Arthur Caplan
Arthur Caplan
Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D., is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics at New York University's Langone Medical Center. He is the founding director of NYULMC's Division of Medical Ethics. According to Google Scholar, his published books and articles have resulted in an H-index of 47 and an I10-index of 87, since 2009...
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Research in the past has wound up abusing, harming or hurting people. You want to stick to these regulations as carefully as possible, because they really make sure the welfare and interests of human subjects are protected.
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I'm sure there is no threat to anyone's identity. But we are starting down that road.
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It's hard to look back and remember how surprising and shocking that was -- that human beings can actually be made outside the body.
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There isn't much input from the public. I think there should be.
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If you exchange business ethics for medical ethics, this is the result. One prosecution for insider trading will have more deterrent effect than all the seminars, media reports and policy reforms combined.
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It seems to me the number one vaccine policy question has as much to do with ethics as science.
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I think that may have damaged some of what he tried to accomplish.
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There's really a very small amount of research going on now, but it is increasing and will continue to grow.
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Anyone who thinks (a) there is adequate supervision of clinical trials or (b) clinical trials at Phase One are not risky ain't paying attention.
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Basically, you shouldn't be sending out anything until you have that letter in hand.
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Privacy drives the concern about these databases. People are fearful that information about genetics could be used against them. The very things that make a population good to study also make it tricky.
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It was really a bone thrown out to conservatives who knew exactly what he meant. What they are concerned about is embryo destruction, as if the embryo is a person.
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It's hard for me to imagine it going forward the way it is, given the complete discrediting of a purported partner.
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The time to talk about it [genetic engineering to improve a baby's genes] in schools and churches and magazines and debate societies is now. If you wait, five years from now the gene doctor will be hanging out the MAKE A SMARTER BABY sign down the street.