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New Age of Personalized Medicine:

Given the explosion of research on induced pluripotent stem (iPS)  
cells, researchers must now consider the ethical, legal, and social  
issues raised by this fast-moving field. These new, powerful, cells  
may someday produce human eggs and sperm in a laboratory dish. The  
technology can immortalize a person's skin cell.  Making genetically  
matched cells might herald a new age of personalized medicine.

In the latest issue of the journal Cell, Christopher Scott and his  
colleagues review issues associated with the basic research and  
clinical translation of iPS cells.

Zarzeczny A, Scott CT, Hyun I et al. iPS Cells: Mapping the Policy  
Issues. Cell, Volume 139, Issue 6, 1032-1037, 11 December 2009.

Current Myths About Health Care Reform Need to be Explored:
Assn. of Bioethics Program Directors
Official Statement : Here

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For more on the Ethics of Health Care Reform:

*Check out this conversation with ABPD President-elect David Magnus.

*Read the LA Times article

 
Upcoming EvenTs

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Genomics and Ethics Monthly Journal Club: Do personalized genomic results lead to behavior change?
Kelly Ormond, MS, CGS
10:30 AM to Noon
Clark Center Seminar Room S362

Thursday, April 8, 2010
Medicine and the Muse: An Arts Humanities and Medicine Symposium
Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell
5:00 to 8:00 PM
Location: TBA
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