annotated bibliography
Working thesis statement: The policies that the United States have adopted hinder the progress of research and development of medical applications of pluripotent stem cells due to the popular belief that use of such cells is unethical and immoral. 1. Levine, A. D. (2010). Science policy and the geographic preferences of stem cell scientists: understanding the appeal of China and Singapore. New Genetics & Society, 29(2), 187-208. doi:10.1080/14636778.2010.484228 URL: http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.epcc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=51624042&site=ehost-live
The author of this article is Aaron Levine. The article discusses the migration of leading stem cell scientists from the United States to countries such as China and
Singapore who have less restrictive laws regarding the research that may be conducted.
As a result of this China and Singapore are emerging as the forerunners in this new science. The article notes that China is less welcoming to scientists because they prefer their own scientists to foreigners, but their permissive regulations promote the rapid growth of the science. Singapore in contrast welcomes foreign scientists and has similar laws conducive to scientific research and less restrictive regulations of their practices.
The claims being made in the article are substantiated by statistical data. The aspects that
I find suspect is the article’s failure to address the moral implications of such permissive regulations. This article supports my argument because it illustrates how scientists are deliberately leaving the United States because of its restrictive policies for other more permissive countries. This is evidence of how the restrictive policies of the United States are indirectly inhibiting progress because of the so called “brain drain” it is causing. The article uses direct correlation between the inconsistent stance the United States has taken against stem cell research and the science’s attempt to conduct such
The author of this article is Aaron Levine. The article discusses the migration of leading stem cell scientists from the United States to countries such as China and
Singapore who have less restrictive laws regarding the research that may be conducted.
As a result of this China and Singapore are emerging as the forerunners in this new science. The article notes that China is less welcoming to scientists because they prefer their own scientists to foreigners, but their permissive regulations promote the rapid growth of the science. Singapore in contrast welcomes foreign scientists and has similar laws conducive to scientific research and less restrictive regulations of their practices.
The claims being made in the article are substantiated by statistical data. The aspects that
I find suspect is the article’s failure to address the moral implications of such permissive regulations. This article supports my argument because it illustrates how scientists are deliberately leaving the United States because of its restrictive policies for other more permissive countries. This is evidence of how the restrictive policies of the United States are indirectly inhibiting progress because of the so called “brain drain” it is causing. The article uses direct correlation between the inconsistent stance the United States has taken against stem cell research and the science’s attempt to conduct such