New Study Shows How Vegans Adapt To ‘Survive’ In A Meat-Eating World

Vegans use several different types of social skills to adapt and “survive” difficulties in a predominantly meat-eating world. A study by two Concordia University researchers has examined how vegans navigate relationships and society when differences in diet and ethics can cause tension and “fractures” with their friends, family, and others. Read more: ‘Greener By Default’ … Read more

A multi-dimensional framework for establishing and managing a genomic newborn screening program

The above-described methodology resulted in a multi-dimensional framework for a gNBS program consisting of 18 screening criteria (Table 1) assigned to two overarching categories and four subcategories: (A) Criteria that enable transparent disease selection: I. Four clinical criteria, II. Four diagnostic criteria, and III. Three therapeutic-interventional criteria … Source link

Challenges in applying the EU AI act research exemptions to contemporary AI research

Kurzweil, R. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI. (Viking, New York, 2024). Acemoglu, D. & Johnson, S. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (Public Affairs, 2023). Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. AI Index Report 2024. (Stanford University Stanford, CA, 2024) https://aiindex.stanford.edu/report/. European Commission. European AI Research and Innovation. … Read more

The growing threat of banning embryonic stem cell research funding

Welcome to Lab Dish, a First Opinion column on regenerative medicine from Paul Knoepfler. Twenty years ago, the use of human embryonic stem cells in research was among the most fiercely debated topics at the always-crowded intersection of science and politics. As part of that, President George W. Bush restricted such research funding to existing … Read more

A scoping review of the ethical issues in gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals | BMC Medical Ethics

Our final sample comprised 82 publications (See supplementary file 1 for the general characteristics of included publications). A total of 62 publications (76%) were published in or after 2019, and 20 publications (24%) between 2012 and 2018, reflecting the recent growth of interest in this area of healthcare. Nearly half of the publications (n = 40) … Read more

Anthropic Explores How Claude ‘Thinks’

It can be difficult to determine how generative AI arrives at its output. On March 27, Anthropic published a blog post introducing a tool for looking inside a large language model to follow its behavior, seeking to answer questions such as what language its model Claude “thinks” in, whether the model plans ahead or predicts … Read more

Status of scientific research integrity knowledge in dental undergraduates from 34 universities in China | BMC Medical Ethics

Shamoo AE, Resnik DB. Responsible conduct of research. 4th ed. New York: Oxford Academic; 2022. Book  Google Scholar  Dinis-Oliveira RJ. COVID-19 research: pandemic versus “paperdemic”, integrity, values and risks of the “speed science.” Forensic Sci Res. 2020;5(2):174–87. Article  Google Scholar  Armond ACV, Kakuk P. Perceptions of Research Integrity Climate in Hungarian Universities: Results from A … Read more

Trump Junior is investing in doping competitions: the goal is eternal life

The pursuit of Superhuman Performance: Enhanced Games and the Ethics of Doping Table of Contents The pursuit of Superhuman Performance: Enhanced Games… The post Trump Junior is investing in doping competitions: the goal is eternal life appeared first on Archyworldys. Source link

EMA Launches Review of Finasteride for Suicidal Ideation

The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started a review of medicines containing finasteride and dutasteride following concerns about associated suicidal ideation and behaviors.  Medicines containing finasteride (5 mg tablets) and dutasteride (0.5 mg capsules) are approved to treat symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Products containing finasteride are also used … Read more