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This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues. - David Magnus Quotes

This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues.

On the one hand, this highlights the fact that conflicts of interest can be found in a lot of different arenas. It's also pretty clear that the amount of influence is modest. - David Magnus Quotes

On the one hand, this highlights the fact that conflicts of interest can be found in a lot of different arenas. It's also pretty clear that the amount of influence is modest.

On the whole, it's a scary time in medical ethics because of consumer advertising. Leaving it up to the marketplace is not the optimal way to do medicine. - David Magnus Quotes

On the whole, it's a scary time in medical ethics because of consumer advertising. Leaving it up to the marketplace is not the optimal way to do medicine.

A reasonable scientist who maintained his critical objectivity should have raised some questions. I think that a legitimate claim could be made that failing to do so constitutes scientific negligence, but I don't think there's sufficient evidence that this rises to the level of fraud. - David Magnus Quotes

A reasonable scientist who maintained his critical objectivity should have raised some questions. I think that a legitimate claim could be made that failing to do so constitutes scientific negligence, but I don't think there's sufficient evidence that this rises to the level of fraud.

The worry is if you humanize them too much you cross certain boundaries. But I don't think this research comes even close to that. - David Magnus Quotes

The worry is if you humanize them too much you cross certain boundaries. But I don't think this research comes even close to that.

It's a tough, tough issue that people could legitimately have different views about. The prudential argument that we should be cautious in this case carries some weight, but in the end the consistency argument is the overriding one. If Massachusetts decides they are going to allow payment of egg donors, and California decides they aren't, then we won't be able to share cell lines derived from one state to another. Whatever policies wind up getting put in place for this kind of an issue, it's really important that everybody be on the same page and have the same policies. - David Magnus Quotes

It's a tough, tough issue that people could legitimately have different views about. The prudential argument that we should be cautious in this case carries some weight, but in the end the consistency argument is the overriding one. If Massachusetts decides they are going to allow payment of egg donors, and California decides they aren't, then we won't be able to share cell lines derived from one state to another. Whatever policies wind up getting put in place for this kind of an issue, it's really important that everybody be on the same page and have the same policies.

The state is in a real bind. It has to come up with a painless way of killing without physicians involved. - David Magnus Quotes

The state is in a real bind. It has to come up with a painless way of killing without physicians involved.

The field is littered with things that looked incredibly promising but, when exposed to harsh light of clinical trials, failed. - David Magnus Quotes

The field is littered with things that looked incredibly promising but, when exposed to harsh light of clinical trials, failed.

It's certainly disappointing that we're back to where we were. But it's not a disaster. - David Magnus Quotes

It's certainly disappointing that we're back to where we were. But it's not a disaster.

I worry that we're learning the wrong lesson and that is to overhaul the peer-review process. In the end, science and scientific publication hinges on the integrity of practitioners and the fact that it's a communal activity. It was just a matter of time before this was found out. - David Magnus Quotes

I worry that we're learning the wrong lesson and that is to overhaul the peer-review process. In the end, science and scientific publication hinges on the integrity of practitioners and the fact that it's a communal activity. It was just a matter of time before this was found out.

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