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• Out of the Lab: The Place of Ethics in Gene Editing Regulation

  Episode 17
  Published: 2020-04-23
  Length: 45:18
  Hosts: Abdulaziz Sachedina, Aline Kalbian, Andrea Vicini, Deborah Blum, Ebrahim Moosa, Michael Fitzgerald, Robert Tappan

  What do religious scholars and ethicists have to say about the process of gene editing? What worries them? Listen in to the conversation with panelists Deborah Blum (MIT), Michael Fitzgerald (Boston Globe), Aline Kalbian (Florida State University), Ebrahim Moosa (University of Notre Dame), and Adil Najam (Boston University) and expert witnesses Maura Ryan(University of Notre Dame), Abdulaziz Sachedina (George Mason University), Robert Tappan(Towson University), and Andrea Vicini (Boston College).

  Topics: Ethics, Gene editing, Religion

• The Ethics Debate: Is Organ Donation Permitted in Islam?

  Episode 18
  Published: 2020-04-24
  Length: 40:18
  Hosts: Ehsan Masood

  Patient advocate Najah Bazzy (Zaman International), treating clinician Hasan Shanawani (Veterans Administration National Center for Patient Safety), Aasim Padela (University of Chicago), Robert Tappan (Towson University), and Abdulaziz Sachedina (George Mason University), with moderator Ehsan Masood debate organ donation in light of Islamic tradition. A podcast from the Science and the Human Person working group.

  Topics: Ethics, Gene editing, Islam