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The Resurrection Project, New Scientist Cover Story

The Resurrection Project We can't stop death, but we can try to reverse it by Helen Thomson "We already have small biobanks for storing bones from human donors, as well as tendons, ligaments and stem cells. But with rapid advances in regenerative medicine, there is a growing need for large-scale facilities in which we can [...]

By |2016-10-15T19:16:49+00:00October 15th, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

Participant Testimonials Manhattan Summer School Program, July 11 – 22, 2016

In just the first week of the course, I’ve been exposed to world-class thought leaders speaking on critically emerging ethical issues of global impact in ways that transform hypothetical case studies to real-world dilemmas. Nowhere else could I have had the opportunity to engage in provocative dialogue with the Board President of Doctors Without [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:45:43+00:00October 9th, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

Successful Launch Dubrovnik Summer School Program, August 5 – 14, 2016

  Global Bioethics Initiative in partnership with the University of Zagreb School of Medicine and Inter-University Centre invited students and professionals worldwide to attend Dubrovnik International Bioethics Summer School, August 5-14, 2016 - DIBSS. Our summer school program brought together brilliant minds from around the world and we welcomed them on August 5th, to the first International Bioethics Summer [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:45:45+00:00October 9th, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

One Step Closer to Tailored-Made Humans

The researcher and biologist Fredrik Lanner, from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, started to edit the DNA of healthy human embryos. This is the first reported action taken in gene editing on developing human embryos in the world; it’s another step onward to ultimately tailor-make a human being. Such procedure is still banned in most [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:45:48+00:00October 7th, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

Drug Prices: What Can Be Done?

In it's latest opinion, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, argues that everyday drugs like EpiPen, should be economically affordable to all. After Mylan, the pharmaceutical company and owner of EpiPen, raised the drug's price from $100 in 2008 to $600 this year, it received a series of critics and backlash. This resulted in Mylan offering patients co-payments on the [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:45:50+00:00September 3rd, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

Should Big Pharma help combat the Zika virus?

In less than a year, 30 vaccines are in development to help fight the Zika virus; and two of them are already on the human trial phase. Nonetheless, it will take at least a few years until one of them becomes viable to stop the virus from spreading. Astonishingly, only two Pharma giants are pitching [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:45:52+00:00August 9th, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

The Health Care Costs Debate Gets Another Chance

GlaxoSmithKline's new therapy sparks up the health care costs debate With Biotech giant GlaxoSmithKline newly developed cure for "bubble-boy" disease, the health care costs debate gets another chance to take the public arena. The highly priced drug, Strimvelis, is a gene therapy for severe immune deficiency, giving children a chance to live well after the age of 2 [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:45:54+00:00August 4th, 2016|News-Articles|1 Comment

“Honoring Stories of Illness” – Discussion with Dr. Rita Charon, Narrative Medicine Expert

On July 21, 2016, Dr. Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and Executive Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University lectured for GBI summer school participants and guests on the principles underlying narrative medicine and the methods employed to help doctors recognize patients and diseases, convey knowledge, and accompany patients through the ordeals of illness. Learn more [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:46:00+00:00July 27th, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

Summer program participants’ testimonials, Manhattan, July 11-22, 2016

In just the first week of the course, I’ve been exposed to world-class thought leaders speaking on critically emerging ethical issues of global impact in ways that transform hypothetical case studies to real-world dilemmas. Nowhere else could I have had the opportunity to engage in provocative dialogue with the Board President of Doctors Without [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:46:03+00:00July 26th, 2016|News-Articles|0 Comments

Welcoming Reception on July 12th, NYSEC

Successful Launch of the 2nd Edition Global Bioethics Summer Program in Manhattan,  NYC 2016! Interested in getting involved in bioethics? Join Global Bioethics Initiative's summer program organized annually in Manhattan, NYC and Dubrovnik, Croatia, to discuss controversial issues such as embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, gene therapy, human genetic engineering, organ trafficking, euthanasia, and human enhancement, among others. [...]

By |2020-04-09T23:46:05+00:00July 19th, 2016|News-Articles|1 Comment