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Peter Lyon, JD Candidate at the University of Minnesota Law School and Research Assistant supporting the Ethics & Public Policy component of the NSF-supported ATP-Bio project with the Consortium on Law and Values, has published an analysis of the legal and policy issues that would be raised by future whole-human cryopreservation. Cryopreservation of human beings might prove useful in future… Read More
Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB) member Christine Conelea, PhD, leads a research team studying the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for treatment of Tourette syndrome and related conditions in young people. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has… Read More
The University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE), a Consortium Member Center, has contributed to newly published research on the often overlooked benefits of wildlife for the well-being of people. The benefits of nature have long been understood, leading to conservation policies and management practices to protect the environment. The new article argues that the specific contributions of wildlife, however, have not been fully recognized. Led… Read More
The expanding deployment of highly portable MRI (pMRI) technology for brain research outside the hospital to more remote settings is helping to expand research participation with underserved populations and ensure more inclusive research participation. But the rapid development of pMRI technology has outpaced the ethical, legal and societal implication (ELSI) guidelines necessary to ensure research participant safety and community trust during brain research projects. A new symposium of nine articles funded by the NIH BRAIN Initiative – “… Read More