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Daughter Cells Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae From Old Mothers Display A Reduced Life Span, Nicanor Austriaco, Brian K. Kennedy, Leonard Guarente

Biology Faculty Publications

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae typically divides asymmetrically to give a large mother cell and a smaller daughter cell. As mother cells become old, they enlarge and produce daughter cells that are larger than daughters derived from young mother cells. We found that occasional daughter cells were indistinguishable in size from their mothers, giving rise to a symmetric division. The frequency of symmetric divisions became greater as mother cells aged and reached a maximum occurrence of 30% in mothers undergoing their last cell division. Symmetric divisions occurred similarly in rad9 and ste12 mutants. Strikingly, daughters from old mothers, whether they arose …

Update - December 1994, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Minding Our Language: Metaphors and Biomedical Ethics

The Forms And Limits Of Medical Ethics, Barry Hoffmaster

C. Barry Hoffmaster

As medical ethics has evolved over the past several decades, it has come to be regarded as a domain of applied ethics, that is, the application of a rationally based, philosophical theory to moral problems in health care. But an array of difficulties arise in the attempt to apply general moral theories or norms to concrete problems, difficulties that expose the incompleteness and indeterminacy of philosophical moral theory. The doubtful ability of applied ethics to be practically helpful has led to the development of two main competitors. One is the attempt to reprise and rehabilitate the tradition of moral casuistry, …

Newsletter: The Center For Professional Ethics, Fall 1994, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Director's Corner by Robert P. Lawry
• Doing Ethics
• Comments on "House for Sale"
• A Response to "House for Sale" by Jean Calhoun
• Notice: Prominent Author and Law Professor to Address C.W.R.U.
• Goodbye....
• Welcome....
• New & Notes

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 1994

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Emerging Paradigms In Bioethics Symposium, Roger B. Dworkin

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

A Response To Beauchamp, David H. Smith

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Principles And Particularity: The Role Of Cases In Bioethics, John D. Arras

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Bioethics With A Human Face, Carl E. Schneider

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Posthumous Reproduction, John A. Robertson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Society And The Balance Of Professional Dominance, And Patient Autonomy In Medical Care, Bernice A. Pescosolido

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

A Rejoinder, Larry I. Palmer

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Principals And Other Emerging Paradigms In Bioethics, Tom L. Beauchamp

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium:Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Are Principles Ever Properly Ignored? A Reply To Beauchamp Or Bioethical Paradigms, Karen Hanson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Narrative And Casuistry: A Response To John Arras, Richard B. Miller

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Posthumous Autonomy Revisited, Fred H. Cate

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Who Are The Parents Biotechnological Children?, Larry I. Palmer

Faculty Publications

We do not underestimate the difficulties of legislating on this subject. In addition to the inevitable confrontation with the ethical and moral issues involved, there is the question of the wisdom and effectiveness of regulating a matter so private, yet of such public interest. Legislative consideration of surrogacy may also provide the opportunity to begin to focus on the overall implications of the new reproductive biotechnology- in vitro fertilization, preservation of sperms and eggs, embryo implantation and the like. The problem is how to enjoy the benefits of the technology-especially for infertile couples-while minimizing the risk of abuse. The problem …

Bioethics And Epistemology: A Response To Professor Arras, Susan H. Williams

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Mediating Life And Death Decisions, Diane E. Hoffmann

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Biomedical Ethics In A Canadian Context, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

Update - September 1994, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Ritualized Genital Mutilation the Procedure
-- A Cultural Perspective
-- Female Genital Mutilation: A Question of Fundamental Human Rights
-- Ethics When Cultures Clash
-- Ethics Consultation (Review)

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Summer 1994

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Method In Jewish Bioethics: An Overview, Dena S. Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This essay introduces the reader to the processes by which Jewish ethical-legal reasoning brings old insights to bear on new problems generated by advances in science and medicine. There are at least four reasons why Jewish legal thinking in this area is important to the wider community of Western legal scholars. First, because the law often strives to consider different religious beliefs, it is important to understand these beliefs, the history of these beliefs, and how they function within their religious community.

Second, Jewish legal thinking is important because representatives of religious traditions frequently serve on policy and law-making bodies. …

Gestational Surrogacy And The Health Care Provider, Karen H. Rothenberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Update - June 1994, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Can America Afford the Booming Elderly Population?
-- The Booming Elderly Population: The Economic Crunch and Generational Equity
-- Our Burgeoning Elderly Population: Rationing Scarce Resources
-- Medicine and the Aging America: Nurturing and Caring for Older Adults
-- Meet Our AM Students
-- Park Ridge Center Conference: November 3 & 4
-- The New Relatedness for Man and Woman in Christ: A Mirror of the Divine

Patients As Subjects For Research: Ethical Dilemmas For The Primary Care Clinician-Investigator, Susan F. Slatkoff, Peter Curtis, Ann L. Coker

CRVAW Faculty Journal Articles

Background: Past studies suggested an association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). In 1987, University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals Family Practice Center clinicians were approached for a control population to study this association. Methods: One hundred fives patients attending the UNC Hospitals Neoplasia Clinic with biopsy-proven CIN 2 or 3 and 268 control patients attending the UNC Family Practice Center for a routine Papanicolaou smear were enrolled in this case-control study. Case and control patients consented to having an additional cervical specimen taken and to being interviewed. The cervical specimens were classified by the Southern blot …

Momento Mori, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

An Ethicist's Commentary On Whether Veterinarians Should Report Cruelty, Bernard E. Rollin

Animal Welfare Collection

No abstract provided.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1994

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Duty To Exclude: Excluding People At Undue Risk From Research, Charles Weijer, Abraham Fuks

Charles Weijer

The clinical trial is the major investigational tool of clinical medicine. Two recent reports highlight the fact that the most often quoted mechanisms for the protection of research subjects, viz., research ethics board review and eligibility criteria, are insufficient to achieve this end. In this paper, we argue that the prime mechanism for the protection of persons in clinical trials should be the clinical judgement of the physician-investigator. The clinical investigator has a duty to protect subjects from both harm and undue risk. It is argued that the clinical investigator has a duty to screen for, and exclude, potential research …