Indiana University Center for Bioethics

On November 24, 2009, Judge Marilyn Rosenbaum signed an order dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint with prejudice in the Bearder et al. v. Minnesota et al. (MDPH) lawsuit. ...

Association for Molecular Pathology et al. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (Civil Action No...

The litigation occurring in Minnesota and Texas regarding the unauthorized retention and research use of newborn blood spots (NBS) continues, and has developed into respective battles seeking judicial recognition for a property and privacy interest in one’s genetic material from which g...

Please join us for the next meeting of the Bioethics Journal Club on Thursday, November 12th from 4:00-4:45pm at the IU Center for Bioethics, 410 W 10th Street, Suite 3100, Indianapolis, IN. The Bioethics Journal Club meeting will be an informal discussion led by Meg Gaffney, MD. Dr...

Activities The Center’s Dr. Meg Gaffney and her husband and teaching partner, Dr. Matthew Galvin, recently began a 6 week seminar series on Understanding Conscience in Ethics and Faith Experience at Trinity Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. ...

In 2004 an extension to Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) to aid in the reporting of adverse events was published (see: Ioannidis JP. PubMed PMID: 15545678), but did it work...