Tag Archives: genetic testing

Dr. Fleck facilitates occupational and environmental medicine workshop at Michigan conference

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

Center Acting Director and Professor Dr. Len Fleck held a workshop at the annual Michigan Occupational Health Conference in Grand Rapids, MI on September 28. Dr. Fleck’s workshop was on “Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Ethical Challenges.” The primary ethical challenge for … Continue reading →

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How do we explain to patients what genetic test results might mean for their baby when they have only been validated in other populations?

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

Expanded Carrier Screening for an Increasingly Diverse Population: Embracing the Promise of the Future or Ignoring the Sins of the Past? Event Flyer Race and ethnic groups have been tracking heritable conditions endemic within their communities for decades, but past … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Fall 2017 Bioethics Brownbag & Webinar Series

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

The Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University is proud to announce the 2017-2018 Bioethics Brownbag & Webinar Series, featuring a wide variety of bioethics topics. The fall series will begin on September 13, 2017. … Continue reading →

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Misconceptions: Ethics and the Rejection of Reproductive Roulette

Posted on February 20, 2014 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Leonard Fleck, Ph.D. In a recent story in the New York Times, Gina Kolata reports the story of Amanda Kalinsky, age 30, who … Continue reading →

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Welcome to FDA Enforcement

Posted on January 2, 2014 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Kayte Spector-Bagdady, J.D., M.Bioethics  “This is me, my DNA. It helps make me who I am…I might have an increased risk of heart … Continue reading →

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The “Jolie Effect”: Managing Awareness, Risk, and Personal Choices

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series. For more information, click here. By Monica List, DVM, MA On May 14, actress Angelina Jolie published an op-ed article in the New York Times (Jolie, 2013). In … Continue reading →

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