Alan Regenberg
@aregenberg.bsky.social
Bioethicist, etc: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Ethics & emerging biotech. Curator: @bermaninstitute.bsky.social. Baltimore enthusiast. He/Him.
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New! | On Being a Scientist: A Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research: 4th Edition tackles critical & timely issues from professional standards for collaboration and maintaining trust to research security & responsible conduct. w our Nancy Kass nap.nationalacademies.org/pubs/29488/
On Being a Scientist: A Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research: Fourth Edition
Explore the fourth edition of On Being a Scientist, a guide to responsible and ethical conduct across the research enterprise.
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September 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
New! | On Being a Scientist: A Guide to the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research: 4th Edition tackles critical & timely issues from professional standards for collaboration and maintaining trust to research security & responsible conduct. w our Nancy Kass nap.nationalacademies.org/pubs/29488/
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Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Desperation, Infant Formula Allegations, CRISPR Crops, Soybeans Took Over America, Schoolhouse Meals, Farm Bill Advances, Digital Interventions, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
Global Food Ethics and Policy Program: News Roundup
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September 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Global #FoodEthics and Policy Program Weekly Roundup | Desperation, Infant Formula Allegations, CRISPR Crops, Soybeans Took Over America, Schoolhouse Meals, Farm Bill Advances, Digital Interventions, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/we3frp22...
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Screening - Sun Oct 4 12:15 PM · Charles Theater 2: The Haunting of Pennhurst - Directors: Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, Katarina Poljak. | New/Next Film Festival newnextfilmfest.com/film-2026/th...
The Haunting of Pennhurst
Paired with Short 'Monstrous Me'
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September 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Screening - Sun Oct 4 12:15 PM · Charles Theater 2: The Haunting of Pennhurst - Directors: Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, Katarina Poljak. | New/Next Film Festival newnextfilmfest.com/film-2026/th...
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The Dead Silence of AI Therapy - What happens when our therapists are no longer able to feel? | The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Dead Silence of AI Therapy
What happens when our therapists are no longer able to feel?
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September 17, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The Dead Silence of AI Therapy - What happens when our therapists are no longer able to feel? | The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Mice with Human Brain Cells, Brain Implant for Speech & Gestures, Depression Headset, AI Bioweapons Report, Medical AI Quickly Deployed Despite Concerns, Enhancing Gene-Editing Intervention Protections, 'Free' Egg Freezing, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...
Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup
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September 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Mice with Human Brain Cells, Brain Implant for Speech & Gestures, Depression Headset, AI Bioweapons Report, Medical AI Quickly Deployed Despite Concerns, Enhancing Gene-Editing Intervention Protections, 'Free' Egg Freezing, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...
Sen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’ - it is Cassidy's 'terrible legacy' as well. | The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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September 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Sen. Cassidy says measles surge will be administration’s ‘terrible legacy’ - it is Cassidy's 'terrible legacy' as well. | The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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Covid Vaccines Delayed for Half of US Children. The Health Department has not decided whether to provide the shots to states through the Vaccines for Children program, which serves uninsured and low-income families. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
Covid Vaccines Delayed for Half of U.S. Children
The Health Department has not decided whether to provide the shots to states through the Vaccines for Children program, which serves uninsured and low-income families.
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September 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Covid Vaccines Delayed for Half of US Children. The Health Department has not decided whether to provide the shots to states through the Vaccines for Children program, which serves uninsured and low-income families. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
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AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | 'Concerning' New Incidents, Collective Action Problems, Pace the Frontier, Distractions, See-No-Evil Policy, Stalled Regulations, New Form of Life? Original Sin of AI, AI's Summer of Chaos, LLMs as a Cognitive Virus, + Much More mailchi.mp/2462d04ac585...
AI Ethics & Governance Roundup
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September 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
AI Ethics & Governance Weekly Roundup | 'Concerning' New Incidents, Collective Action Problems, Pace the Frontier, Distractions, See-No-Evil Policy, Stalled Regulations, New Form of Life? Original Sin of AI, AI's Summer of Chaos, LLMs as a Cognitive Virus, + Much More mailchi.mp/2462d04ac585...
“Oftentimes years go by with a tremendous amount of time and effort and cost, and not just financial costs, but intellectual costs” to get trials up and running, said Yoram Unguru.
“They’re not something to be commodified,” he said.
...“Some things just aren’t meant to be bet upon."
“They’re not something to be commodified,” he said.
...“Some things just aren’t meant to be bet upon."
Kalshi’s Drug Trial Bets Raise Alarm Over Ethics, Insider Trades - with comments from our Yoram Unguru | Bloomberg Law news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-l...
Kalshi’s Drug Trial Bets Raise Alarm Over Ethics, Insider Trades
Kalshi Inc.'s latest offer allowing users to place sports-style bets on clinical trials and pending drug approvals is amplifying concerns over insider trading in prediction markets.
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September 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
“Oftentimes years go by with a tremendous amount of time and effort and cost, and not just financial costs, but intellectual costs” to get trials up and running, said Yoram Unguru.
“They’re not something to be commodified,” he said.
...“Some things just aren’t meant to be bet upon."
“They’re not something to be commodified,” he said.
...“Some things just aren’t meant to be bet upon."
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ AI Behavior. OpenAI said it did not believe the industry “has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.” | New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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September 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ AI Behavior. OpenAI said it did not believe the industry “has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.” | New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
This Is Your Brain on Short-Form Video - Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good. | The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
This Is Your Brain on Short-Form Video
Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good.
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September 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This Is Your Brain on Short-Form Video - Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good. | The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous - The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported. | The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous
The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.
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September 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous - The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported. | The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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ICYMI, Watch now! "Documenting Decision-Making Capacity, Oral Advance Directives, and Health Care Agents" | Freeman Family Ethics for Lunch: Case Presentation & Discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7n...
Documenting Decision-Making Capacity, Oral Advance Directives, and Health Care Agents
YouTube video by Berman Institute
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September 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
ICYMI, Watch now! "Documenting Decision-Making Capacity, Oral Advance Directives, and Health Care Agents" | Freeman Family Ethics for Lunch: Case Presentation & Discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7n...
Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening. Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
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September 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening. Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
'Let them do bad things and then try to hold them accountable after the harm is done' is a terrible idea approach to regulating AI. | Don’t Give AI Companies What They Want, US Treasury Secretary Tells Lawmakers gizmodo.com/dont-give-ai...
Don’t Give AI Companies What They Want, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tells Lawmakers
“The best way to guarantee safety is that the creators are liable for what they build and generate.”
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September 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
'Let them do bad things and then try to hold them accountable after the harm is done' is a terrible idea approach to regulating AI. | Don’t Give AI Companies What They Want, US Treasury Secretary Tells Lawmakers gizmodo.com/dont-give-ai...
Ooh, I know the answer to this one. NO. NO THEY SHOULD NOT. | Should race affect BMI guidelines? Doctors are split | Short Wave : NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
Should race affect BMI guidelines? Doctors are split : Short Wave
BMI is a quick, cheap way for doctors to estimate body fat and screen for conditions like heart disease and diabetes. But medicine has long known that BMI is problematic and unnuanced. By using it, gr...
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September 16, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ooh, I know the answer to this one. NO. NO THEY SHOULD NOT. | Should race affect BMI guidelines? Doctors are split | Short Wave : NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
Lost Funds — $177 Billion Gone: A States United and Grant Witness Project Tracking Funding Disruptions under the Trump Administration [Dataset] www.lostfunds.org
Lost Funds — $177 Billion Gone
Track the Trump administration’s federal funding disruptions state by state — what was cut or frozen, who it hurts, and how states are fighting back in court.
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September 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Lost Funds — $177 Billion Gone: A States United and Grant Witness Project Tracking Funding Disruptions under the Trump Administration [Dataset] www.lostfunds.org
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ICYMI, Watch Now! Nadia Tagoe, PhD, "Rethinking Ethics Capacity: What Does Global Health Need Now?" | Berman Institute #Bioethics Seminar Series www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43v...
Rethinking Ethics Capacity: What Does Global Health Need Now? with Nadia Tagoe, PhD
YouTube video by Berman Institute
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September 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
ICYMI, Watch Now! Nadia Tagoe, PhD, "Rethinking Ethics Capacity: What Does Global Health Need Now?" | Berman Institute #Bioethics Seminar Series www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43v...
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Is it safe to use consumer wearable devices for research? Wearable technology is a boon for studying health behaviours, but it comes with some thorny ethical concerns, says researcher Wuyoh Sui. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is it safe to use consumer wearable devices for research?
Wearable technology is a boon for studying health behaviours, but it comes with some thorny ethical concerns, says researcher Wuyoh Sui.
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September 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Is it safe to use consumer wearable devices for research? Wearable technology is a boon for studying health behaviours, but it comes with some thorny ethical concerns, says researcher Wuyoh Sui. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - New Events, Political Influence, AI Doom Talk, Breached Privacy Standards, HIV Stigma, CDC Reliability Fears, Cancer Drug Shortages, Underestimated Deaths, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
Berman Institute Bioethics Bulletin
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September 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Berman Institute #Bioethics Bulletin - New Events, Political Influence, AI Doom Talk, Breached Privacy Standards, HIV Stigma, CDC Reliability Fears, Cancer Drug Shortages, Underestimated Deaths, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/bioethic...
New maps reveal massive gaps in access to affordable birth control across the US | NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n...
New maps reveal massive gaps in access to affordable birth control across the U.S
Because of a data lag, the current reality of access may be even worse.
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September 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
New maps reveal massive gaps in access to affordable birth control across the US | NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n...
Family of a Texas woman who died sues Ken Paxton over abortion law. The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton.
The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban.
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September 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Family of a Texas woman who died sues Ken Paxton over abortion law. The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
Problem identified: Nearly one in seven young, male white voters in the US support white nationalism. Three national surveys reveal how factors such as gender, age, political alignment and income are correlated with support for white nationalism in the United States. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nearly one in seven young, male white voters in the US support white nationalism
Three national surveys reveal how factors such as gender, age, political alignment and income are correlated with support for white nationalism in the United States.
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September 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Problem identified: Nearly one in seven young, male white voters in the US support white nationalism. Three national surveys reveal how factors such as gender, age, political alignment and income are correlated with support for white nationalism in the United States. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is There Anything a Fruit Fly Brain Can’t Do? Models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/t...
Is There Anything Google’s Fruit Fly Brain Can’t Do?
Models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car.
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September 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Is There Anything a Fruit Fly Brain Can’t Do? Models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/t...
Scientists Fuse Human Neurons Into the Brains of Mice. The studies may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines. | The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/s...
Scientists Fuse Human Neurons Into the Brains of Mice
The studies may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines.
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September 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Scientists Fuse Human Neurons Into the Brains of Mice. The studies may help reveal the causes of brain disease in people and point the way to treatments. But researchers already are calling for new ethical guidelines. | The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/s...