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Is Mitochondrial Donation Germ-Line Gene Therapy? Classifications and Ethical Implications (2016)
Journal Article
Wrigley, A., & Newson, A. (2016). Is Mitochondrial Donation Germ-Line Gene Therapy? Classifications and Ethical Implications. Bioethics, 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12312

The classification of techniques used in mitochondrial donation, including their role as purported germ-line gene therapies, is far from clear. These techniques exhibit characteristics typical of a variety of classifications that have been used in bo... Read More about Is Mitochondrial Donation Germ-Line Gene Therapy? Classifications and Ethical Implications.

Marieke Vervoort – and how the right to euthanasia can help some people to live better (2016)
Journal Article
Wrigley. (2016). Marieke Vervoort – and how the right to euthanasia can help some people to live better

Belgian Paralympic athlete Marieke Vervoort, who won a silver medal in the T52 400 metre event at the 2016 Rio games, recently disclosed that she likely would already have attempted suicide if she had not been able to legally plan to undergo euthanas... Read More about Marieke Vervoort – and how the right to euthanasia can help some people to live better.

The Wordless Book: The Visual and Material Culture of Evangelism in Victorian Britain (2016)
Journal Article
Janes. (2016). The Wordless Book: The Visual and Material Culture of Evangelism in Victorian Britain. Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief, 26-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432200.2015.1120085

The Wordless Book is widely used today in programs of Christian teaching and evangelism across the world. It consists of a series of blank pages which are colored in accordance with religious symbolism (black in reference to sin, red in reference to... Read More about The Wordless Book: The Visual and Material Culture of Evangelism in Victorian Britain.

Care, laboratory beagles and affective utopia (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Care, laboratory beagles and affective utopia. Theory, Culture and Society, 27-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276415619685

A caring approach to knowledge production has been portrayed as epistemologically radical, ethically vital and as fostering continuous responsibility between researchers and research-subjects. This article examines these arguments through focusing on... Read More about Care, laboratory beagles and affective utopia.