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ArticleEMBO reports2015

Research ethics and stem cells: Is it time to re-think current approaches to oversight?

Timothy Caulfield, Kalina Kamenova, Ubaka Ogbogu, Amy Zarzeczny, Jay Baltz, Shelly Benjaminy, Paul A Cassar, Marianne Clark, Rosario Isasi, Bartha Knoppers and 8 more

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Article in EMBO reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Timothy CaulfieldHealth Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada caulfield@ualberta.ca.
Kalina KamenovaHealth Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Ubaka OgboguFaculty of Law and Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Amy ZarzecznyJohnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.
Jay BaltzOttawa Hospital Research Institute and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Shelly BenjaminyNational Core for Neuroethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Paul A CassarStem Cell Network, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Marianne ClarkHealth Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Rosario IsasiCentre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Bartha KnoppersCentre of Genomics and Policy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Lori KnowlesSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Gregory KorbuttAlberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
James V LaveryCentre for Ethical, Social & Cultural Risk, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Geoffrey P LomaxCalifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Zubin MasterAlden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
Michael McDonaldW. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Nina PretoEngage Associates Consulting Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Maeghan ToewsHealth Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Biomedical ResearchCanadaEmbryo ResearchEthics, ResearchHumansStem Cell ResearchUnited States

Identifiers

PMID25476708
PMCPMC4304722

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