To those of you who have an interest in such matters, I thought I'd point out a news articles/commentaries that have appeared recently, partly in response to the TGN 1412 drug trial in Britain but also to the Korean stem cell situation:
(1) A thoughtful article about some of the history and background for issues raised by the TGN 1412 trial from the British newspaper The Independent: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article352188.ece (2) An article from the Canadian newspaper "The Vancouver Sun" on why the TGN1412 mishap "couldn't happen" in Canada: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=d7ab1b44-a958-487d-8487-9ab705f1eda1&k=89079 or http://tinyurl.com/p498a (3) An article from New York's Newsday newspaper on "Research Misbehavior" which starts out by asking "Why do some scientists lie?" http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hslie134660380mar13,0,2588210,print.story?coll=ny-health-print or http://tinyurl.com/mv84n (4) The website for a new journal on research and ethics: Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics: http://www.csueastbay.edu/JERHRE/toc.html Some of the authors of the articles to be published there may be familiar to Tipsters. -Mike Palij [EMAIL PROTECTED] New York University --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
