April 28, 2006
Bill ignites euthanasia fears (The Herald) Biologist Gets Top Prize in Medicine (AP) Warning over ‘fertility tourism’ (BBC) Circumcision Studied in Africa as AIDS Preventive (New York Times) Effect of male pill could be reversed in months: study (Reuters) 1 … Read More
April 28, 2006
“When utilitarianism becomes a substitute for right and wrong, the end result is a lot more wrong.” — Debra J. Saunders, writing an opinion piece on black-market organ transplantation. “American Vampire,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, 2006.
April 27, 2006
Tough choices can be side effects of Medicare plan (USA Today) Connecticut: Study authorized for possible umbilical cord blood bank (AP) Australian research shows mobile phones affect brain function (AFP) Wisconsin Governor Doyle signs order to market state as research … Read More
April 26, 2006
Chinese scientists clone mad cow-resistant calf (Reuters) Salvage prospect for ‘junk’ DNA (BBC) Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue (AP) Disease gene that turns muscle into bone identified (BioNews) ‘Turf war for human subjects’ in Aids trials (Mail & … Read More
April 26, 2006
The latest edition of The New Atlantis has a review of four books written from a transhumanist perspective: Ramez Naam’s More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement James Hughes’s Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the … Read More
April 25, 2006
Illinois: State Announces Stem Cell Research Grants (AP) Illinois: Governor Slips Funds to Research (Chicago Tribune) Plan to Detain Sick Fliers Opposed (USA Today) UMass-Amherst Wins $16 Million Nanotechnology Grant (AP) A Fix To Forget It (The Herald) Wireless Bionic … Read More
April 25, 2006
Writing for a British audience, Oxford professor of pharmacology Susan Greenfield explores a few possible implications of bio-, nano-, and info-technologies on 21st century education, and calls for a diverse coalition to work to consider seriously both the benefits and … Read More
April 24, 2006
Judge Says Calif. Stem Cell Agency Legal (AP) Korea: Misled Egg Donors Sue for Compensation (The Korea Times) A Church Of Scotland Committee Backs Use Of Human Embryos In Quest For Stem Cell Treatments (Scotsman) Eggs for Sale (Oklahoma University … Read More
April 24, 2006
The Oklahoma University Daily notes an increase in advertisements in campus newspapers directed toward encouraging college women to donate their eggs. Kacee Lynn Echols, said she became interested in the process after seeing it advertised in the school newspaper. “The … Read More
April 24, 2006
If you do an internet search for “suicide depression” you get a ton of results that also include some form of the word prevent. UPI reports, however, that the Dignitas clinic in Zurich, Switzerland “Proposes Assisted Suicide for Depressed.” Dignitas … Read More
April 24, 2006
The Associate Press calls it “an unambiguous victory” for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Established by Proposition 71, the stem cell institute had been challenged as unconstitutional on two grounds: (1) Prop 71 proposed two subjects on a single … Read More
April 21, 2006
China criticized for alleged use of prisoner organs (Reuters) Britons warned over China’s ‘harvested’ organ transplants (AFP) Patent offending (Union-Tribune) Op-Ed: Stop the Cloning Madness (Boston Globe) Indian Tribe, Downwinders: Stop Nev. Blast (AP) Wash your hands, doc — and … Read More
April 21, 2006
“I could see a broader mobilization where people start saying, ‘No, you can’t take my tissues.’ All I can say is, we better deal with the problems now instead of waiting until that happens.” — Kathy Hudson, a molecular biologist … Read More
April 20, 2006
Financial ties in the field of psychiatry (MSNBC) SA prisoners sue for Aids drugs (BBC) Mumps Epidemic Spreads; More Vaccine Is Promised (New York Times) Los Angeles woman hospitalized with bubonic plague (USA Today) Drinking Problem? Try Drugs (Wired) Portland … Read More
April 19, 2006
U.S. Records Big Decline in Death Rate (AP) China ‘Selling Prisoners’ Organs’ (BBC) Benefits Threatened, Auto Workers Line Up for Elective Procedures ()New York Times Wal-Mart Offers to Help Fix US Health Care (Reuters) Judge Blocks Law to Report Sex … Read More
April 19, 2006
The Philadelphia Business Journal contains an informative article on current stem cell research. The article largely focuses on a new study, funded by New Jersey’s $5 million stem cell research grant program, studying how umbilical cord stem cells can help … Read More
April 18, 2006
Study: Education Level Linked to Heart Disease (HealthDay) Experts Suggest Spacing Pregnancies (AP) UK: Nurse Guilty of Killing Patients (BBC) Effort to Photograph Dying Children Helps Families (Reuters) Med Students Train on Robots (Wired) ‘Wrong Site’ Surgeries on the Rise … Read More
April 18, 2006
Setting aside the distortions and half-truths that appear to be advanced all too often by advocates of embryonic stem cell research, The Boston Globe column by Christopher Thomas Scott and Jennifer McCormick presents and interesting view of what they call … Read More
April 17, 2006
Stem Cell Funding Proves Elusive (San Diego Union Tribune) Biotechnology Thrives in India (Science & Theology News) Robot Birth Simulator Gaining Popularity (AP) Taking the Least of You (New York Times) Georgia: Perdue Signs Executive Order on Cord Blood Banks … Read More
April 17, 2006
The Magazine section of the New York Times has an interesting article on human tissue samples and patenting. It’s a long article, but worth your time to read. Patenting is going to be an increasingly thorny issue in the biotech … Read More
April 13, 2006
Scientists in U.S. to Attempt Human Cloning South Koreans Faked (Bloomberg.com) Missouri: Stem Cell Opponents Appeal Ruling on Ballot Proposal (Kansas City Star) New Zealand: Bioethics Committee Critical of Proposed Ministry of Health Guidelines (Radio New Zealand) New York: Spitzer … Read More
April 13, 2006
Federal funding restrictions for embryonic stem cell research are often viewed as a threat to stem cell science. But as Jennifer Washburn notes in a recent L.A. Times op-ed, the biggest obstacle for ESC research may be two powerful U.S. … Read More
April 13, 2006
Brush up on philosophy of mind, neuroscience, linguistics, and psychology at Wikipedia’s Mind and Brain Portal.
April 12, 2006
Most Seniors Enrolled Say Drug Benefit Saves Money (Washington Post) Japan Rides the Brain Craze (Wired News) “Schatten Stole Patents From Hwang” (Korea Times) Op-Ed: A Health Fix That Is Not Fantasy (New York Times) Texas: Group to Start Collecting … Read More
April 11, 2006
Regrow Your Own (New York Times) In End Run Around Legal Challenge, California Gives Out Stem Cell Research Grants (New York Times) Stem cell transplants reverse neurological damage in animals (Kerala ) Stem Cells Could Boost Stroke Recovery (HealthDay) Stem … Read More
