by Heather Zeiger | Oct 1, 2015 | Clinical Trials, Ethics, Technology
Current laws about federally funded human subject research were last updated in 1991. Since then, the Human Genome Project was completed, and an entire field, known as epigenetics, has arisen from this. Just recently, a new robust gene-editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9, blew...
by Heather Zeiger | Aug 14, 2014 | Clinical Trials, Ethics, Human Dignity
Someone has to be the first one. The reality is every prescription or over-the-counter medication that we use today would not be available if someone had not been the first one. How do you decide who goes first? Should it be the terminal patient who has the least to...
