New Irish Institute to Tackle Ethical Issues
27th Aug 08
DCU to be the Home of New Ethics Insitute
A new ethics institute is to be set up at Dublin City University (DCU) later this year to look at ethical issues across the board, including healthcare, according to incoming director, Dr Bert Gordijn.
The issues to be considered by the institute will include ethical dilemmas such as life support and embryonic stem cell research.
According to the director, "Advances in medical science can undoubtedly save lives, but progress also throws up some thorny ethical questions. When is it acceptable to turn off life support and let someone die? If we don't have a cure for a genetic disease, should we offer people tests for their risk of developing it? And when do the potential benefits of embryonic stem cell...
Irish Award for Adult Stem Treatment for Arthritis Discovery
25th Jul 08
"This is a Highly Complex Study, But One that Holds Particular Promise"
In Ireland, Trinity College Dublin’s Dr Daniel Kelly has won the President's €1 million Young Researcher Award for his study of adult stem cells used to create replacement cartilage for arthritic joints. New treatments for arthritis could emerge from his study of how stem cells react to the complex...
Ireland Must not Assume that Destructive Embryo Research Won’t Happen
19th Jun 08
Call on Irish Government to Introduce Legislation to Protect the Embryo
According to an “Irish Catholic” newspaper reader, Máirtín Ó Maolruaidh, “most right-thinking people will be horrified to discover that the British Parliament has now approved the creation of...