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Arthur Caplan

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Exploring the science and ethics behind the first man-made cell

Global Politics

A team of scientists have successfully developed new living bacteria from non-living parts. They are calling this development a “synthetic cell.”

So have we crossed into the brave new world and created artificial life?

Parents of morbidly obese children under fire

Health & Medicine

Investigation: Ethics Violations in Health Experiments

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Lifting the ban on gay men donating blood

Conflict & Justice
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When health care science and intuition collide

Global Politics
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Caring for the least of us: The ethics of health care reform

Global Politics

President Obama announced Monday that he will convene a summit to discuss what some call America’s health care crisis. Our guest, Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania, calls it an ethical crisis.

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