New bioethics panel to study genetics, research subjects

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Pres Clinton appointed a new members to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission in July 1996 and asked the panel to focus on the protection of participants in human research and on the proper use of genetic information. The 15-member commission is the nation's fifth bioethics panel. Previous commissions were influential in human research ethics and advance directives regarding life-support treatment. The last panel fell victim to abortion politics in the 1980s. The new commission's first meeting is Oct. 4, 1996.

Executive Offices, Executive Appointments, Clinton, Bill, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Science and technology policy, Ethical aspects, Executive advisory bodies, Executive departments (Government), Genetic research, Political appointments

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Bioethics panel may be caught in funding, political snags

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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy proposed the formation of a National Bioethics Advisory Commission in summer 1994, but political and financing problems could be holding up the body's formation. Ethicist Arthur Caplan, a potential commission member, suspects that the White House is keeping the proposal out of the spotlight until a new surgeon general has been confirmed. The White House, however, claims that funding problems are delaying the commission's formation.

Planning, Medical policy, Health policy, United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy

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Fertility scandal raises call for regulation

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Questionable practices among University of California (UC) fertility specialists have reignited doubts about the ability of this branch of medicine to police itself. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has detailed, albeit voluntary, standards in place, but some feel government intervention similar to that in the UK is needed. The UC doctors are accused, among other things, of transplanting eggs without seeking donor consent.

HEALTH SERVICES, Medical Services NEC, Other Ambulatory Health Care Services, United Kingdom, Laws, regulations and rules, Medical care, Social policy, California, Human embryo, Embryo transplantation, Human embryo transplantation

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