This is a collection of blog posts and other writings. Those posted in 2015 are from my undergrad program, those from 2020 are from from my bioethics program or current writings.
Letter to Congressman Tonko regarding gender markers on government issued ID
June 4, 2016 Congressman Tonko,Thank you for your ongoing support of LGBTQ rights through actions such as your support of House Resolution 136 Equality for All Resolution of 2017 and HR 3185 The Equality Act. The Equality Act, when passed, will provide significant protections against discrimination for members of the LGBTQ community. Policy addressing the…
Should we be trying to make ourselves smarter though cognitive enhancement?
In recent years, there has been controversy about the use of medications like Ritalin and amphetamines by people without a medical diagnosis to warrant their use to boost performance in school and on tests. Some feel that this is cheating, giving students with access to these medications an unfair advantage over those who do not.…
Thank you for not smoking
Over the next few decades, we are likely to see major advances in our understanding of medicine and the technology of diagnosing and treating illness. We are learning more and more about the human genome and testing is becoming more readily available. Nanotechnology is likely going to revolutionize how we diagnose and treat disease. Synthetic…
Nanomedicine – a precautionary approach
Nanotechnology makes use of materials (natural and man-made) smaller than 100nanometers (nm). For scale, that includes materials and devices the size of individual atoms and molecules, and as small as the structural elements in cells. A human red blood cell is giant in comparison at 300mn. One sheet of newspaper is 100,000 nanometers thick! Nanomedicine,…
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