Have you ever, in a moment of professional unease, considered making your living as a human guinea pig? It sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? Free health care! Sitting around in your bathrobe all day, paging through magazines while contemplating the effects of some mysterious, new drug that’s on the fast-track for FDA approval. In bleaker moments of my post-collegiate life, this has certainly seemed a viable career option. And I’d be in the audience for tonight’s Cafe Scientifique talk on the subject if not for a certain office holiday party this evening. In any case, a professor at the U of M’s Center for Bioethics will take centerstage at this talk. He’ll discuss the various ethical implications of using humans like guinea pigs. Is it ethical? Well, to me, it seems more so than using un-consenting bunnies.
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