News tagged with ethical issues


Genome-wide association studies in developing countries raise important new ethical issues

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Typically conducted in richer, developed countries but now increasingly done in the developing world, genome wide association (GWA) studies raise a host of ethical issues that must be addressed, argues a Policy Forum article ...


Ethical evaluations of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.





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Japan's Panasonic wins control of ailing Sanyo

Technology / Business

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Panasonic Corp. announced Thursday it had secured a controlling stake in smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co. in a 4.6-billion-dollar takeover that revamps Japan's troubled electronics industry.


Experiment to test killing 1 owl to help another

Biology / Ecology

created 14 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Scientists want to determine if killing the aggressive barred owl that has invaded old growth forests of the Northwest would help the protected spotted owl.


Penn State scientist at center of a storm

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 4

A few words culled from some hacked e-mails in Britain have generated chaos in the world of climate science -- throwing dark clouds over Pennsylvania State University and stirring up negative publicity for the field that ...


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Ubiquitous in U.S., Google struggles for market share in China

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In China, Google means underdog. While the Mountain View company dominates the search market in the United States, it is not part of the pop lexicon on the other side of the Pacific. In its nine years in China, ...


AOL finalized its divorce from Time Warner

AOL going public after Time Warner divorce

Technology / Business

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AOL finalized its divorce from Time Warner on Wednesday, ending one of the most disastrous marriages in corporate history and leaving the Internet pioneer facing an uncertain future.


Disagreement Over Mammography Task Force Study

Disagreement Over Mammography Task Force Study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When a government-appointed panel of experts released new guidelines last month calling for fewer routine mammograms, they were met with public confusion, political outrage, and a media storm that left women ...


3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen

3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 5

The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of 'Climategate.'


Astronaut balancing act: Training to help explorers adapt to a return to gravity

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Astronauts returning from challenging long-duration missions face one more challenge when they get back to Earth - standing up and walking.


American adults receiving flu vaccine at about the same rate as in 2008, study finds

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak ...


Study highlights implications of influenza pandemics on blood supplies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A German research team has examined data on supply and demand for blood transfusions against a computer simulation of an influenza pandemic, and discovered that a severe pandemic scenario could quickly lead to a deficit of ...



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