Whole Network Most Recent TOP10 Gene Therapy Microbiology Nanomedicine Stem Cells

 

Ethico-Legal Barometer of Conducting Research in Other Countries

Filed in archive Corporate and Industrial News , Other Biotechnology News , Stem Cells by ruth on February 27, 2007

Ethico-Legal Barometer of Conducting Research in Other Countries
In a policy paper published in PLoS Medicine, Loane Skene, Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia, discusses whether it is ethical for scientists to conduct or benefit from research in another country if that research would be unlawful, or not generally accepted, in their own country. In most cases, she says, it is rare for countries to have laws in place directly preventing their scientists from conducting research abroad, or even bringing back products of such research unless they pose a safety risk. But would it be ethical?
To address this question, the author has devised an "ethico-legal barometer" ("Skene's Barometer") that gauges whether it would be ethical to do research abroad that is banned at home. The needle of the barometer moves through five zones: white, green, yellow, orange, and red. Research that falls in the red zone, such as research to develop chemical weapons in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, may be regarded as unethical and should be banned, says Professor Skene. "If scientists in the home country seem inclined to do "red zone" research in other countries, the home country can enact extraterritorial laws to prevent them doing so.
The paper focuses particularly on human embryonic stem celllinks research and the full text of the paper is available here.


Advertisement


Permalink: Ethico-Legal Barometer of Conducting Research in Other Countries
Tags: stemcell  stem+cell  science  ethics    biotech  middle+east  biotech+center 

Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/55482



Advertisement


Advertisement


CW ToolbarInstall
RSSrss   | See all blog subscribe options
Googlegoogle   |   What is RSS?
Yahoo!yahoo
AddthisAddThis Feed Button
BloglinesBloglines
Newsletter
Advertisement - Book yours here.

Use our search feature to look for other interesting posts

Just this blog Whole network
Advertisement -
Book yours here..


 
Advertisement
Book yours here.



  • Testimonials

  • 'Very nice blog layout with great content. Are you interested in Star Trek props that are quickly becoming reality? Then this is the blog for you. Human medical scanners, nano technology and more great technological advancements.' -VirtualLoop Blog of the Week

    'I subscribe to your blog and have been enjoying your posts and perspective.'
  • Other blogs in the same channel in the Creative Weblogging Network

Advertisement -
Book yours here..






Advertisement - Book yours here..
 
Tagcloud: Biotech Hubs and Facilities Biotech/Science Blogs Corporate and Industrial News Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics Energy, Environment and Ecology Food and Agriculture Gene Therapy Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics Meetings and Other Events Microbiology Nanomedicine Other Biotechnology News Patents and Intellectual Property Rights Sponsored Post Stem Cells