Presentation: Sawyer
Beyond 18-20
1. Why does every doctor boast of being guided by the New England Journal of Medicine?
2. What happened when Dennis Cotter submitted an editorial on the drug epoetin?
3. Who are "the best drug reps of all"?
4. Give an example of how bad drugs can be made to look good.
5. What's the paradoxical result of being published in a medical journal?
6. How did the publisher Elsevier damage its own reputation?
7. What was Jonas Salk's view of "entities beneficial to all humankind"?
8. What would likely happen if the baby trade moved to a donor model?
9. What preferences account for warning labels and dosage information on drugs?
10. What's a "mundane" example of appropriate parental control over the fate of their offspring?
3. Who are "the best drug reps of all"?
4. Give an example of how bad drugs can be made to look good.
5. What's the paradoxical result of being published in a medical journal?
6. How did the publisher Elsevier damage its own reputation?
7. What was Jonas Salk's view of "entities beneficial to all humankind"?
8. What would likely happen if the baby trade moved to a donor model?
9. What preferences account for warning labels and dosage information on drugs?
10. What's a "mundane" example of appropriate parental control over the fate of their offspring?
CB
- In what way is gene therapy not editing? 153
- The quick demonstration that CRISPR-Cas9 could work in human cells showed either what or what? 156
- Scientists are motivated by ___ but, like anyone, they want ___. 157
- What was more exciting than computer coding to Feng Zhang? 164
- What did Doudna like about young Professor Church? 172
- How were Zhang and Doudna both right about the importance of cellular biology and biochemistry?183
- Why, despite her inexperience with human cells and gene-editing tools, did Doudna enter the race to make CRISPR-Cas9 work in humans? 187
- What norms did Church think Zhang and Cong violated (and did not violate) in withholding details from him of their work in Zhang's lab? 194
- How did CRISPR research differ from Einstein's relativity and Bell Labs' transistors? 201
- How did Harvard's research ethos change? 208
- What did Doudna do when Church was excluded from recognition by the Canadian Gairdner Award committee? 220-1
- What was the reaction to Eric Lander's Cell commentary?226
- What business maxim did the CRISPR patent contestants violate? 241
DQ
- Are there any truly objective and reliable forums for presentation and discussion of the latest medical research?
- Do you look at journal ads? Are you influenced by them? In general, do you consider yourself immune to illicit marketing appeals presented under a guise of "evidence" and "ground-breaking research"?
- Would you ever be liable to undue influence from "advertorials," "educational opportunities," and "junkets" sponsored by the Pharmaceutical industry? How can you be sure?
- How can we tell the difference between legitimate clinical trials and those whose results have been "tarted up"? 204
- How can "medically illogical but financially strategic moves" be effectively regulated in our system? 206
- Should medical journals drop all pharmaceutical advertizing? Why haven't they?
- Should patients be compensated when their contributions to biobanks lead to profitable products and innovations? 214
- Is laissez-faire the right regulatory response to the baby market?
- Should there be age limits on fertility treatments? 218
- Is it wrong for biological parents to profit from relinquishing their offspring? 220
- Should we favor policies that promote and favor adoption over fertility treatments? 222
- Should society regulate gender demographics?
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