Advances in medicine just wouldn’t be possible without the people who volunteer to participate in research studies. But how can we be sure that people who enroll in research are treated ethically? In this episode of Ethically Sound, host Hillary Wicai Viers talks with Bioethics Commission member Dr. Nita Farahany and Dr. Jerry Menikoff, and discusses the Bioethics Commission's report Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research.

Ethically Impossible

Ethically Sound is a podcast of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Through the podcast, we seek to bring attention to bioethical issues arising from advances in medicine, science and technology and share recommendations from our reports. The Bioethics Commission is an advisory panel of the nation's leaders in medicine, science, ethics, religion, law, and engineering. It advises President Obama on evolving bioethical issues.