#stem cell ethics

Stem Cell Person of the Year 2016: Patient Advocate Ted Harada

Ted, Me, and Judy

Patient advocate Ted Harada is the recipient of this year’s Stem Cell Person of the Year Award.

Congrats also to the runner-up, HD patient advocate Judy Roberson. The three of us together are pictured at left.

You can read about the 20 nominees here and see the vote results that picked the 10 finalists here.

Very sadly, as many of you know, Ted passed away just a few months…

Do Patients Have a Fundamental Right to Choice?

What is the “proper” amount of freedom of choice for patients in medicine?

What if the treatments in question are experimental and come with their own baggage of associated risks, personal costs, and potential costs to society?

More broadly, do patients have a fundamental right to medical choice?

These questions seem particularly appropriate today on a number of fronts including Right To Try laws…

UC Davis 2nd Stem Cell Ethics Symposium: Save the Date Feb. 12

We here at UC Davis School of Medicine are gearing up for our 2nd annual Stem Cell Ethics Symposium (see flyer).

As one of the organizers, I’m really excited about our lineup of speakers including Timothy Caulfield, Leigh Turner, Alison Sorkin, Mary Ann Chirba, and Richard Garr as well as others.

We will be focusing on “Right To Try” laws, FDA regulations, and stem cell tourism.

It should be a…

Caplan Article on Bogus Stem Cell Research: Some Different Views

When bioethicist Arthur Caplan talks about stem cells, people pay close attention and for good reason.

Caplan has provided important perspectives on the stem cell field over the years. For example, you can see a guest post on this blog here about human cloning.

However, in my post today I respectfully discuss how I disagree with several parts of this week’s piece by Caplan on why there are…