“Freshmen Specimen”
Patricia Williams, article in The Nation, September 27th, 2010.
This article questions the ethics of DNA sampling.
The problem with this is that, again, the law is not settled about whether our genetic makeup is more the property of the excavating mind of the scientist or the individual property of a particularly identified body.
September 27th, 2010 § Comments Off on The problem with this is that, again, the law is not settled about whether our genetic makeup is more the property of the excavating mind of the scientist or the individual property of a particularly identified body. § permalink
The field of human-animal experiments is dubbed “chimera” research, named for the she-monster in Greek mythology that has a lion’s head, a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail… Maybe the problem is not so much chimeras in science as chimeras in politics.
September 25th, 2010 § Comments Off on The field of human-animal experiments is dubbed “chimera” research, named for the she-monster in Greek mythology that has a lion’s head, a goat’s body and a serpent’s tail… Maybe the problem is not so much chimeras in science as chimeras in politics. § permalink
“Slouching Toward Washington”
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times, Sept 25, 2010