Bioethics

Leigh Turner
The Stem Cell Report, November 12, 2023

The Stem Cell Report with Martin Pera: The Selling of Stem Cells

"These predatory clinics offer so-called stem cell therapies to treat myriad conditions with approaches not supported by rigorous scientific evidence. During the pandemic these treatments expanded to include COVID-19, including the use of what’s being advertised as exosome therapy." (Leigh Turner)
Leigh Turner
MedPage Today, June 9, 2023

Video of Stem Cell Injection Alarms Doctors

"Such clinics, whether they are based in Mexico, as Regenamex is, or in other countries, need to be subjected to more effective regulatory oversight and held to standards that protect patients from avoidable injuries, financial losses, and other harms." (Leigh Turner)
Leigh Turner
WIRED, May 1, 2023

Inside the Secretive Life-Extension Clinic

"The details that have come out have not been reassuring in terms of the credentials and qualifications of clinicians involved, the clinical facilities that people go to, or the protocols that are in place." ( Leigh Turner)
Leigh Turner
BioEdge, April 25, 2023

China’s revised regulation on human genome editing: the good news and the bad news

"Well-defined, carefully crafted regulatory exceptions are often abused and exploited by commercial actors that engage in activities falling outside such narrow exceptions. For financial gain, such entities try to evade regulators and determine what they are able to get away with without suffering significant consequences." (Leigh Turner)
Leigh Turner
Vice, April 17, 2023

Duke Has Quietly Discontinued a Costly, Unproven Autism Treatment

"Are parents who are convinced this is a treatment they want to get for their children going to go to Panama or other jurisdictions? That’s a possibility. But there is also the possibility, It may also reduce the numbers. There may be individuals who aren’t willing to get on a plane to go to Panama. There could be a diminution." (Leigh Turner)
Michele Goodwin
KPCC, August 24, 2022

How Have Abortion Rights Changed After The Fall Of Roe And Where Are We Headed?

"Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s professor of law and director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine who’s also the author of “Policing The Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood," joined Larry to discuss where things stand and where they could be headed." (Michele Goodwin)