Biotechnology and Bioethics

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Biotechnology and Bioethics
Biotechnology and SocietyBIS 411Monday and
Wednesday 330-535UW1-020
Class Number 17 March 1, 2006 Fukuyama CH
10, 11, 12
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How to Reach Me
E-mail sgg_at_u.washington.edu sgilbert_at_innd.org
Office UW1-246 Office hours 230 to 320 pm
Mon Wed Or by appointment
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Evaluation
Participation throughout course (can receive
out of class lectures) Final Project paper or
??? Final project/paper due 3/08/06 Final class
survey 3/08/06 Detail on web site
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Class Participation

• Participation throughout course
• Speaking up in class
• Complete web based surveys
• Submission of news items or stories related to
  bioethics or society

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Current Bioethical Issues

• Real people concerning the stem cell debate. -
  http//www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/july04/stemcells
  .html
• Speech Frist on the floor of the senate (audio)
  - http//audio.pbs.org8080/ramgen/newshour/expans
  ion/2005/07/29/frist28.rm?altplayfrist28.rm
• NYT 2/28/06 - Tortured Logic
• Seattle times 2/28/06 - Biotech deserves to be at
  WSU - http//seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editor
  ialsopinion/2002638411_builded22.html
• Minneapolis Star Tribune entitled "USDA falls
  short on biotech crops. - http//www.startribune.c
  om/561/story/196017.html
• NYT 2/28/06 - Vatican Summit Looks at Selecting
  Embryos

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Current Bioethical Issues

• Environmental Health News - http//www.environment
  alhealthnews.org/

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New Web Sites
The RNAi animation in Nature http//www.nature.com
/focus/rnai/animations/index.html LINK KCBA
Drug Policy Project Drug Policy Resolution and
Supporting Documents http//www.kcba.org/druglaw/p
roposal.html LINK
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UW Human Subjects Division

• UW Human Subjects Division
• Review HSDs new web site
• potential first-time researchers
• students potentially interested in participating
  on an IRB
• and/or potential research participants.
• UW - Human Subjects Division http//www.washingto
  n.edu/research/hsd/index.php
• LINK

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Our Health, Our Environment
Environmental Health Lecture Series Town Hall,
1119 Eighth Avenue 700 to 830 p.m. Promises
Better Living or Bodily Harm? March 9th -
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH- Climate Change Is Our
Health at Stake? (info at www.iceh.org)
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Socially / Ethical Responsible Actions

• ??

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Daily Quote
We should not allow theology, philosophy, or
politics to interfere with the decisions we make
on this issue. Congressman Ted Strickland,
Ohio, 2001
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Daily Quote
"wisdom becomes knowledge when it becomes your
personal experience. Yogi Bhajan
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Final Project
Emphasis the bioethical issues
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Editorial
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Papers on Ethical Issues

• Not ethical - why??
• Ethical issues which ones??
• Good? What good?
• Ethical obligation? What obligations?
• Do not ask questions answer them.
• Be Concrete!!
• Do not write like you speak.

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Class 18 3/6/06
Human Research Review UW Human Subject web site
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Last Class 20 3/8/06
Hand in Paper Steven Collins International
issues of biotech and bioethics Class evaluation
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Biotechnology and Bioethics
Questions or Comments?