FRIDAY. MARCH 8. 2002
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Professor stresses ethics in medical research
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Mary Faith Marshall, professor of medicine and bioethics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, discusses balancing self-interest and research integrity in biomedical research. She spoke last night at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
By Summer Lewis Kansan staff writer
The death of a healthy medical research participant at John Hopkins University last year raised concern about the lack of ethics researchers use when experimenting on human subjects.
But it was not an isolated case. Mary Faith Marshall, professor of medicine and bioethics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said that more than 60 institutions had been sanctioned for ethics violations in the last three years.
She said the problem was that researchers were not taking responsibility for the people they conducted research on.
Marshall spoke to about 150 people about ethics in human research last night at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
"Human subjects are not being adequately protected," Marshall said. "In many cases, negative side effects are not being reported before new human subjects are admitted to the testing."
"John Hopkins is supposed to be the best medical school in the world and its research halted because it killed a human subject," Marshall said. "We have to maintain our values in the work we do, or medicine could go completely wrong."
She said the problem wasn't necessarily about money.
She said the solution was for researchers to be more ethical when making decisions.
"in some cases, researchers get so into what they are studying that they forget a human life is in their hands," Marshall said. "Sometimes, money isn't the distraction to researchers; they want to win a Nobel prize."
"We need to be more vigilant in what we are doing." Marshall said. "Medical researchers cannot be too careful when dealing with human life."
Marshall said that ethical behavior was
important for the future of medical research.
"We are amidst a crisis in the ethics of research," she said. "If we don't become more ethical, researchers won't have human subjects to test and research will stop."
Ken Chang, Lawrence freshman, said that Marshall convinced him of the importance of ethics in medical research.
"I never really knew this topic was out there, but after hearing this lecture, I am interested." Chang said. "I realize now that it is a pretty important topic."
Daniel Dubill, Prairie Village junior, said it shocked him that people had died from trying to help medical research.
"I am surprised by how many cases there are that have gone wrong with human research subjects recently," Dubill said. "Ethics is a broader issue than I realized."
Contact Lewis at slewis@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brandon Stinnett.
Tattoo artist discusses body art with enthusiasts
By Lauren Beatty Kansan staff writer
From baked potatoes to hot air balloons tattoo artist Don Hardy has used more than just skin as canvas for his art.
Hardy spoke last night to about 200 people at the Spencer Museum of Art about his love of ink. He is well-known because he was one of the first Westerners to study Asian traditional tattooing.
"Art has been a salvation in my life." Hardy said.
Hardy, who lives in San Francisco and owns his tattoo shop, told the crowd about his influences and showed slides of prints and tattoos he created during his 35-year career. He had only a few words of advice for the audience.
"You should get them for yourself." he said. "It's personal art."
The audience was comprised
mostly of college students.
Craig Karst, Ellsworth junior, said he had 12 tattoos. He got his first one when he was 16 years old.
"I always thought it was cool," Karst said. "You can put something you like, like a picture or an album cover, on your body."
The owner of Skin Illustrations, 1530 W. Sixth St., who goes by the name Russell, said tattoos were popular among college kids because they were trendy.
"It's peer pressure," Russell said.
"They want to be like everyone else."
Russell said 50 percent of his customers were college students and that more women got tattoos now than men.
"A really nice tattoo will cost about $150." Russell said.
Contact Beatty at
Ibeaty@kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Henning.
AIRTIME
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Chris Holzwart, Fort Collins, Colo, senior, jumps from a ledge behind Stauffer-Flint Hall yesterday afternoon. Holzwart says he's around that area everyday riding around.
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