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See also: [http://www2.ucsc.edu/scienceandjustice/ Science and Justice] at UCSC.
<LI>''6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me !''  Amy Harmon [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/weekinreview/03harm.html NY Times 2007-06-03]</LI>


<LI>''Break a Confidence ?  Never.  Well, Hardly Ever.'' Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29essa.html NY Times 2007-05-29]</LI>
* ''In DNA Era, Worries About Revival of Prejudice'' Amy Harmon [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/us/11dna.html?ex=1352437200&en=45874d3eabedb6c7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss The New York Times 2007-11-10]


<LI>''Search engine aims to Google your genes'' Rhys Blakely [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1832165.ece London Times 2007-05-24]</LI>
* ''Disgrace: How a giant of science was brought low'' Robin McKie [http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,,2196657,00.html The Guardian 2007-10-21]


<LI>Earlier Down syndrome test prompts debate: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09down.html NY Times 2007-05-09]</LI>
* ''The Ethics of Erasing a Bad memory'' Scott Haig [http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1671492,00.html Time 2007-10-15]


<LI>''Irish teen wins abortion battle'' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6639673.stm BBC News 2007-05-09]</LI>
* ''Wombs for Rent'' [http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200710/tows_past_20071009.jhtml Oprah Show  2007-10-09]


<LI>''Dangerous New Age of the Genome'' [http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/09052007/399/dangerous-new-age-genome.html Financial Times 2007-05-09]</LI>
* ''Indigenous rights outlined by UN'' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6993776.stm BBC News 2007-09-13]


<LI>''As Ethics Panels Expand, No Research Field Is Exempt'', Patricia Cohen [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/arts/28board.html?ex=1330405200&en=c85e708083bf4c41&ei=5124&partner=newsvine&exprod=newsvine NY Times 2007-02-28]</LI>
* ''Share and share alike: deciding how to distribute the scientific and social benefits of genomic data'', Morris W. Foster and Richard R. Sharp [http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v8/n8/abs/nrg2124.html Nature Reviews Genetics 2007-08]


<LI>''Pillow Angel'' - parents keep child small [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1574851,00.html Time Magazine 2007-01-07] and parents [http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/blog/ blog]</LI>
* ''Identifiability in Genomic Research'', William W. Lowrance and Francis S. Collins [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5838/600 Science 2007-08]


<LI>Studies of published research indicate that many results are
* ''Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World'', Cornelia Dean [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/science/17book.html NY Times 2007-07-17]
found to be false: ''Dirty Little Secret'' [http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2007/05/dirty_little_secret.php Seed Magazine 2007-05]<BR>
and ''Why Most Published Research Findings Are False'' [http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 PLOS]</LI>


<LI>''Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/health/05essa.html?ex=1179374400&en=89ffbd9f2b668cf0&ei=5070 NY Times 2006-12-05]</LI>
* ''Professors in Colorado Receive Death Threats for Teaching Evolution'', Kristen Philipkoski [http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/professors-in-c.html Wired Science 2007-07-17]
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* ''A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech'', Denise Caruso [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/business/yourmoney/01frame.html NY Times 2007-07-01]
 
* ''Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally'', Nicolas Wade [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/science/26human.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin New York Times, June 26, 2007] [[Nicolas Wade Spread Globally Evolved Locally|reviews and/or discussion]]
 
* ''Genes, genomes and genealogies: the return of scientific racism ?'', Robert Carter [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a779276986 Ethnic and racial Studies 2007-07-04] [[Genes, genomes and genealogies discussion|reviews and/or discussion]]
 
* ''Opening the white box: Exploring the study of whiteness in contemporary genetics research'', Richard Tutton [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a779276784 Ethnic and Racial Studies 2007-07-04]
 
* ''6 Billion Bits of Data About Me, Me, Me !'',  Amy Harmon [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/weekinreview/03harm.html NY Times 2007-06-03]
 
* ''Break a Confidence ?  Never.  Well, Hardly Ever.'', Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/health/29essa.html NY Times 2007-05-29]
 
* ''Search engine aims to Google your genes'', Rhys Blakely [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1832165.ece London Times 2007-05-24]
 
* ''Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science'', Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5827/996 Science 2007-05-18]
 
* Earlier Down syndrome test prompts debate: [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09down.html NY Times 2007-05-09]
 
* ''Irish teen wins abortion battle'' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6639673.stm BBC News 2007-05-09]
 
* ''Dangerous New Age of the Genome'' [http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/09052007/399/dangerous-new-age-genome.html Financial Times 2007-05-09]
 
* ''As Ethics Panels Expand, No Research Field Is Exempt'', Patricia Cohen [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/arts/28board.html?ex=1330405200&en=c85e708083bf4c41&ei=5124&partner=newsvine&exprod=newsvine NY Times 2007-02-28]
 
* ''Pillow Angel'' - parents keep child small [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1574851,00.html Time Magazine 2007-01-07] and parents [http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/blog/ blog]
 
* Studies of published research indicate that many results arefound to be false: ''Dirty Little Secret'' [http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2007/05/dirty_little_secret.php Seed Magazine 2007-05] and ''Why Most Published Research Findings Are False'' [http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 PLOS]
 
* ''Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/health/05essa.html?ex=1179374400&en=89ffbd9f2b668cf0&ei=5070 NY Times 2006-12-05]
 
===External References===
 
* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-anecdotal-evidence-can-undermine-scientific-results How Anecdotal Evidence can undermine scientific results] Scientific American
 
* [http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~schwrtz/SftP/Towards.html Towards A Science For The People] Bill Zimmerman, Len Radinsky, Mel Rothenberg and Bart Meyers (1972)
 
* [http://mydaughtersdna.org/ My Daughter's DNA] Hugh Young Rienhoff Jr., M.D.
 
* [http://genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/ USA National Newborn Screening] and Genetics Resource Center
 
* [http://www.dhs.ca.gov/pcfh/gdb/html/nbs/ California Newborn Screening Program]
 
* [http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mcshn/nbshome.htm Minnesota Newborn Screening]
 
* [http://www.savebabies.org/index.php Save Babies Through Screening Inc.] foundation to promote infant screening programs
 
* [http://www.natcenscied.org/ National Center for Science Education] ''Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools''
 
* [http://www.defendingscience.org/ DefendingScience.org] ''"The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy examines the nature of science and how it is used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings. Through empirical research, conversations among scholars, and publications, SKAPP aims to enhance understanding of how knowledge is generated and interpreted. SKAPP promotes transparent decision-making, based on the best available science, to protect public health."''
 
* [http://college.emory.edu/tibetscience/ Emory-Tibet Science Initiative] ''... an historic initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.''
 
* [http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/futuyma_theory.html Hypotheses, Facts, and the Nature of Science] Douglas Futuyma, ''Evolutionary Biology'', 3rd ed., Sinauer Associates, 1998, pp. 9-12.
 
[[Category:Ethics]]

Latest revision as of 20:45, 15 August 2008

See also: Science and Justice at UCSC.

  • Share and share alike: deciding how to distribute the scientific and social benefits of genomic data, Morris W. Foster and Richard R. Sharp Nature Reviews Genetics 2007-08
  • Identifiability in Genomic Research, William W. Lowrance and Francis S. Collins Science 2007-08
  • Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science, Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg Science 2007-05-18
  • Studies of published research indicate that many results arefound to be false: Dirty Little Secret Seed Magazine 2007-05 and Why Most Published Research Findings Are False PLOS

External References

  • DefendingScience.org "The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy examines the nature of science and how it is used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings. Through empirical research, conversations among scholars, and publications, SKAPP aims to enhance understanding of how knowledge is generated and interpreted. SKAPP promotes transparent decision-making, based on the best available science, to protect public health."
  • Emory-Tibet Science Initiative ... an historic initiative to develop and implement a comprehensive science education curriculum for Tibetan monastics.