research ethics
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Can Scientists Justify Intentional Coronavirus Infections To Speed Vaccine Creation?
One way to accelerate the development of a covid-19 vaccine is to conduct early testing of promising candidates on human volunteers—a prospect wrought with ethical challenges. A new policy paper outlines the ethical requirements for this type of research, but some critics believe the proposed guidelines fall flat.
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Stanford Clears Faculty Members Linked To Unethical CRISPR Baby Experiment
A Stanford investigation has cleared three prominent faculty members of helping with a controversial gene-editing experiment led by disgraced Chinese geneticist He Jiankui.
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Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical
Earlier this year, scientists from Stanford University concluded that a strange skeleton known as the Atacama Mummy belonged to a human girl whose physical malformations were the result of several severe genetic mutations. A team of international experts is now questioning these findings, and accusing the scientists of breaching standard research ethics.