June 30, 2006
Bioethicist: Not just autistic at risk if sex screening approved (BP) Senate to Consider Stem Cell Proposals (Washington Post) Stem-cell therapies for blood diseases (Nature) Hope, doubt greet new All Kids insurance (AP) Biotech execs: No sharing of stem-cell research … Read More
June 30, 2006
If unborn children are being eliminated for a genetic disposition to autism, no one is safe. C. Ben Mitchell, associate professor of bioethics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in suburban Chicago, Ill.
June 29, 2006
20% of U.S. Transplant Centers Are Found to Be Substandard (LA Times) Doctors change euthanasia stance (BBC) Terminally ill call on the BMA to stand firm (TimesOnline) Law creates cord blood bank initiative (NewsAdvance) Health professional urges hospital rating system … Read More
June 28, 2006
Judge rejects challenge to Blagojevich stem cell grants (AP) Hwang to resume research (News24) Is mom a criminal for not allowing surgery on her son? (The Seattle Times) Bill to allow assisted suicide is rejected State Senate committee head casts … Read More
June 27, 2006
Patients said to offer stem-cell solution ‘we can all live with’ (Catholic News Service) Malaysia: Govt won’t allow ‘designer babies’ (Daily News Express) Stem cell project gets green light (Leader Post) Report on drug revives discussion of care for ‘vegetative … Read More
June 27, 2006
The first issue of Salvo is now available on newsstands and for subscription. Salvo is dedicated to exposing and debunking the destructive cultural myths that have undercut human dignity, all but destroyed the notions of virtue and morality, and slowly … Read More
June 26, 2006
Today’s edition of USA Today features a pair of Op-Eds on providing financial incentives for organ donation. USA Today’s editorial board takes the position “Organ donations fall short; financial incentives can help,†and chair of the National Kidney Foundation, Charles … Read More
June 26, 2006
How will technology shape our future? (CNN) Do healers have a place in the death chamber? (Dallas Morning News) Big Pharma Research Racket Is Killing People (Media Monitors Network) $10 million for stem cell; $144,000 against (St. Louis Business Journal) … Read More
June 23, 2006
Brownback Holds News Conference To Highlight Successes Of Adult, Umbilical Cord Stem Cells (Medical News Today) PM caves in to party room on stem cells (Sydney Morning Herald) Human transmission of bird flu confirmed (International Herald Tribune) Drugmaker sues county … Read More
June 23, 2006
Animal tests proved penicillin deadly, strychnine safe and aspirin dangerous. So why do we continue to continue to use, as Kelly Overton asks in an intriguing op-ed, a process for testing the effectiveness of medications for humans that is “akin … Read More
June 22, 2006
Why is it so hard to store your baby’s ‘life-saving’ stem cells? (Daily Mail) Assisted-suicide plan resurfaces (Sacbee) Are you a guinea pig? (The Ithaca Journal) Abortion law ‘must change to reflect public disquiet’ (Times Online) Bishops decry EU embryonic … Read More
June 21, 2006
Santorum takes on thorny stem-cell research issue (The Hill) Coalition sticks to ban on stem cell research (The Age) Cord blood stem cell research could be answer to medical, moral questions (49abc) Three million babies born after fertility treatment (Reuters) … Read More
June 20, 2006
Fight against genetic discrimination moves to national airwaves (The News Enterprise) Should science be building better babies? (The Herald) Op-Ed: The Trouble With Transhumanism (AlwaysOn) Hwang Woo-suk Trial Gets Underway (Chosun) A new step towards designer babies? (Birmingham Post) Op-Ed: … Read More
June 20, 2006
The issue of preimplantation genetic diagnosis has been getting a lot of attention recently (Reuters, The Sunday Times, AP, Slate, PBS, Washington Post). In response, I’d like to draw your attention to several articles that address the topic: Designer Genes: … Read More
June 19, 2006
After genetic testing, 11 cousins give up stomachs to avoid cancer (USA Today) Hope For Sickle Cell Patients (CBS News) Mixing Animal, Human Cells Gets Exotic (AP) New Test for Detecting Genetic Defects in Embryos (Reuters) Australia: Cabinet to Keep … Read More
June 19, 2006
Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics has updated their list of “Benefits of Stem Cells to Human Patients.†They now list 70 diseases or conditions that are being treated with stem cells from adult (or non-embryonic) … Read More
June 16, 2006
If you look at all the discussions surrounding biotechnology, I feel that we are clearly focusing too much on ethics. Toine Manders, Dutch liberal member of the European Parliament, on discussions in the European Parliament about stem cell research. From … Read More
June 16, 2006
Artificial Brains Could Soon Become A Reality (KGO) Stem Cell Superpowers Exposed: Conversion Factor For Adult Cells Could Sidestep Cloning Controversy (Nature News) Priest’s Selfless Gift of Stem Cells Saved Kentucky Woman (Courier-Journal) Skin Stem Cells Aid Nerve Cells (Toronto … Read More
June 15, 2006
Wealthy Go to U.S. to Choose Baby’s Sex (AP) Prompt stem-cell decision sought (Mercury News) EU lawmakers urge status quo on stem cell research (Reuters) A way around dilemmas of stem cells (San Francisco Chronicle) Bishops urge vote against stem … Read More
June 15, 2006
On May 25, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights held a hearing on the topic, “The Consequences of Legalized Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.†Eight people testified at the hearing, and transcripts of their … Read More
June 14, 2006
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an online discussion going over the issue of emergency situation clinical trials. In a dozen or so scientific studies since 1996, people have been serving as medical guinea pigs unwittingly. Under a federal rule, … Read More
June 14, 2006
Italy: Row Flares Over Stem Cell Research (ANSA) Regulating Nanotech Debated: Ensuring Safety without Stifling Key Innovations (San Francisco Chronicle) Patients Get New Tools To Price Health Care (Wall Street Journal) Court fight on circumcision (Chicago Tribune) Traumas create unwitting … Read More
June 14, 2006
Genetic genealogy: Who’s Your Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaddy? Genetic genealogy in its commercial form is barely five years old, but the hunt for famous ancestors is in full swing. In England, a favorite is William the Conqueror, or, barring that, one of his … Read More
June 14, 2006
Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics is hosting a reception/briefing in Washington, D.C., on June 20, featuring patients who have been helped by adult and cord blood stem cell treatments. The event will feature wines from … Read More
June 13, 2006
Too Much Information: Results of Home DNA Tests Can Shock, Misinform Some Users (Washington Post) Warning Over Private Cord Blood Banking (BBC) A Philosopher’s Take on the Rhythm Method Is Rattling Opponents of Abortion (New York Times) Hearings Set for … Read More
