommendations for conducting clinical research during times of crises.</p> Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:15:05 +0000 webfull 160294 at /channels /channels/channels/news/bloomberg-scientists-dont-fear-new-crispr-snag-284111 <p>I talked this over with 平特五不中 medical ethicist Jonathan Kimmelman, who specializes in the risks of medical experiments and has written a book about them centered on the Jesse Gelsinger case. Of course, he says, money isn鈥檛 the only thing that might prevent medical researchers from being perfectly objective -- there鈥檚 the desire to be heroes, to beat rivals, and to help patients. A bigger concern is the fact that whatever is driving scientists, they can have blind spots just like everyone else.</p> Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:25:03 +0000 webfull 134365 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-experts-supreme-court-and-assisted-suicide-239516 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:46:58 +0000 webfull 105878 at /channels /channels/news/creating-babies-dna-three-people-241494 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:37:54 +0000 webfull 107931 at /channels