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VOL. 8 NO. 3 | March 2008
The American Journal of Bioethics | Volume 8 Number 3
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Editorial

Marketing Off-Label Uses to Physicians: FDA's Draft (Mis)Guidance
by Andy Gass, Jennifer Wilson

Target Articles

Strangers at the Benchside: Research Ethics Consultation
by Mildred K. Cho, Angie Boyce, Henry T. Greely, David Magnus, Jennifer McCormick, Sara L. Tobin

Open Peer Commentary

The Ethos and Ethics of Translational Research
by Jane Maienschein, Rachel A. Ankeny, Jason Scott Robert, Mary Sunderland

Open Peer Commentary
Book Reviews

Review of Regina Herzlinger. Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem—and the Consumer-Driven Cure.
by Ross White

Review of Stephen G. Post, ed. Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research. *
by Joseph A. Bracken

Correspondence

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “The Ethos and Ethics of Translational Research”
by Jason Scott Robert, Rachel A. Ankeny, Jane Maienschein, Mary Sunderland

Response to Open Peer Commentaries on “Strangers at the Beachside: Research Ethics Consultation”
by Mildred K. Cho, Angie Boyce, Henry T. Greely, David Magnus, Jennifer McCormick, Sara L. Tobin

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Report Paints Grim Picture of Drug Trial Safety
Criticism of FDA's weak oversight are on target, but Congress shares blame.

Giving Up on Gene Therapy Is Wrong Reaction
Death of Jolee Mohr should lead to new patient protections

Women Should Be Wary of Genetic Risk Ads
TV commercials exploit fear of breast cancer in the guise of education.

Students' Meningitis Shots Should Be Required
Americans hate to be told what to do, but we hate losing our kids more.

Privacy is True Price of Healthy Worker Discounts
Even fit folks should resist the temptation of lower deductibles.

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Advocating a Treatment, But Denied Access To It
(New York Times) It is a case that pits a mother desperately seeking a medical treatment for her son against a biotechnology company for whom she claims to have worked tirelessly as an advocate.

Increased Education On Nanotech, Human Enhancement Increases Public Concerns
(Science Daily) Educating the public about nanotechnology and other complex but emerging technologies causes people to become more "worried and cautious" about the new technologies' prospective benefits, according to a recent study by researchers at North Carolina State University.

Wrinkles vs. Religion
(New York Times) Americans can have all sorts of materials injected into their faces in the name of beauty. There’s Botox, a diluted form of botulinum toxin, and Hylaform, a gel derived from rooster combs.  Now comes Evolence, an antiwrinkle injection made of pig collagen.

House panel drops ban on drug industry gifts to doctors
(Boston Globe)

A hotly-debated ban on drug companies providing gifts and meals to physicians was stripped out of proposed legislation approved by a House committee late today.

The panel also removed requirements that drug and medical device companies report payments they make to doctors for consulting and speaking to other physicians, and that the Department of Public Health post that information on its website. A proposed $5,000 fine per violation was also dropped from the bill, which is expected to be voted on by the full House tomorrow.

Teen Denied Surgery Now Has New Liver
(Tampa Tribune) A Pinellas County teenager is recovering this week from a liver transplant just weeks after another hospital removed him from an organ waiting list, in part because of his status as a foster child.

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by Jane Maienschein, Rachel A. Ankeny, Jason Scott Robert, Mary Sunderland



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