August 31, 2006
British Fertility Society speaks out on access to IVF (BioNews) Significant Adult Stem Cell Advance Drew Modest Attention (CNSNews) Wiley Partners With The International Society For Stem Cell Research (Medical News Today) Blondes preferred: the trade in human eggs on … Read More
August 30, 2006
A trio of articles this week on how the brain may form and maintain memories in the journal Science has led certain news outlets to jump to conclusions about the nature of the human brain and our present ability to … Read More
August 30, 2006
Medical mistakes ‘a result of overwork’ (The Australian) Australia: Abbott’s stem cell views ‘not religious’ (Herald Sund) Single cell stem cell lines created (BioNews) Cryo Stemcell plans to foray into consultancy, training space (HINDU Business Line) Australia: MP details suicide … Read More
August 29, 2006
The Lanza Protocol: Damned with very faint praise (BioNews) Call for stem cell research on plants (The Age) Nigeria: Frustrations Over Fruit Of The womb (The Guardian) Choosing a ‘God Squad,’ When the Mind Has Faded (New York Times) Straight … Read More
August 28, 2006
Over the weekend there has been quite a bit of development regarding last week’s embryonic stem cell announcement. Briefly, Advance Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Massachusetts published an article in the science journal Nature on Wednesday, August 23, 2006, purporting … Read More
August 28, 2006
Embryonic War (Newsweek) Christian Groups Condemn Over-the-Counter Plan B (Christian Post) Australia: Therapeutic cloning winning MPs support (The Age) UK: Footballers using babies as ‘repair kits’: report (AFP) Industry Sees 2nd Tissue Scandal in Year (AP) Morning-After’ Pill Approval Prompts … Read More
August 25, 2006
My anxiety given how far we have come in just four years is that they (scientists) want a little a bit of cloning now, and in a couple of years time they will want a little bit more cloning, and … Read More
August 25, 2006
Morning-after pill soon will appear on shelves (Chicago Tribune) UK: ‘Designer baby’ fund hits £20,000 (BBC) Why the Stem Cell Advance May Not Be a Breakthrough (The Times) Organ trade in China raises alarm over human rights (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) … Read More
August 24, 2006
New Embryonic Stem Cell Study Smoke and Mirrors Says Bioethicist Chicago, Illinois – August 24, 2006 – Bioethics professor C. Ben Mitchell says that a Massachusetts laboratory’s claim to have developed a new way to derive embryonic stem cells without … Read More
August 24, 2006
The stem-cell breakthrough that could lift ethical taboo (The Times) `Stem-cell banking picking up’ (The Hindu) Insurance Company Yields in Fight With Parents of a Tay-Sachs Child (New York Times) Could walk-in retail clinics help slow rising health costs? (USA … Read More
August 23, 2006
LiveScience is reporting that neuroscientists have found that our brains boot “like a computer” as we rouse from sleep. While the article is sparse on details, I suspect brains require much more than “puffs of nitric oxide” to even begin … Read More
August 23, 2006
California: Stem cell group asks for first grant proposals (Sacramento Business Journal) Australia: Health Minister Abbott Warns on Stem Cell Cloning (The Australian) Music Makes Your Brain Happy (Wired) More drugs get slapped with lawsuits (USA Today) CDC Releasing Flu … Read More
August 22, 2006
Choice of Health Care ‘Proxy’ Often Surprising (HealthDay) Australia: Cloning can affect votes, MPs told (The Age) Cord Blood Registry’s Newborn Possibilities Program (Washington Times) Placebo’s power goes beyond the mind (MSNBC) Gene clue to premature birth risk (BBC) Half … Read More
August 21, 2006
Australian PM changes mind over conscience vote on cloning (BioNews) A New Wonder Drug? Just Wait (HealthDay) HIV ‘switches off’ immune cells (BBC) The Outlaw Drug: Despite Its Popularity, Most H.G.H. Use Is Illegal (New York Times) Raging Hormones (New … Read More
August 18, 2006
We’re not likely to get enough data to get definitive results to say we’re ready to treat all children with diabetes. But hopefully it will generate enough data to support future studies of cord blood with other agents. — Dr. … Read More
August 18, 2006
TV Found to Be a Painkiller for Children (AP) Illinois hands out another $5 million in stem cell research grants (AP) Disgraced S.Korean stem cell scientist back in lab (Reuters) Shanghai: First umbilical cord blood bank opens (Shanghai Daily) FDA, … Read More
August 17, 2006
A trio of articles today address issues of increasing life spans and decreasing fertility rates. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) alerts us to the “Latest Custody Battle: Who Gets Mom?†Some of the thorniest custody battles these days are … Read More
August 17, 2006
Hwang Resumes Research (The Korea Times) Balancing Robot May Care for Elderly (AP) More hurt by health costs (AP) Illinois: Governor to announce recipients of stem cell research funding (Bellville) Singapore Acts as Haven for Stem Cell Research (New York … Read More
August 16, 2006
How Human Cells Get Their Marching Orders (New York Times) A pregnant pause over baby cost (Daily News) BBC Feminist’s Sordid Suicide Pact Made Public (Lifesite) China: 1st umbilical cord blood bank opens (ShanghaiDaily) Chemo Shows More Side Effects Than … Read More
August 15, 2006
BusinessWeek recently ran two commentaries on a genetic test known as pre-implantation genetic haplotyping, or PGH. This new method will enable fertility clinics to quickly detect over 6,000 genetic disorders when screening for healthy embryos created in-vitro. The first article, … Read More
August 15, 2006
Panel Suggests Using Inmates in Drug Trials (New York Times) Some Scientists See Shift in Stem Cell Hopes (New York Times) Adult stem cell biotechs: better prospects, less controversy (CNNMoney) China to release tougher rules for research ethics (SciDev.Net) Australia: … Read More
August 14, 2006
In his riveting account, labeled “An Act of Love†by The Guardian, Michael Graham describes bringing his wife to Dignitas, a Swiss non-profit organization which helps the chronically ill commit suicide. Dignitas’ motto is “Live with dignity, die with dignity.†At issue here is the nature of human dignity and the reasons why groups like Dignitas claim it is preserved through suicide. Read on for my review of this account. Read More
August 14, 2006
Michael Cook, Editor of the internet magazine MercatorNet has an excellent article on an adoption agency in San Antonio that is offering custom-made embryos for adoption. It’s a shocking yet somehow inevitable perversion of the good work of embryo adoption … Read More
August 14, 2006
Debate rages over animal-human chimeras (New Scientist) The Fuzzy Gray Place in the Killing Zone (New York Times) Egg Harvesting For Stem Cell Research (mediLexicon) Illinois: State brochure on cord blood to be published (sj-r.com) Racial Differences in Communication Impact … Read More
August 14, 2006
On June 20, DoNoHarm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics and BOGO Wines hosted a reception in Washington D.C. entitled “A Toast to Adult and Cord Blood Stem Cells.†The event was an opportunity to meet and hear the … Read More
