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| The Race Card in Michiganby Osagie Obasogie, Biopolitical TimesNovember 3rd, 2008Opponents of Proposal 2 tend to view embryos as an early form of human life and therefore see embryonic stem cell research as unethical human experimentation. To bolster their moral claim regarding the use of vulnerable subjects in scientific research, they are now comparing embryonic stem cell research to the Tuskegee experiment. |
| How the (Not so) Mighty Have Fallenby Osagie Obasogie , Biopolitical TimesOctober 2nd, 2008Just three years ago, NitroMed (makers of BiDil, the first FDA-approved race specific medicine) was heralded as a promising pharmaceutical company with a business model for BiDil that led some analysts to predict sales of between $500 million and $1 billion by 2010. Yet, BiDil’s fortunes have swung drastically in the other direction |
| Beyond Best Practices [PDF]Strict Scrutiny as a Regulatory Model for Race-Specific Medicinesby Osagie K. Obasogie, Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics (Fall 2008)Given the vigorous and unsettled debate concerning the genetic relevance of race, the state has a strong interest in approving the use of race-specific indications only when they are used cautiously, are supported by robust scientific studies, and are not simply used as a convenient proxy. |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr. Interviews James Watsonby Osagie Obasogie, Biopolitical TimesJune 9th, 2008Race scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who has filmed two documentaries on race, genetics, and ancestry while also founding a DNA ancestry company, was troubled by Watson’s seemingly pernicious use of race and genetics....This led Gates to interview Watson to, in a sense, determine whether he’s a bigot. |
| Conceiving the Future [PDF]Reproductive-justice activists on technology and policyby Andi Zeisler and Emily Galpern, BitchJune 6th, 2008Emerging reproductive and genetic technologies have raised critical issues for social-justice movements. This roundtable discussion features some of the women who've been engaged in these national conversations. |
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