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Ethical, Legal, And Social Issues In The Earth Biogenome Project, Jacob S. Sherkow, Katharine B. Barker, Irus Braverman, Robert Cook-Deegan, Richard Durbin, Carla L. Easter, Melissa M. Goldstein, Maui Hudson, W. John Kress, Harris A. Lewin, Debra J. H. Mathews, Catherine Mccarthy, Ann M. Mccartney, Manuela Da Silva, Andrew W. Torrance, Henry T. Greely Jan 2022

Ethical, Legal, And Social Issues In The Earth Biogenome Project, Jacob S. Sherkow, Katharine B. Barker, Irus Braverman, Robert Cook-Deegan, Richard Durbin, Carla L. Easter, Melissa M. Goldstein, Maui Hudson, W. John Kress, Harris A. Lewin, Debra J. H. Mathews, Catherine Mccarthy, Ann M. Mccartney, Manuela Da Silva, Andrew W. Torrance, Henry T. Greely

Journal Articles

The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is an audacious endeavor to obtain whole-genome sequences of representatives from all eukaryotic species on Earth. In addition to the project’s technical and organizational challenges, it also faces complicated ethical, legal, and social issues. This paper, from members of the EBP’s Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Committee, catalogs these ELSI concerns arising from EBP. These include legal issues, such as sample collection and permitting; the applicability of international treaties, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol; intellectual property; sample accessioning; and biosecurity and ethical issues, such as sampling from the …


Fleshy Encounters: Meddling With Zoo And Aquarium Veterinarians, Irus Braverman Jan 2020

Fleshy Encounters: Meddling With Zoo And Aquarium Veterinarians, Irus Braverman

Journal Articles

This article aims to make visible expert practices that take place behind closed doors and that are perceived as being of no concern to the public, who wouldn’t understand them anyway. The experts that this article is concerned with are medical practitioners of a particular kind: zoo and aquarium veterinarians. I utilize both text and multimedia presentations to allow the veterinarians I interviewed to directly explain their work to the reader, who may then experience this work, the space and environment where it is performed, and the tools with which it is conducted, on a more affective and sensorial plane. …


A Parent's Choice V. Governmental Regulations: A Bioethical Analysis In An Era Of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Michael Gortakowski Sep 2010

A Parent's Choice V. Governmental Regulations: A Bioethical Analysis In An Era Of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Michael Gortakowski

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

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A Legal Remedy For Homophobia: Finding A Cure In The International Right To Health, Michael Boucai Jan 2005

A Legal Remedy For Homophobia: Finding A Cure In The International Right To Health, Michael Boucai

Journal Articles

This article argues that the international right to health obligates governments to combat homophobia. Part One presents the powerful evidence that stigma, prejudice, and violence directed toward lesbian and gay people drastically endanger their physical and mental well-being. Part Two defends an expansive interpretation of the international right to health. Applying this interpretation, Part Three proposes that gay men and lesbians are entitled to demand that their governments to eliminate all public and much private discrimination against gay men and lesbians, and requires them to combat homophobia through education and other positive efforts. Acknowledging that this obligation is unlikely to …


History Of Love Canal And Suny At Buffalo's Response: History, The University Role, And Health Research, A. Theodore Steegmann Jr. Apr 2001

History Of Love Canal And Suny At Buffalo's Response: History, The University Role, And Health Research, A. Theodore Steegmann Jr.

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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Science And Health Risks Research Since Love Canal, James R. Olson Apr 2001

Science And Health Risks Research Since Love Canal, James R. Olson

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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History Of Love Canal And Suny At Buffalo's Response, Adeline Levine Ph.D. Apr 2001

History Of Love Canal And Suny At Buffalo's Response, Adeline Levine Ph.D.

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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Science And Health Risks Research Since Love Canal, John E. Vena Apr 2001

Science And Health Risks Research Since Love Canal, John E. Vena

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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Reflections On Love Canal, David Hahn-Baker Apr 2001

Reflections On Love Canal, David Hahn-Baker

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

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Public Policy And Law Since Love Canal: Unintented And Unforseen Consequences Of Love Canal And The Superfund Legislation, Robert S. Berger Apr 2001

Public Policy And Law Since Love Canal: Unintented And Unforseen Consequences Of Love Canal And The Superfund Legislation, Robert S. Berger

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Public Policy And Law Since Love Canal, Jon Cannon Apr 2001

Public Policy And Law Since Love Canal, Jon Cannon

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence & Partner Notification: Implications For Treatment And Counseling Of Women With Hiv, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey, Melissa M. Reuland, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Richard L. North Jan 1995

Domestic Violence & Partner Notification: Implications For Treatment And Counseling Of Women With Hiv, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey, Melissa M. Reuland, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Richard L. North

Journal Articles

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The Risk Of Domestic Violence And Women With Hiv Infection: Implications For Partner Notification, Public Policy, And The Law, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey Jan 1995

The Risk Of Domestic Violence And Women With Hiv Infection: Implications For Partner Notification, Public Policy, And The Law, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey

Journal Articles

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Mental Fitness Requirements For The Practice Of Law, Michael J. Place, Susan L. Bloom Apr 1974

Mental Fitness Requirements For The Practice Of Law, Michael J. Place, Susan L. Bloom

Buffalo Law Review

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The Local And Unified Services Act—An Analysis Of State And County Funding For New York State's Community Mental Healh Services, Linda Connor Kane Apr 1974

The Local And Unified Services Act—An Analysis Of State And County Funding For New York State's Community Mental Healh Services, Linda Connor Kane

Buffalo Law Review

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