Publications
2010
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Bhattacharyya O, Khor S, McGahan A, Dunne D, Daar AS, Singer PA. Innovative health service delivery models in low and middle income countries - what can we learn from the private sector?. Health Research Policy and Systems. 15 Jul 2010;8:24.
- Singh JA, Daar AS, Singer PA. Shared principles of ethics for infant and young child nutrition in the developing world. BMC Public Health. 2010 Jun 8;10:321.
- Thorsteinsdóttir H., Melon CC, Ray M, Chakkalackal S, Li M, Cooper JE, Chadder J, Sáenz TW, de Souza Paula MC, Ke W, Li L, Madkour MA, Aly S, El-Nikhely N, Chaturvedi S, Konde V, Daar AS, Singer PA, South-South Entrepreneurial Collaboration in Health Biotech. Nature Biotechnology, (2010) Vol 28, number 5, pp. 407-416.
- Dominique S. McMahon, Halla Thorsteinsdottir, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar. (2010). "Cultivating Regenerative Medicine Innovation in China." Regenerative Medicine Vol. 5 No. 10 pp 35-44
- Masum H, Ranck J, Singer PA. Five promising methods for health foresight. Foresight Journal 2010, vol 12 no 1, 54 – 66.
- Silver KL, Zhong K, Leke RGF, Taylor DW, Kain KC. Dysregulation of angiopoietins is associated with placental malaria and low birth weight. PLoS ONE 2010; 5(3): e9481.
- Kass N, Ijsselmuiden C, Sewankambo N, Lavery JV. Evolving values in ethics and global health research. Global Public Health 2010; 5(2): 154-163.
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Finney, C., Lu, Z., Hawkes, M., Yeh, W., Liles, W. C., Kain, K. Divergent roles of IRAK4-mediated innate immune responses in two experimental models of severe malaria. 2010. Am J Trop Med Hyg (In press).
- Emerson CI and Singer PA. Is there an ethical obligation to complete polio eradication? The Lancet. April 17, 2010; 375: 1340-1341. (In Press).
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Tansey CM, Herridge MS, Heselgrave R, Lavery JV. OEEmergency review¹: A model of research ethics review for public emergencies. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2010.
- Thorsteinsdóttir H., Melon CC, Ray M, Chakkalackal S, Li M, Cooper JE, Chadder J, Sáenz TW, de Souza Paula MC, Ke W, Li L, Madkour MA, Aly S, AdlyN, Chaturvedi S, Konde V, Daar AS, Singer PA, South-South Entrepreneurial Collaboration in Health Biotech: Boosting Trade and Innovation?. Accepted for publication by Nature Biotechnology.
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Min-Oo G, Ayi K, Bongfen SE, Tam M, Radovanovic I, Gauthier S, Santiago H, Rothfuchs AG, Roffê E, Sher A, Mullick A, Fortin A, Stevenson MM, Kain KC, Gros P. Cysteamine, the natural metabolite of pantetheinase, shows specific activity against plasmodium. Exp Parasitol. 2010 Feb 25.
Reports:
- Daar AS. (2010). Vision of a personal genomics future. Review of book: "The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine" by Francis S Collins. Nature 463, 298-299.
Editorials, Op-eds, Commentaries:
- McMahon D, Thorsteinsdóttir H, Daar AS, and Singer PA (2010). China’s recipe for stem cell success: the ying and yang of regenerative medicine research and therapy. Science Progress. Available at: http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/02/china-stem-cell/ [accessed 5 March 5, 2010].
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Dominique McMahon, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir (2010). Regulations are needed for stem cell tourism: insights from China. American Journal of Bioethics. [In press].
2009
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Perry TL, Pandey P, Grant JM, Kain KC. Severe atovaquone-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a Canadian traveler returned from the Indian subcontinent. Open Medicine 2009; 3: 10-16.
- Ezezika OC, Younger NS, Lu J, Kaiser DA, Corbin ZA, Nolen BJ, Kovar DR, Pollard TD. Incompatibility with formin Cdc12p prevents human profilin from substituting for fission yeast profilin: insights from crystal structures of fission yeast profilin. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 23;284(4):2088-97. Epub 2008 Nov 20.
- Lovegrove FE, Tangpukdee N, Opoka R, Lafferty EI, Rajwans N, Hawkes M, Krudsood S, Looareesuwan S, John CC, Liles WC, Kain KC. Serum angiopoietin-1 and -2 levels discriminate cerebral malaria from uncomplicated malaria and predict clinical outcome in African children. PLoS ONE 2009; 4:e4912.
- Conroy AM, Serghides L, Finney C, Owino SO, Kumar S, Gowda DC, Liles WC, Moore JM, Kain KC. C5a enhances dysregulated inflammatory and angiogenic responses to malaria in vitro: implications for placental malaria. PLoS ONE 2009; 4:e4953.
- Christina C. Melon, Monali Ray, Sharon Chakkalackal, Michelle Li, Jan E. Cooper, Jennifer Chadder, Wen Ke, Lexuan Li, Magdy A. Madkour, Sahar Aly, Nefertiti Adly, Sachin Chaturvedi, Victor Konde, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir (2009). “A Survey of South-North Health Biotech Collaboration.” Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 27 No. 3 pp. 229-232.
- Sibbald SL, Singer PA, Upshur R and Martin DK, Priority setting: what constitutes success? A conceptual framework for successful priority setting. BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:43 (05 March 2009).
- Ezezika OC, Thomas F, Daar AS, Lavery JV, Singer PA. A Social Audit Model for Agro-biotechnology Initiatives in Developing Countries: Accounting for Ethical, Social, Cultural, and Commercialization Issues. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation March 2009; 4(3): 24-33.
- Hyder AA, Dawson L, Bachani AM, Lavery JV. Moving from research ethics review to research ethics systems in low- and middle-income countries. Lancet March 2009; 373: 862-65.
- Helmers A, Gowda D, Liles WC, Kain KC. Statins fail to improve outcome in experimental cerebral malaria and potentiate TLR-mediated cytokine production by murine macrophages. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009; 81: 631-637.
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2009). “How biodevelopment can enhance biosecurity.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists pp. 23-30.
- Faust HS, Bensimon CM, and Upshur REG. The role of faith-based organizations in the ethical aspects of pandemic flu planning – lessons learned from the Toronto SARS experience. Public Health Ethics April 2009; 2(1): 105-112.
- Pinto AD and Upshur RE. Global health ethics for students. Dev World Bioeth. 2009 Apr; 9(1): 1-10.
- Finney CAM, Lu Z, LeBourhis L, Philpot DJ, Kain KC. Disruption of NOD-like receptors alters inflammatory response to infection but does not confer protection in experimental cerebral malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009; 80: 718-722.
- Visscher KL, Woolridge N, Jenkinson J, Kain KC. Effectiveness of timeline pacing as a post-production cueing strategy in an educational three-dimensional animation for undergraduate medical students; A randomized controlled trial. JBC 2009; 35: E3-E9.
- Sara Al-Bader, Sarah E. Frew, Insiya Essajee, Victor Y. Liu, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2009). “Small but tenacious: South Africa's health biotech sector.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 27 No. 5 pp. 427 – 445.
- Craven SH, Ezezika OC, Haddad S, Hall RA, Momany C, Neidle EL. Inducer responses of BenM, a LysR-type transcriptional regulator from Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. Mol Microbiol. 2009 May;72(4):881-94.
- Serghides L, Patel S, Ayi K, Lu Z, Gowda C, Liles WC, Kain KC. Rosiglitazone modulates innate immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum and improves outcome in experimental cerebral malaria. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009; 199: 1538-1545.
- Emerson CI., Upshur REG. and Daar AS (2009) 'Empirical Bioethics Research in the Developing World: When the 'Is' is Close to an 'Ought'', The American Journal of Bioethics,9:6,101 — 103 (2009).
- Ali-Khan SE, Daar AS, Shuman C, Ray PN, Scherer SW. Whole genome scanning: resolving clinical diagnosis and management amidst complex data. Pediatr Res. 2009 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print].
- Upshur R, Singh J, Ford N. Apocalypse or redemption: responding to extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Bull World Health Organ. 2009 Jun;87(6):481-3.
- Lavery JV, Singer PA, Ridzon R. Singh JA. Slutsky AS, Anisko JJ, Buchanan D. In global health research, is it legitimate to stop clinical trials early on account of their opportunity costs? PLoS Med, 2009 Jun 9;6 (6):e 1000071. Epub 2009 June 9, 2009.
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Cohen ER, O'Neill JM, Joffres M, Upshur RE, Mills E. Reporting of informed consent, standard of care and post-trial obligations in global randomized intervention trials: a systematic survey of registered trials. Dev. World Bioeth. 2009 Aug; 9(2): 74-80 Epub 2008 Apr 28.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Elizabeth G. Nabel, Stig K. Pramming, Warwick Anderson, Alain Beaudet, Depei Liu, V. M. Katoch, Leszek K. Borysiewicz, Roger I. Glass, and John Bell (2009). "The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases." Science Vol 26. No. 324 pp. 1642-1644.
- Pelley JL, Daar AS, and Saner MA. State of Academic Knowledge on Toxicity and Biological Fate of Quantum Dots. TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES 112(2), 276–296 (2009) doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfp188Advance Access publication August 14, 2009.
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Zada G, Sivakumar W, Fisback D, Singer PA, and Weiss MH. Significance of postoperative fluid dieresis in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas. J Neurosurg, 2009 Aug 21.
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Boggild A, Krudsood S, Serghides L, Patel S, Tangpukdee N, Looareesuwan L, Liles WC, Kain KC. PPARγ agonists as Adjunctive Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 49: 841-849. (Accompanied by an editorial and chosen as a F1000, Faculty of 1000 Medicine, a "Must Read" article).
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Ayi K, Min-Oo G, Liles WC, Gros P, Kain KC. Pyruvate kinase deficiency protects against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009; 200: 1289-1299.
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Ayi K, Liles WC, Gros P, Kain KC. Adenosine triphosphate depletion of erythrocytes simulates the phenotype associated with pyruvate kinase deficiency and confers protection against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. J Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 15;200(8):1289-99.
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Erdman LK, Cosio G, Helmers AJ, Gowda DC, Grinstein S, Kain KC. CD36 and TLR Interactions in Inflammation and Phagocytosis: Implications for Malaria. Journal of Immunology 2009; 183:6452-6459.
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Singh JA. Using the courts to challenge irrational health research policies and administrative decisions. Acta Trop. 2009 Nov;112 Suppl 1:S76-9.
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Singh JA. Research and legal liability. Acta Trop. 2009 Nov;112 Suppl 1:S71-5.
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Conroy AL, Lafferty EA, Lovegrove FE, Krudsood S, Tangpukdee N, Liles WC, Kain KC. Whole blood angiopoietin-1 and -2 levels discriminate cerebral and severe (non-cerebral) malaria from uncomplicated malaria. Malaria J 2009; 8:295.
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Frew SE, Liu VY and Singer PA. A Business Plan to Help The ‘Global South’ In Its Fight Against Neglected Diseases’ Health Affairs,vol.28,no.6,pp.1760-1773,2009.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Journals:
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Erdman LK, Hawkes M, Kain KC. Molecular approaches for the diagnosis of malaria and the characterization of genetic markers of drug resistance. Chapter 46. In; Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology, eds. Persing, Tenover, Tang, Versalovic, Relman, Wilber and White. 3rd edition. ASM Press. 2009.
Book Chapters:
- Upshur R. "Overcoming the problem of calibration: Towards a scholarly agenda for research ethics" In: Fernando Lolas, ed. Dimensiones Ethicas de Las Regulaciones en Salud. Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioetica – Universidad de Chile. 2009 P. 61-74.
- Asheim B, Ayerbe C, Boadi RY, Bovenberg JA, Bubela T, Castle D, Caulfield T, Chaturvedi S, Cloutier LM, Daar AS, Durell K, Francis CW, Glass AJ, Gold ER, Holbrook JA, Ingham M, Inkster I, Isaac AG, Kieff FS, May C, Métais E, Mitkova L, Nunez FX, Oriel S, Park WG, Piper T, Sirois S, Sullivan PH, Sumikura K, Valentin F, and Zeller C: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Innovation –Edited by David Castle, Canada Research Chair in Science, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, December 2009 496 pp.
Reports:
Editorials, Op-eds, Commentaries:
- Singer PA. Is Canada Ready for Bioterrorism? The Globe and Mail, 4 January , 2009.
- Singer PA, Daar AS: The tragic test of a peace-loving man. National Post, 19 January, 2009.
- Singer PA, Daar AS: Gaza Heartbreak. Sunday Star. The Toronto Star, February 1, 2009.
- Singer PA. SARS and swine flu: Lessons from the last outbreak. The Globe and Mail, 28 April, 2009.
- Singer PA. Grading a pandemic. National Post, May 11, 2009.
- Thorsteinsdóttir, H. and Ray, M. (2009). A Global Approach to Biotech. The Mark News, 25 September 2009.
Patents:
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K Kain, C Liles W, F Lovegrove. Angiopoientin -1 and -2 Biomarkers for infectious diseases that compromise endothelial integrity - WO Patent WO/2009/059,404, 2009 - wipo.int
2008
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Sheila Kamunyori, Sara Al-Bader, Ronak Shah, Ken Simiyu, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Accelerating African Health Innovation.” Africa Journal pp. 20-21.
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar, Sara Al-Bader, Ronak Shah, Ken Simiyu, Ryan E. Wiley, Pamela Kanellis, Menaka Pulandiran, Marilyn Heymann (2008). “Commercializing African Health Research: Building Life Science Convergence Platforms.” Global Forum Update on Research for Health. Vol. 5 pp. 143-150.
- Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Douglas K. Martin (2008). “Healthcare sustainability and the challenges of innovation to biopharmaceuticals in Canada.” Health Policy Vol. 87 No. 3 pp. 359-68.
- Bryn Lander, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Harnessing stem cells for health needs in India.” Cell Stem Cell. Vol. 3 No. 1 pp. 11-5.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Human genomic variation initiatives in emerging economies and developing countries.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s3-s4.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer & Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Genomics, public health, and developing countries: the case of the Mexican National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN).” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s5-s8.
- Billie-Jo Hardy, Béatrice Séguin, Peter A. Singer, Mitali Mukerji, Samir K. Brahmachari, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “From diversity to delivery: the case of the Indian Genome Variation initiative.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s9-s13.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Universal health care, genomic medicine and Thailand: investing in today and tomorrow.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s14-s18.
- Billie-Jo Hardy, Béatrice Séguin, Raj Ramesar, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “South Africa: from species cradle to genomic applications.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s19-s22.
- Billie-Jo Hardy, Béatrice Séguin, Federico Goodsaid, Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “The next steps for genomic medicine: challenges and opportunities for the developing world.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 10 pp. s23-s27.
- Rahim Rezaie, Sarah E. Frew, Stephen M Sammut, Maya R. Maliakkal, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A Singer (2008). “Brazilian health biotech--fostering crosstalk between public and private sectors.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 26 No. 6 pp. 627-644.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). "Genomic Medicine and Developing Countries: creating a Room of their own." Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 9 No. 6 pp. 487-493.
- Sarah E. Frew, Hannah E. Kettler, Peter A. Singer (2008). “The Indian and Chinese Health Biotechnology Industries: Champions of global health?” Health Affairs Vol. 27 No. 4 pp. 1029-41.
- Emma R.M. Cohen, Hassan Masum, Kathryn Berndtson, Vicki Saunders, Tom Hadfield, Dilzayn Panjwani , Deepa L. Persad, Gunjeet S. Minhas, Abdallah S. Daar, Jerome A. Singh and Peter A. Singer (2008). “Public engagement on global health challenges.” BMC Public Health. Vol. 8 No. 168 pp. 1-8.
- Béatrice Séguin, Billie-Jo Hardy, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2008). “Bidil: Recontextualizing the Race Debate.” The Pharmacogenomics Journal Vol. 8 No. 3 pp. 169-173.
- Sarah E. Frew, Stephen M. Sammut, Alysha F. Shore, Joshua K. Ramjist, Sara Al-Bader, Rahim Rezaie, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2008). “Chinese health biotech and the billion-patient market.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 26 pp. 37-53.
- Reeleder D, Goel V, Singer PA, Martin D. Accountability agreements in Ontario hospitals: Are they fair? Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2008; 18: p. 161-175.
- Erdman LK, Kain KC. Molecular diagnostic and surveillance tools for global malaria control. Travel Med Infect Dis 2008; 6: 82-99.
- Land WG, Gutmann T, Daar AS. Emerging Science, Emerging Ethical Issues: Who should Fund Innate Alloimmunity-Supressing Drugs? Acta Chir Belg, 2008, 108, 73-82.
- Bello A, Poduch E, Liu Y, Wei L, Crandall I, Wang X, Dyanand C, Kain KC; Pai E; Kotra L. Structure-Activity Relationships of C6-Uridine Derivatives Targeting Plasmodia Orotidine Monophosphate Decarboxylase. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2008; 51:439-48.
- Silver KL, Liles WC, Kain KC. Endothelial activation and dysregulation: a common pathway to organ injury in infectious diseases associated with systemic inflammation. Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms 2008; 4; 215-222.
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Finney CAM, Liles WC, Kain KC. Severe Malaria and Host Response: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Therapeutic Strategies to Improve Clinical Outcome. Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms 2008; 4: 207-214.
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Singh JA and Daar AS. The 20-year African biotech plan. Nature Biotech. 2008 March Vol 26 (3) pp. 272-274.
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Silva Diego S, Gibson JL, Sibbald R, Connolly E, Singer PA. Clinical ethicists’ perspectives on organizational ethics in health care organizations. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2008; 34 pp320-323 doi: 10.1136/jme.2007.020891.
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Rose G, Suh K, Kain KC, Le Saux N, McCarthy A. Atovaquone-proguanil resistance in imported falciparum malaria in a young child. Ped J Infect Dis 2008; 27: 567-569.
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Lovegrove F, Peña-Castillo L, Liles WC, Hughes TR, Kain KC. Plasmodium falciparum shows transcriptional versatility within the human host. Trends in Parasitology 2008; 24: 288-291.
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Fan E, Soong S, Kain KC, Detsky AS. Capillariasis. New England Journal of Medicine 2008; 359:75 – 80 (Co-senior author).
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Erdman LK, Finney CAM, Liles WC, Kain KC. Inflammatory pathways in malaria infection: TLRs share the stage with other components of innate immunity. Molecular Biochem Parasitol 2008; 162: 105-111.
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L Erdman, KC Kain. Stimulation of Toll-like Receptor 2 by Plasmodium Falciparum Glycosylphospatidylinositols Enhances Macrophage Internalization of Parasitized and Uninfected Erythrocytes. Clinical & Investigative Medicine, 2008 - Vol 31, No 4 (2008) Supplement.
Book Chapters:
- Green RM, Donovan A, Jauss SA, Singer PA (Eds.). "Global Bioethics: Issues of Conscience for the Twenty-First Century". Oxford University Press. In press.
- Viens AM and Singer PA, "Introduction", in Peter A. Singer and A.M. Viens (eds.), Bioethics for Clinicians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
- Tulsky J and Singer PA, ‘Quality End of Life Care,’ in Peter A. Singer and A.M. Viens (eds.), Bioethics for Clinicians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
- Tulsky J, Emmanuel L, Singer PA, ‘Advance Care Planning,’ in Peter A. Singer and A.M. Viens (eds.), Bioethics for Clinicians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
- Martin D and Singer PA, ‘Priority Setting’, in Peter A. Singer and A.M. Viens (eds.), Bioethics for Clinicians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Wright L, Ross K, Daar AS. Organ Transplantation. In: Singer P, Viens A, eds. The Cambridge Text of Bioethics. Cambridge University Press. 2008. pp. 145-152. ISBN 978-0-521-87284-3.
- Greenwood H, Daar AS. Regenerative Medicine. In: Singer P, Viens A, eds. The Cambridge Text of Bioethics. Cambridge University Press. 2008. pp. 153-159. ISBN 978-0-521-87284-3.
- Daar AS. Introduction. "Genetics and Biotechnology". In: Singer P, Viens, A, eds. The Cambridge Text of Bioethics. Cambridge University Press. 2008. pp. 143-144. ISBN 978-0-521-87284-3.
- Daar AS, Bakdash T, Khitamy AB, "Islamic Bioethics for Physicians Practising in the West",. In: Singer P, Viens AM, eds. The Cambridge Text of Bioethics. Cambridge University Press. 2008. pp. 408-415. ISBN 978-0-521-87284-3
- Gibson J, Connolly E, Sibbald R, and Singer PA, ‘Organizational Ethics’, in Peter A. Singer and A.M. Viens (eds.), Bioethics for Clinicians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
- McKneally M and Singer PA, ‘Teaching bioethics to medical students and postgraduate trainees in the clinical setting’, in Peter A. Singer and A.M. Viens (eds.), Bioethics for Clinicians (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
- Nixon S, Upshur R, Robertson A, Benatar S, Thompson A, Daar AS. Public Health Ethics. In Bailey T, Caulfield T, Ries NM, eds. Public Health Law and Policy in Canada. 2nd Edition. Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths (2008) pp: 37-59.
- Thorsteindottir H, Smith R, Daar AS, Singer P, (2008) A global public good’s perspective on the promoting and financing of genomics in Mordini E., (ed): Ethics and Health in the Global Village, CIC Edizioni Internazionali, Rome: 193-209 (November 2008).
- Wright L, Cambell M, Daar AS. Ethics in Transplantation: Allotransplantation and Xenotransplantation. Kidney Transplantation – Peter J. Morris, Stuart J. Knechtle, 6th Edition. Chapter 39. pp 694-708 (2008).
- Land WG, Guttmann T, Daar AS. Emerging Science, Emerging Ethical Issues: Who should Fund Innate Alloimmunity-Supressing Drugs?. In Weimar W, Bos MA, Busschbach J, eds. Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects – Towards a Common European Policy. PABST Science Publishers, 2008. pp. 516-528. ISBN 978-3-89967-415-6.
- Singer PA, Bhatt A, Frew SE, Greenwood H, Mackie JE, Panjwani D, Persad DL, Salamanca-Buentello F, Séguin B, Taylor AD, Thorsteinsdottir H, and Daar AS. "Harnessing Advanced Technologies for Global Health Equity" in Global Bioethics: Issues of Conscience for the Twenty-First Century eds. Ronald M. Green, Aine Donovan and Steven A. Jauss. 2008. Oxford University Press. 368 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-954659-6. ISBN10: 0-19-954659-2.
- Thorsteinsdóttir H. (2008). The Role of the Health System in Biotechnology in Brazil and Cuba. In S. Matlin, A. de Francisco, L. Sunaram, H-S Faich and M Gehner (eds) Health Partnership Review. Global Forum for Health Research.
- Thorsteinsdóttir H, (2008). Stratégies de promotion de la génomique comme bien public mondial, 185-222. Le Santé et le Bien Commun B.M. Knopper et Y. Joly (eds). Droit, Biotechnologie et Société. Les Éditions Thémis.
Books:
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Singer PA (Editor in Chief) and Viens AM (Executive Editor), Cambridge textbook of Bioethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Reports:
- Gold ER, Adams,WA, Bernier L, Bubela T, Cassivi L, Castle D, Cleret de Langavant G, Martin Cloutier L, Daar AS, Delerue H, Glass AJ, Henry E, Knowles L, Morin, J-F, Piper T and Smith PJD. Toward a New Era of Intellectual Property: From Confrontation to Negotiation - A Report by the International Expert Group on Biotechnology, Innovation and Intellectual Property(September 9, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1260099.
Editorials, Op-eds, Commentaries:
- Singer PA. Built from Scratch. National Post. 29 January, 2008.
Patents:
- MM Greenberg, KC Kain, WCW Chan. Method for detecting pathogens using microbeads conjugated to biorecognition molecules – WO Patent WO/2007/093043, 2008 - freepatentsonline.com
2007
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Peter A. Singer (2007). “Motivating Action: Why should Canadian Physicians participate in research, education or patient care in the developing world?” Canadian Family Physician Vol. 53 No. 11 pp. 1849-1851.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Deepa Leah Persad, Stig K. Pramming, David R. Matthews, Robert Beaglehole, Alan Bernstein, Leszek K. Borysiewicz, Stephen Colagiuri, Nirmal Ganguly, Roger I. Glass, Diane T. Finegood, Jeffrey Koplan, Elizabeth G. Nabel, George Sarna, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Richard Smith, Derek Yach, John Bell (2007). “Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases.” Nature Vol. 450 pp. 494-496.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Kathryn Berndtson, Deepa L. Persad, Peter A Singer (2007). “How can developing countries harness biotechnology to improve health?” BMC Public Health Vol. 7 No. 346 pp. 1-9.
- Hassan Masum, Abdallah S. Daar, Sara Al-Bader, Ronak Shah, Peter A. Singer (2007). “Accelerating Health Product Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Innovations (MIT Press) Vol. 2 No. 4 pp. 151-171.
- Hassan Masum, Peter A. Singer. “A Visual Dashboard for Moving Health Technologies From ‘Lab to Village’” (2007). Journal of Medical Internet Research Vol. 9 No. 4 pp. e32.
- Andrew D. Taylor, David Brook, David Watters, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2007). “North-South Partnerships – A study of Canadian Firms.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 25 No. 9 pp. 978-979.
- Peter A. Singer, Kathryn Berndtson, C. Shawn Tracy, Emma R. M. Cohen, Hassan Masum, James V. Lavery, Abdallah S. Daar (2007). “A tough transition.” Nature Vol. 449 pp. 160-163.
- Peter A. Singer, Andrew D. Taylor, Abdallah S. Daar, Ross E. G. Upshur, Jerome A. Singh, James V. Lavery (2007). Grand Challenges in Global Health: The Ethical, Social and Cultural Program. PLoS Medicine Vol. 4, No. 9 pp. 1440-1444.
- Kathryn Berndtson, Tina Daid, C. Shawn Tracy, Anant Bhan, Emma R. M. Cohen, Ross E. G. Upshur, Jerome A. Singh, Abdallah S. Daar, James V. Lavery, Peter A. Singer. “Grand Challenges in Global Health: Ethical, Social, and Cultural Issues based on Key Informant Perspectives.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 4 No. 9 pp. 1445-1450.
- Paulina O. Tindana, Jerome A. Singh, C. Shawn Tracy, Ross E. G. Upshur, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Janet Frohlich, James V. Lavery (2007). “Grand Challenges in Global Health: Community Engagement in Research in Developing Countries.” PLoS Medicine Vol.4 No. 9 pp. 1451-1455.
- Anant Bhan, Jerome A. Singh, Ross E. G. Upshur, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2007). “Grand Challenges in Global Health: Engaging Civil Society Organization in Biomedical Research in Developing Countries.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 4 No. 9 pp. 1456-1459.
- Sarah E. Frew, Rahim Rezaie, Stephen M. Sammut, Monali Ray, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2007). "India’s Home-Grown Health Biotechnology Sector at a Crossroads." Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 25 No. 4 pp. 403-417.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2007). “Innovation Cultures in Developing Countries: The Case of Health Biotechnology.” Comparative Technology Transfer and Society Vol. 5 No. 2 pp. 178-201.
- Peter A. Singer, Erin B. Court, Archana Bhatt, Sarah E. Frew, Heather Greenwood, Deepa L. Persad, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Béatrice Séguin, Andrew D. Taylor, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar (2007). “Applying Genomics-related Technologies for Africa’s Health Needs.” African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. Vol. 36 suppl: 7-14.
Book Chapters:
- Court E, Salamanca-Buentello F, Singer PA, Daar AS, "Nanotechnology and the Developing World. In: Nanotechnologies, Ethics and Politics. UNESCO (COMEST). Paris, France P 155.
- Séguin B, Essajee S, Dabu A, Jimenez-Sanchez G, and Daar AS. Implications of Human Genomic Variation Studies and Pharmacogenomics for Global Health. In ‘Pharmacogenomics in Admixed Populations’ Medical Intelligence Unit, Landes Bioscience (2007) pp 198-207.
- Court EB, Salamanca-Buentello F, Singer PA, Daar AS. Public Engagement and Education for Ethics in Nanotechnology. In "Nanotechnologies, Ethics and Politics. Ed. Henk Ten Have. UNESCO Ethics Series. ISBN 978-92-3-104051-1.
2006
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Heather L. Greenwood, Peter A. Singer, Gregory P. Downey, Douglas K. Martin, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Regenerative Medicine and the Developing World.” PLoS Medicine. Vol. 3 No. 9 pp. 1496-1500.
- Jocelyn E. Mackie, Andrew D. Taylor, David L. Finegold, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2006). “Lessons on Ethical Decision-Making from the Bioscience Industry.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 3 No. 5 pp. 0605-0610.
- Kumanan Wilson, Christopher McDougall, Ross Upshur, the Joint Centre for Bioethics SARS Global Health Ethics Research Group (Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, CS Tracy) (2006). “The New International Health Regulations and the Federalism Dilemma.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 3 No. 1 pp. 0030-0034.
- Deepa L. Persad, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Enabling knowledge societies in developing countries: the example of genomics.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 4-22.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer, Eric Archambault, Subbiah Arunachalam (2006). “Health biotechnology publishing takes-off in developing countries.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 23-42.
- Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, James Renihan, Archana Bhatt, Zoe Costa Von Aesch, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Biotechnology patenting takes off in developing countries.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 43-59.
- Heather L. Greenwood, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Gajen Perry, James Renihan, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Regenerative medicine: new opportunities for developing countries.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 60-77.
- Beatrice Séguin, Leah State, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Scientific diasporas as an option for brain drain: re-circulating knowledge for development.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 78-90.
- Sarah E. Frew, Stephen M. Sammut, Winnie W. Siu, Abdallah S. Daar and Peter A. Singer (2006). “The role of the domestic private sector in developing countries for addressing local health needs.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 91-102.
- Jocelyn E. Mackie, Andrew D. Taylor, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2006). “Corporate social responsibility strategies aimed at the developing world: perspectives from bioscience companies in the industrialised world.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 103-118.
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2006). “Increasing human security through biotechnology.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 119-131.
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Tara Acharya, Peter A. Singer (2006). “Realising the promise of genomics: exploring governance.” International Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8(1/2) pp. 132-141.
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Erin B. Court (2006). “Nano-Diplomacy.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs pp. 129-37.
2005
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2005). “Getting governance into genomics.” Science and Public Policy Vol. 32 No. 6 pp. 497-498.
- Solomon R. Benatar, Abdallah S. Daar, and Peter A. Singer (2005). “Global Health Challenges: The need for an expanded discourse on bioethics.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 2 No. 5 pp. 0587-0589.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Tirso W. Sáenz, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Different Rhythms of Health Biotechnology Development in Brazil and Cuba.” Journal of Business Chemistry Vol. 2 No. 3 pp. 99- 106.
- Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Deepa L. Persad, Erin B. Court, Douglas K. Martin, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2005). “Nanotechnology and the Developing World.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 2 No. 4 pp. 300-303.
- Carlos M. Morel, Tara Acharya, Denis Broun, Ajit Dangi, Christopher Elias, N. K. Ganguly, Charles A. Gardner, R. K. Gupta, Jane Haycock, Anthony D. Heher, Peter J. Hotez, Hannah E. Kettler,Gerald T. Keusch, Anatole F. Krattiger, Fernando T. Kreutz, Sanjaya Lall, Keun Lee, Richard Mahoney, Adolfo Martinez-Palomo, R. A. Mashelkar, Stephen A. Matlin, Mandi Mzimba, Joachim Oehler, Robert G. Ridley, Pramilla Senanayake, Peter Singer, Mikyung Yun (2005). “Health Innovation Networks to Help Developing Countries Address Neglected Diseases.” Science Vol. 309 pp. 401-404.
- Peter A. Singer, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Harnessing Nanotechnology to Improve Global Equity.” Issues in Science and Technology pp. 57-64.
- Erin B. Court, Abdallah S. Daar, Deepa L. Persad, Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Peter A. Singer (2005). "Tiny technologies for the global good." Nanotoday pp. 14-15.
- Jonathan M. Breslin, Susan K. MacRae, Jennifer Bell, Peter A. Singer, The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Clinical Ethics Group. “Top 10 Health Care Ethics Challenges Facing the Public: Views of Toronto Bioethicists.” BioMedCentral Medical Ethics Vol. 6 p. 5
- Carlos M. Morel, Tara Acharya, Denis Broun, Ajit Dangi, Christopher Elias, N. K. Ganguly, Charles A. Gardner, R. K. Gupta, Jane Haycock, Anthony D. Heher, Peter J. Hotez, Hannah E. Kettler, Gerald T. Keusch, Anatole F. Krattiger, Fernando T. Kreutz, Sanjaya Lall, Keun Lee, Richard Mahoney, Adolfo Martinez-Palomo, R. A. Mashelkar, Stephen A. Matlin, Mandi Mzimba, Joachim Oehler, Robert G. Ridley, Pramilla Senanayake, Peter Singer, Mikyung Yun (2005). “Health Innovation in Developing Countries to Address Diseases of the Poor.” Innovation Strategy Today Vol. 1 No. 1 pp. 1-15.
- Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2005). “Pharmacogenetics and Geographical Ancestry: Implications for Drug Development and Global Health.” Nature Reviews Genetics Vol. 6 pp.241-246.
- Jennifer L. Gibson, Douglas K. Martin and Peter A. Singer (2005). “Evidence, economics and Ethics: Resource Allocation in Health Services Organizations.” Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 8 pp. 50-59.
- Tara Acharya, Mohammed Abdur Rab, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Harnessing genomics to improve health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region – an executive course in genomics policy.” Health Research and Policy Systems Vol. 3 No. pp. 1-9.
- Alyna C. Smith, John Mugabe, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2005). “Harnessing genomics to improve health in Africa – an executive course to support genomics policy.” Health Research and Policy Systems Vol. 3 No. 1 pp. 1-12.
Book Chapters:
- Daar AS, Singer PA. Harnessing Genomics for Global Health. In: Jones GA, McCarney P, Skolnik ML, eds. Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations: The Changing Role of Higher Education. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, in press.
- Daar AS, Acharya T, Filate I, Thorsteinsdóttir H, Singer PA. Beyond GM Foods: Genomics, Biotechnology and Global Health Equity. In: Thiele F, Ashcroft R, eds. Bioethics in a Small World. Berlin: Springer Verlag, in press.
- Singer PA, Panjwani D, Frew S, Greenwood H, Persad DL, Salamanca-Buentello F, Séguin B, Taylor AD, Thorsteinsdòttir H, Daar AS, "The Role of Emergent Technologies in the Health of the Developing World". BiovisionAlexandria Proceedings. (In Press).
2004
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Tara Acharya, Abdallah S. Daar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Strengthening the role of genomics in global health.” PLoS Medicine Vol. 1 No. 3 pp. 195-197.
- Zara Merali, Peter A. Singer, Victor Boulyjenkov, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “The ELSI Genetics Regulatory Resource Kit: A Tool for Policymakers in Developing Countries.” Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics Vol. 32 No. 3 pp. 692-700.
- Asad J. Raja, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Transatlantic divide in publication of content relevant to developing countries.” British Medical Journal Vol. 329 pp. 1429-30.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Douglas K. Martin, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A Singer (2004). “Introduction: Promoting global health through biotechnology: An exploration of health biotechnology innovation systems in developing countries.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC3-7.
- Marcela Ferrer, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir,Uyen Quach, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “The scientific muscle of Brazil’s health biotechnology.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC8-DC12.
- Li Zhenzhen, Zhang Jiuchun, Wen Ke, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “Health biotechnology in China - the reawakening of a giant.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC13-DC18.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Tirso W. Sáenz, Uyen Quach, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Cuba – innovation through synergy.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC19-DC24.
- Basma Abdelgafar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “The emergence of Egyptian biotechnology from generics.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC25-DC30.
- Nandini K. Kumar, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S Daar, Hemlatha Somsekhar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Indian biotechnology - rapidly evolving and industry-led.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 DC31-DC36.
- Marion Motari, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Douglas K. Martin, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “South Africa – blazing a trail for African biotechnology.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC37-DC41.
- Joseph Wong, Uyen Quach, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Peter A. Singer and Abdallah S. Daar (2004). “South Korean biotechnology – a rising industrial and scientific powerhouse.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 DC42-47.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Uyen Quach, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2004). “Conclusions: promoting biotechnology innovation in developing countries.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 22 pp. DC48-DC52.
- Tara Acharya, Nandini K. Kumar, Vasantha Muthuswamy, Abdallah S. Daar, and Peter A. Singer (2004). “Harnessing genomics to improve health in India – an executive course to support genomics policy.” Health Research and Policy Systems Vol. 2 pp. 1-13.
- Richard D. Smith, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, E. Richard Gold, and Peter A. Singer (2004). “Genomics Knowledge and equity: a global public goods perspective of the patent system.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 8 pp. 385-389.
2003
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Peter A Singer, Solomon R. Benatar, Mark Bernstein, Abdallah S. Daar, Bernard M. Dickens, Susan K. MacRae, Ross E.G. Upshur, Linda Wright, Randi Zlotnik Shaul (2003). “Ethics and SARS: Learning Lessons from the Toronto Experience.” British Medical Journal Vol. 327 pp. 1342-4.
- Tara Acharya, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Biotechnology and the UN’s millennium development goals.” Nature Biotechnology Vol. 21 pp. 1434-1436.
- Herald Varmus, Richard Klausner, Elias Zerhouni, Tara Acharya, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Grand Challenges in Global Health.” Science Vol. 302 pp. 398-399.
- Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar, Richard D. Smith, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Genomics – A Global Public Good?” Lancet Vol. 361 pp. 891-892.
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Bridging the Genomics Divide.” Global Governance Journal Vol. 9 pp. 1-6.
- Anisa Mnyusiwalla, Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Mind the Gap: Science and Ethics in Nanotechnology.” Nanotechnology Vol. 14 pp. R9-13.
- Solomon R. Benatar, Adballah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer (2003). “Global Health Ethics: The rationale for mutual caring.” International Affairs Vol. 79 pp. 107-138.
2002
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Jerome A. Singh, Peter A. Singer (2002). “Isolationism is not the answer to bioterrorism: Increased support for research in the developing world would be a better strategy.” Nature Vol. 420 pp. 605 [Letter to Nature].
- Abdallah S. Daar, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Douglas K. Martin, Alyna C. Smith, Shauna Nast, Peter A. Singer (2002). “Top 10 Biotechnologies for Improving Health in Developing Countries.” Nature Genetics Vol. 32 pp. 229-232.
2001
Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- Peter A. Singer (2001). “Minimal refereeing will lead to global equity of information.” British Medical Journal Vol. 323 No. 7304 pp. 111-2 [Letter to the Editor].
- Peter A. Singer, Abdallah S. Daar (2001). “Harnessing Genomics and Biotechnology to Improve Global Health Equity.” Science Vol. 294 pp. 87-89.
- Peter A. Singer, Solomon R. Benatar (2001). “Beyond Helsinki: A vision for global health ethics.” British Medical Journal Vol. 322 pp. 747-748.
- Benatar S R. (2001) The coming catastrophe in international health: an analogy with lung cancer. International Journal LV1 (4) 611-31.
- Benatar S R. (2001). South Africa’s transition in a globalising world: HIV/AIDS as a window and a mirror. International Affairs. 77: (2) 347-375.
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Benatar S R. (2001) Respiratory health in a globalising world. Amer J Resp & Crit Care Med. 163:1064-67.

