SCBE In The News

May 2011:

Forbes.com, 05/21/11
--Genetic tests for kids’ sports abilities: hype or science?
This blog entry discusses genetic tests that are marketed as predictors for what sports children will excel at. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, is quoted.
http://blogs.forbes.com/stevensalzberg/

LiveScience.com, 05/25/11
--The truth about genderless babies
A couple in Toronto are attempting to raise a “genderless” baby. Katrina Karkazis, senior research scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and author of "Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority and Lived Experience," provides comment in this piece.
http://www.livescience.com/14323-genderless-baby-gender-anxiety.html

KQED-Radio, 05/26/11
A widely used combination of two common medications - an antidepressant and a cholesterol-lowering drug - may cause unexpected increases in blood glucose levels. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provided comment during this segment.
http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201105260833