77 Research Items Found
March 26, 2021
Stem cell-based models of embryos are known by various names, with different naming conventions, leading to confusion about their composition …
March 01, 2021
Health policy experts Kirstin Matthews and Rekha Lakshmanan compare the three COVID-19 vaccines now available from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson …
February 26, 2021
It now seems technically feasible to culture human embryos beyond the “fourteen‐day limit,” which has the potential to increase scientific …
August 17, 2020
To understand the variations and impact of national policies, the authors reviewed and analyzed IVF, hESC and human embryo research …
September 17, 2019
The birth of the world’s first genetically modified babies raises a host of ethical issues.
Rekha Lakshmanan is a contributing expert for the Center for Health and Biosciences and director of policy at The Immunization Partnership (TIP) in Houston. Her work at TIP includes developing and implementing public policy strategies to improve Texas vaccination rates; …
Ana S. Iltis, Ph.D., is a nonresident scholar in the Center for Health and Biosciences. She is the director of the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society and professor of philosophy at Wake Forest University. Iltis also holds an appointment …
