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The announcement of the birth of babies with edited genes has been met by a deluge of scientific and ethical criticism. Public discussion focuses on risks and benefits – was breaking this taboo worth it?
Digital technology and its ability to process vast amounts of human-generated data can be a powerful tool for social science research.
Slaves were involved in medical experimentation in the 1700s – both as sources of knowledge and as nonconsenting participants.
A new community is experimenting on their own bodies with electronic implants, says the man who pioneered the idea nearly 20 years ago.
On Human Experiments – As demand grows for newer and better drugs for an expanding range of conditions, so too does the need for clinical testing.
On Human Experiments – behavioural research is now big online, and you’re likely to be part of it whether you know it or not.
On Human Experiments – Are we all just lab rats in a big smart drugs experiment?
On Human Experiments - Should there be compensatio when evidence of unethical research is uncovered long after the event?
The horrors of slavery also spread to research: black bodies provided easy targets for medical experiments.
On Human Experiments - The Nazi experiments during World War II were among the most egregious instances of unethical human research. But does that mean we can’t use the data they generated?
The horror of the human experiments by Nazi doctors led to the Nuremberg Code but the international declaration it inspired was watered down for political purposes.
On Human Experiments – The impact of World War II on the development of human research ethics often overshadows the fascinating history and evolution of what came before.
The first part of our series On Human Experiments looks at the parameters of human research and its ethical bounds.
On Human Experiments: what lies behind some of the most shocking human experiments in recent history? Here’s a clue: most of it took place during wartime or when war seemed like a real threat.
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Lecturer in History of Medicine/Life Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Bioethics and Director of VELiM, University of Sydney
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Professor of History of Science, Stanford University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Ansgar Koene is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, Horizon Digital Economy, UnBias, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Ethics, Keele University
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Academic Director/ Clinical Ethicist, Children’s Bioethics Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital, and Associate Professor in Health Ethics at the Centre for Health and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
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Research Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Ethics, New York University
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Lecturer in 19th and 20th-century North American History, University of Liverpool
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Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
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Membre du comité d'éthique de l'Inserm, Inserm
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Coventry University
