Tag Archives: organ transplantation

Episode 8: Organ Donation Models: Eijkholt and Fleck

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Episode 8 of No Easy Answers in Bioethics is now available! This episode on organ donation models features Center Assistant Professor Dr. Marleen Eijkholt and Center Professor Dr. Len Fleck. Combining their clinical ethics and health policy expertise, they sat down together to discuss ethical … Continue reading →

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Humanity in the Age of Genetic Modification

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Jennifer Carter-Johnson, PhD, JD Scientists have recently announced that they had used the new gene editing technique, CRISPR, to remove remnants of ancient viruses that had integrated into … Continue reading →

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Dr. Eijkholt published in ‘Journal of Emergency Medicine’

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

Center Assistant Professor Dr. Marleen Eijkholt is the co-author of an article in the April 2017 issue of the Journal of Emergency Medicine. The article, “Enabling Donation after Cardiac Death in the Emergency Department: Overcoming Clinical, Legal, and Ethical Concerns,” … Continue reading →

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Transplant and Trafficking in Nepal: The Ethical Concerns

Posted on November 19, 2015 by

While organ transplant is highly successful in saving lives, it has created an illegal trade in human organs. The World Health Organization estimates that 10,000 organs are purchased from the black market every year. Continue reading →

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Work of Monir Moniruzzaman cited in the 2013 Annual Review of Anthropology

Posted on January 13, 2014 by

“The Annual Review of Anthropology, in publication since 1972, covers significant developments in the subfields of Anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, regional studies and international anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology.” – source The work of Assistant Professor Monir Moniruzzaman … Continue reading →

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