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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭

@alexkarabanow.bsky.social
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Human Research Protection, Operations & Innovation Board Leadership See yourself in everyone you encounter - Tao What we think, we become - Buddha We all survive in dependence on others - Dalai Lama Less is more

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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 16h
Cancer Patients and Caregivers Back Biobank Research but Still Want Paper Consent bioengineer.org/cancer-patie...
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Cancer Patients and Caregivers Back Biobank Research but Still Want Paper
A survey of 965 people with cancer and caregivers in Türkiye found strong support for biospecimen research, with most favoring broad consent yet still wanting written documentation of their
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 16h
New Push to Make Editing Human Embryos Legal Comes Under Scrutiny www.the-scientist.com/new-push-to-...
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New Push to Make Editing Human Embryos Legal Comes Under Scrutiny | The Scientist
A biotech startup leads a new effort to edit human embryos therapeutically, hoping technical advances will persuade regulators to re-evaluate embryo editing bans.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fraud, compromise, and groupthink: How warped research incentives undermine science "Science is supposed to correct its own errors. ... The unfortunate result is groupthink that often hinders scientific progress." www.acsh.org/news/2026/09...
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Fraud, compromise, and groupthink: How warped research incentives undermine science
Science is supposed to correct its own errors. In practice, distorted academic incentives often block that quality control. Universities produce far more PhDs than faculty jobs, then judge survival by...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why Are We Still Talking About Compensating Research Participants? www.clinicalleader.com/doc/why-are-...
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Why Are We Still Talking About Compensating Research Participants?
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Supporting Jamaica's 🇯🇲 and other Caribbean states claims for reparations and their progression towards becoming republics www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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Jamaica takes its case for reparations for Britain's role in slavery to King Charles III
Jamaica is taking its campaign for Britain to pay reparations for the ravages of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to King Charles III.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When misconduct moves on universityaffairs.ca/opinion/when...
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When misconduct moves on - University Affairs
Universities need a fair way to share serious misconduct findings across institutions.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Human Brain Tissue Is Grown in Labs Worldwide and Almost No Law Anywhere Says What Is Off Limits www.medicaldaily.com/neural-organ...
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Human Brain Tissue Is Grown in Labs Worldwide and Almost No Law Anywhere Says What Is Off Limits
Neural organoids fall outside the scope of specialized ethics review almost everywhere. Scientists are now split over whether that exemption still holds up.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Review finds ethical concerns in studies from Marseille research institute previously connected to Didier Raoult www.lemonde.fr/en/science/a...
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Review finds ethical concerns in studies from Marseille research institute previously connected to Didier Raoult
Nearly 2,700 scientific articles published by the Mediterranean Infection University Hospital Institute in Marseille have been reviewed, 850 of which raise 'concerns.'
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Thousands of people in China have had banned Alzheimer’s surgery www.newscientist.com/article/2582...
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Thousands of people in China have had banned Alzheimer's surgery | New Scientist
Surgery that aims to enhance the clearance of Alzheimer's-associated proteins from the brain has been banned in China, but only after thousands of people had the procedure
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A HeLa Lawsuit Is Over. The Ethics Debate Over Human Samples Isn't. www.the-scientist.com/the-hela-law...
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A HeLa Lawsuit Is Over. The Ethics Debate Over Human Samples Isn't. | The Scientist
Earlier this year, the Lacks estate settled a lawsuit regarding a company’s profiting off of HeLa cells. The case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper ethics in human research.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Pharma task force urges Health Canada to streamline regulatory reviews as part of suite of recommendations www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
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Pharma task force urges Health Canada to streamline regulatory reviews as part of suite of recommendations
Group was formed to advise Ottawa on how to support the industry and ensure access to medication in the midst of developments such as USMCA talks
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Health Canada introduces order to expedite drug approvals in Canada www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Health Canada introduces order to expedite drug approvals in Canada
In a news release shared on Wednesday, the federal health department stated that this approach would reduce “unnecessary duplication” while maintaining national requirements for safety, efficacy and q...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Clinical trial ethics fails the world’s poorest patients kevinmd.com/2026/07/clin...
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Clinical trial ethics fails the world's poorest patients
Clinical trial ethics collapses when poverty limits consent and post-trial access vanishes. See why a funded access plan must precede every global study.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The ethics of being left out of health research theconversation.com/the-ethics-o...
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The ethics of being left out of health research
An ethics process must not become so preoccupied with the potential harm of participation that it overlooks the certain harm of exclusion.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We turned ethics into paperwork. Here’s what we lost www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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We turned ethics into paperwork. Here’s what we lost
Research institutions across North America and Europe have invested heavily in ethics infrastructure. However, policies are not sufficient to address ...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Promise and Peril of Finding Cancer Earlier www.acsh.org/news/2026/06...
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The Promise and Peril of Finding Cancer Earlier
Last week was the meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), arguably the largest gathering of physicians involved in cancer research and treatment. Amid reports of encouraging progr...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Who Decides What’s Ethical in Science? It Depends on Which Lab You’re Standing In. studyfinds.com/research-eth...
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Survey Of 11,000 Scientists Reveals Research Ethics Aren't Universal
A massive survey finds medical researchers draw harder ethical lines than other scientists on gray-area research practices.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Calls for African code of conduct for research integrity www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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Calls for African code of conduct for research integrity
African researchers have called for an African code of conduct for research integrity that would integrate the continent’s indigenous knowledge syst...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
‘At the very core’: Memorial archaeologist honoured for ethical research leadership gazette.mun.ca/research/at-...
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‘At the very core’
An internationally acclaimed researcher in the Department of Archaeology is the newest recipient of an institutional honour for excellence in research ethics.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Looking after researchers themselves is a blind spot in university research ethics wonkhe.com/blogs/lookin...
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Looking after researchers themselves is a blind spot in university research ethics
Researchers studying trauma often carry emotional costs that universities rarely acknowledge. Robert Allen argues that it’s time for research ethics to recognise researcher wellbeing as well as partic...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Keeping Clinical Trials on an Inclusive Track www.jmir.org/2026/1/e9901...
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Keeping Clinical Trials on an Inclusive Track
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Medical ethics research inspires opera on the international stage www.uu.se/en/news/2026...
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Medical ethics research inspires opera on the international stage – Uppsala University
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Another day...another opportunity!
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Stanford Scientists Discover Hidden Brain Circuit That Fuels Chronic Pain scitechdaily.com/stanford-sci...
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Stanford Scientists Discover Hidden Brain Circuit That Fuels Chronic Pain
Scientists have identified a previously unknown brain circuit that appears to drive chronic pain, separate from the pathways responsible for immediate, protective pain responses.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
FDA urges clinical trial sponsors to report the results of their studies www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/fda-...
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FDA urges clinical trial sponsors to report the results of their studies
An FDA review of records in the U.S. clinical trials database shows that results have not been reported for 30% of clinical studies, the agency said on Monday. To remedy this shortfall, the U.S. | An ...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Beyond protection? The impact of ethics sprawl on researchers at Canadian universities. universityaffairs.ca/opinion/beyo...
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Beyond protection? - University Affairs
The impact of ethics sprawl on researchers at Canadian universities.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
What a vibe at BMO Field
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Is industry shaping Canada’s research ethics ecosystem? healthydebate.ca/2026/04/topi...
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Is industry shaping Canada’s research ethics ecosystem? - Healthy Debate
Canada’s research governance framework must be strong enough to ensure that research ethics oversight remains independent – and that protecting research participants is its first obligation.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Promoting reconciliation through research www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
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Promoting reconciliation through research
[See related article at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.251824][1] Key points In this issue of CMAJ , Geboe and colleagues present the results of a qualitative community-based participatory study...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Drug Rewires the Brain Instead of Just Clearing Plaques scitechdaily.com/breakthrough...
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Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Drug Rewires the Brain Instead of Just Clearing Plaques
An experimental drug is showing promise by targeting Alzheimer’s disease at the level of gene regulation.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Who in universities owns the time saved in the AI era? www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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Who in universities owns the time saved in the AI era?
AI is not merely a technological shift, but a subtle reconfiguration of the political economy of academic labour – one in which efficiency gains ris...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Is it unfair discrimination to treat the unvaccinated differently? blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethi...
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Is it unfair discrimination to treat the unvaccinated differently? - Journal of Medical Ethics blog
By Lydia Tsiakiri and Andreas Albertsen Six years ago, the WHO officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic. This declaration triggered lockdowns, rapid vaccine development, and a wide r...
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A global ethics network at the heart of WHO’s response to COVID-19 www.who.int/news-room/fe...
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Global Forum of WHO Collaborating Centre : Collaborating for a healthier future
Thanks to over 800 WHO Collaborating Centres that act as key technical partners of the Organization across the world. Thank you for all your support!
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Over 90 Percent of Scientists Admit to Questionable Research Behaviors www.the-scientist.com/over-90-perc...
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Over 90 Percent of Scientists Admit to Questionable Research Behaviors | The Scientist
From selective citations to post hoc hypotheses, a majority of 1,500 Portuguese researchers admitted to dubious “Grey Zone” ethical research practices, highlighting a widespread integrity crisis.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Ethics is not a checklist" www.itg.be/en/health-st...
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'Ethics is not a checklist'
Meet Jared Howes, the new Ethics and Compliance Officer for the Institutional Review Board of the Institute of Tropical Medicine
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Danish university places hold on controversial hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/da...
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Danish university places hold on controversial hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau
The University of Southern Denmark has placed a “full hold” on a heavily criticized clinical trial of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau owing to ethical concerns.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
National standard aims to fortify framework for ethical review and oversight of human research www.lexpert.ca/news/health-...
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National standard aims to fortify framework for ethical review and oversight of human research
Digital Governance Standards Institute update covers requirements for Research Ethics Boards
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
GO morning commute in the Six
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Building Ethical Review Boards for Novel Therapies – Best Practices for Africa oncodaily.com/voices/wafaa...
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Wafaa M Rashed: Building Ethical Review Boards for Novel Therapies - Best Practices for Africa - OncoDaily
Wafaa M Rashed: Building Ethical Review Boards for Novel Therapies - Best Practices for Africa / cancer, Ernest Ahamah, OncoDaily, Oncology, Wafaa M Rashed
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Feeling the buzz at BMO Field for the TFC home opener
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New KSDPP project aims to unify research ethics review in Kahnawake www.therecord.com/news/canada/...
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New KSDPP project aims to unify research ethics review in Kahnawake
A team of researchers at the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) is working to develop a unified, community-led approach to reviewing research in Kahnawake.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Cultural, ethical, legal, and social considerations in genomics research with Indigenous Peoples: A scoping review www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cultural, ethical, legal, and social considerations in genomics research with Indigenous Peoples: A scoping review - European Journal of Human Genetics
European Journal of Human Genetics - Cultural, ethical, legal, and social considerations in genomics research with Indigenous Peoples: A scoping review
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Bioethicists’ Perspectives on Ethical Research www.thehastingscenter.org/e_and_h_r/bi...
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Bioethicists’ Perspectives on Ethical Research: Results of the “Views in Bioethics Survey”
ABSTRACT Health research plays a crucial role in advancing medicine and public health, but ethical constraints shape its conduct. This study presents
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Africa’s Research Ethics Framework for Climate-Health in the offing panafricanvisions.com/2026/02/afri...
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Africa’s  Research Ethics  Framework for Climate-Health in the offing  - PAN AFRICAN VISIONS
By Jean-Pierre A.
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Bioethicist Alta Charo Addresses the Importance of Ethics in Research and Therapies www.the-scientist.com/bioethicist-...
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Bioethicist Alta Charo Addresses the Importance of Ethics in Research and Therapies
Considering the ethical implications of scientific innovations at the outset of a project can benefit researchers, patients, and the general public
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Belgium focused on ethics reforms to boost clinical trial competitiveness www.euractiv.com/news/belgium...
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Belgium focused on ethics reforms to boost clinical trial competitiveness | Euractiv
With trial authorisation harmonised at EU level but ethics oversight still organised nationally, Belgium is seeking to close the gap between legal alignment and operational practice
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Alex 🍁 🇨🇭 @alexkarabanow.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Ethics, Equity, And Authority: Reflecting On International Vaccine Research Governance theowp.org/reports/ethi...
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Ethics, Equity, And Authority: Reflecting On International Vaccine Research Governance
A proposed United States–funded vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau has triggered international controversy and renewed debate about ethics in global health research. The study, designed by researchers …
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