October 31, 2007
Nearly half of New Jersey’s citizens want to leave their state, and it’s not just because of the “Which exit?†jokes, its reputation for political corruption, or even the smell. (National Review Online)
October 31, 2007
The Washington Post prominently reports a syndicated story, byline Steven Reinberg of HealthDay News, that stem cells have restored memory in mice. Those would be embryonic stem cells that the media and “the scientists” continually insist offer the “best hope” … Read More
October 31, 2007
This editorial in the Charleston Gazette is so despicable it is hard to know where to begin. In applauding the Federal Court’s decision not to extradite George Exoo at the request of Ireland for allegedly assisting the suicide of an … Read More
October 31, 2007
The fix is in for New Jersey voters to go $450 million in debt to fund embryonic stem cell research, now that the courts have permitted a bogus ballot description to go out to voters. Few voters will read the … Read More
October 31, 2007
Bioethics Vol. 21 Issue 9 (November 2007) is now available by subsciption only. Articles include: GUEST EDITORIAL “MOVING TOWARD GENDER JUSTICE” by ANNE DONCHIN with Susan Dodds and Jing-Bao Nie, ii–iii ARTICLES “DONATING FRESH VERSUS FROZEN EMBRYOS TO STEM CELL … Read More
October 31, 2007
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has received a grant of nearly $1 million to develop a protocol for organ donation for people who die in hospital emergency rooms, the university announced Tuesday. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
October 31, 2007
Quality of life is the most important predictor of survival for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer, U.S. researchers report. (Washington Post)
October 31, 2007
Whether drug companies like it or not, the FDA is pushing patient-reported outcomes in trials. So what are they good for? (The Scientist)
October 31, 2007
In a feat that seems like something out of a microscopic version of Star Trek, MIT researchers have found a way to use a “tractor beam†of light to pick up, hold, and move around individual cells and other objects … Read More
October 31, 2007
Twenty-one states will run out of money for children’s health insurance in the coming year, and at least nine of those states will exhaust their allotments in March if Congress simply continues spending at current levels, a new federal study … Read More
October 31, 2007
The nanotechnology now celebrated for its potential to revolutionize drug delivery and surgery must also be scrutinized for its potential ethical dilemmas, according to an expert in the new field of “nanoethics.” (Business New Haven)
October 31, 2007
Aubrey de Grey may be wrong but, evidence suggests, he’s not nuts. This is a no small assertion. De Grey argues that some people alive today will live in a robust and youthful fashion for 1,000 years. (Washington Post)
October 31, 2007
A new U.S. study involving mice suggests the brain’s own stem cells may have the ability to restore memory after an injury. (HealthDay)
October 30, 2007
Readers of SHS and my other work know that Zolpidem–which goes by the brand name Ambien–can sometimes awaken people who have been diagnosed as permanently unconscious. Here is the story in the Daily Mail of another such “miracle” in the … Read More
October 30, 2007
The International HapMap Consortium, a public-private effort to identify and catalogue genetic similarities and differences in humans, this month unveiled its second-generation version of the human genome; a map three times more detailed than the original version released in 2005. … Read More
October 30, 2007
When Anne Johnson recently visited the Nighttime Pediatrics and Adult Care Too! clinic near her home in Millersville with a case of hives, the doctor told her she needed steroids and several days’ worth of antihistamines. But he didn’t hand … Read More
October 30, 2007
Cigna Corp. (CI) (CI) agreed to provide customers with more information about how the insurer recommends doctors, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. (AP)
October 30, 2007
Doctors have for the first time used gene therapy to treat two boys with the rare nervous disorder made famous through the film “Lorenzo’s Oil”. (BBC)
October 30, 2007
When Congress passed a bill last month requiring makers of drugs and medical devices to disclose the results of clinical trials for all approved products, advocates of greater study disclosure applauded the move. (New York Times)
October 30, 2007
Giving experienced nurses the power to decide whether or not to resuscitate patients will spare families the “heartache” of futile revival attempts, it has been claimed. (Telegraph)
October 30, 2007
Many years ago, when I was young and spirited, I held the view that the world would be a much better place if scientists ran relevant parts of the government. I foresaw cerebral debate, realistic assessment of risks, intelligent adjudication, … Read More
October 30, 2007
On October 19, only months after being nearly dehydrated to death when his feeding tube was removed, Jesse Ramirez walked out of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix on his own two legs. Ramirez is lucky to be alive. Early … Read More
October 30, 2007
Experts at the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights are painting an apocalyptical vision of the Asian region where 163 million women are ‘missing’ and the sex ratio continues to decline as a result of … Read More
October 29, 2007
This front page story in the SF Chronicle, byline Bernadette Tansey, needs comment. A San Carlos startup is offering to create “personalized” stem cells from the spare embryos of fertility clinic clients on the chance that the cells, frozen and … Read More
October 29, 2007
The implications of our growing knowledge of the processes of the brain continue to unfold. It should be no surprise that marketers have been following along as neuroscientists have moved in on ever clearer understanding of just what happens on … Read More
