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The Rise of the Biocrats
The Pennsylvania Gazette | May/June 2012

From stem cell research to HPV vaccinations, healthcare policy to genetic modification, bioethics increasingly provides the framework for weighing the costs and benefits of scientific progress. Long a leader in the field, the University is moving to make Penn the place where such work happens, and where the next generation of bioethicists will be minted.
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"There is, as in many areas of medicine, a pipeline problem," says Emanuel. "There are only a few sites around the country where you can get suitable training [in bioethics]. And so part of the plan is to make Penn the best place in the world to train to become a bioethicist."

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