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  • Book
    Sana Loue.
    Summary: This book explores, through case studies, the interplay between religion, culture, government, and politics in diverse societies on questions arising in the domain of bioethics. The case studies draw from multiple disciplinary perspectives, including history, theology, law, bioethics, public policy, science, and medicine. The text's global perspective permits a comparison of the differing approaches adopted by countries facing similar bioethical quandaries and the extent to which religion has or has not been instrumental in addressing such dilemmas. Secular and religious societies across the globe are being confronted with complex questions involving religious belief and the extent to which specific religious perspectives have in the past or should in the future be adopted as official policy. Bioethical issues involving the interplay of religion and government have become particularly notable in recent years. How these issues are resolved has major implications for individuals, healthcare providers, and the future of medical research and medical care. Topics explored among the chapters include: Homosexuality: Sin, Crime, Pathology, Identity, Behavior Medical Error: Truthtelling, Apology, and Forgiveness Refusal of Medical Treatment Medical Deportation Case Study: Nazism, Religion, and Human Experimentation The New Frontier: Cloning Case Studies in Society, Religion, and Bioethics will find an engaged audience among researchers and scholars in history, religion/theology, medicine, and bioethics interested in the influence of religion on bioethical decision-making. Students--particularly upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in bioethics, humanities, and theology--will find the text helpful in understanding the processes through which religion may serve as a basis for both societal policy and law and individual decision-making in health-related matters.
    Digital Access Springer 2020
  • Article
    Hagen FS, Young ET.
    J Virol. 1978 Jun;26(3):793-804.
    RNase III had no positive effect on the translation of bacteriophage T7 lysozyme mRNA in vivo or in vitro. The time of appearance and quanity of lysozyme in T7-infected E. coli BL107, an RNase III- strain, and T7-infected E. coli BL15, a nearly isogenic RNase III+ strain, were indistinguishable. Nearly identical patterns of lysozyme mRNA activity were obtained when RNA extracted at different times after infection of RNase III+ and RNase III- hosts was translated in cell-free extracts of E. coli containing or lacking RNase III. Exposure of RNA extracted from T7-infected E. coli BL107 (RNase III-) to purified RNase III did not increase the lysozyme mRNA activity of this RNA. The only result that implied that RNase III has a differential effect on the translatability of the lysozyme mRNA was the translation of fractionaed RNA from T7-infected E. coli BL107. Translation of the smallest and largest lysozyme messages, 0.33 x 10(6) and 4 x 10(6) to 5 x 10(6) daltons, was the most inefficient in RNase III- cell-free extracts as compared to RNase III+ cell-free translation. The translation of the most abundant, medium-sized lysozyme mRNA between 0.9 x 10(6) and 1.5 x 10(6) daltons was the least affected by the absence of RNase III. The existence of a lag between the appearance of lysozyme mRNA and the appearance of lysozyme in T7 infection was confirmed. In these studies a very rapid method of RNA extraction was used, eliminating the possibility of continued RNA transcription during cell collection and RNA extraction. With this method of analysis, the length of the lag period was established at about 3 min. The possibility that RNase III is the controlling element of the lag period was eliminated by these investigations.
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