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From the beginning, Ernest and his colleagues were also worried about the explosive ethical questions raised by the use of fetal tissue. Very early on, Ernest approached Dr. Mark Siegler, director of the University of Chicago's MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, for advice. As Siegler and many others saw it, there were no insurmountable barriers to the use of fetal tissue for medical purposes. After all, organs and tissue from brain-dead children and adults are donated for transplantation all the time. And while such deaths are tragic, they are caused not in order to obtain the organs...
...reconstructible heart except for a snowball's chance in hell, we would have advised against it. We take long odds every day, but not crazy odds." Others agree. "The tragic end result does not mean that the right decision was not made from the beginning," says Mark Siegler, director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. "The baby's clinical course supports the original judgment that this was a case they could deal with...
Elijah T. Siegler...
...Siegler sets this play in modern-day Venice. The actors wear contemporary dress, and cordless telephones replace the messengers in Shakespeare's script. The set is simple, with a table and three chairs serving as a cafe, a chair set aside as part of Shylock's house and a table upon which sit three treasure chests...
While this production, as a whole, fails to bring Shakespeare's script to new levels of theatrical excellence, it is worth seeing for several good performances and solid direction. Shakespeare's story is a timeless commentary on prejudice and hatred, and Siegler's interpretation, though not exceptional, deserves attention...