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?
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"?
ReplyDeleteI don't look at journal ads. I'm not sure I'm responsive to traditional TV and journal ads, but I wouldn't say I'm immune. The vitamins in my medicine cabinet are more a result of planted advertisement, I think. I listened to a youtube heart doctor and bought some the vitamin COq10. Evidence based advertising is probably the most effective form of advertising on me, but I'm too poor to buy many superfluous things, which is a great advertising repellant.
Should there be age limits on fertility treatments?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. If we take care of ourselves, we can lead really good active lives into our 80's and 90's. While I would agree that there is probably an age at which it is unethical past which to have a child, that age is different for each person. I also think setting age limits could discourage potential parents from waiting to have children. Having a child is difficult, and parents should have the latitude to have a child when it works for them. Parenthood should be celebrated at 35 as much as it is celebrated at 20. Even if a person had a child at 50, they would still have plenty of life ahead of them after the child reaches 18. Not to mention, they would have had 50 years of childfree life before that.
Is it wrong for biological parents to profit from relinquishing their offspring?
ReplyDeleteWhile I don't doubt there are individual instances where no harm would come from this practice, I fear the allowing parents to sell their children would lead to an undignified practice of having children for money. Parents struggling with addiction could sell their children to get drugs, something no one in that scenario would be happy with. More than that, we already have children that need to be adopted. There is no reason to capitalize having children.