David Magnus
David Magnus
amount clear conflicts fact found highlights influence interest
On the one hand, this highlights the fact that conflicts of interest can be found in a lot of different arenas. It's also pretty clear that the amount of influence is modest.
carry maybe people train
Maybe they could have the veterinarians train people to carry out the executions.
asking companies insurance pay stuff
To say insurance companies should pay for stuff that is completely unproven is asking a lot from insurance companies.
clinical exposed field harsh incredibly light littered looked promising
The field is littered with things that looked incredibly promising but, when exposed to harsh light of clinical trials, failed.
certainly
It's certainly disappointing that we're back to where we were. But it's not a disaster.
certain close cross research worry
The worry is if you humanize them too much you cross certain boundaries. But I don't think this research comes even close to that.
claim critical evidence failing legitimate level maintained raised reasonable rises scientific scientist sufficient
A reasonable scientist who maintained his critical objectivity should have raised some questions. I think that a legitimate claim could be made that failing to do so constitutes scientific negligence, but I don't think there's sufficient evidence that this rises to the level of fraud.
painless physicians state
The state is in a real bind. It has to come up with a painless way of killing without physicians involved.
advertising consumer ethics leaving medical optimal scary time
On the whole, it's a scary time in medical ethics because of consumer advertising. Leaving it up to the marketplace is not the optimal way to do medicine.
journals produce
It's not that journals need to be more careful. Institutions need to be set up so that we don't produce this problem.
allow argument california carries case cautious cell consistency decides derived egg everybody issue lines page payment people policies share state tough views whatever wind
It's a tough, tough issue that people could legitimately have different views about. The prudential argument that we should be cautious in this case carries some weight, but in the end the consistency argument is the overriding one. If Massachusetts decides they are going to allow payment of egg donors, and California decides they aren't, then we won't be able to share cell lines derived from one state to another. Whatever policies wind up getting put in place for this kind of an issue, it's really important that everybody be on the same page and have the same policies.
ethical proper research tricky
This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues.
communal fact found hinges integrity learning lesson matter science scientific time worry wrong
I worry that we're learning the wrong lesson and that is to overhaul the peer-review process. In the end, science and scientific publication hinges on the integrity of practitioners and the fact that it's a communal activity. It was just a matter of time before this was found out.
listed mean roles
Identifying the roles of different contributors is important. What does it mean that someone is listed as an author?