June 12, 2007
In the philosophy of those who retain a moral objection to scientific research in the area of human cloning, the crux of the matter is simple; killing a human being cannot be sanctioned in any civilized society for any purpose … Read More
June 12, 2007
The stem-cell debate can be painful. It deals with life-and-death issues, often involving suffering people desperate for anything that might help; and it tends to be dominated by one-sided, disingenuous propaganda. But the tide may be turning. (Jewish World Review)
June 11, 2007
Human cloning researchers are again whining that their important work is being held back by a lack of human eggs. This time, it is researchers from Harvard, as reported a few days ago in the Boston Globe. From the story: … Read More
June 11, 2007
When the Democrats recaptured the House last fall, Nancy Pelosi promised America that Republican legislative fakery was at an end. (The Buffalo News)
June 8, 2007
Senator John Edwards was justly ridiculed when he stated in 2004 that people in wheelchairs would be able to walk if John Kerry were elected, because he would alter President Bush’s embryonic stem cell funding policy. This bit of outrageous … Read More
June 8, 2007
Cardinal George Pell was delivered a stunning rebuff yesterday when the NSW lower house voted by an overwhelming majority to support stem cell laws that permit therapeutic cloning. A large number of prominent Catholic MPs, including the Premier Morris Iemma … Read More
June 7, 2007
On 6 June 2007, the House of Representatives voted on HR 2560, a “bill to ban reproductive cloning.†Of those voting, 190 of the 221 Democrats, and 14 of 196 Republicans voted for it, resulting in a rejection of the … Read More
June 7, 2007
Mostly Republican lawmakers defeated a Democratic bid on Wednesday to outlaw cloning of human babies, concurring with the White House that the effort was flawed and would still permit destruction of life because it would allow embryos to be created … Read More
June 6, 2007
Legislation that redefines human cloning so that it legalizes it while purporting to ban it altogether is all the rage these days among Big Biotech boosters. An attempt to pass such a phony ban in the Congress lost today by … Read More
June 6, 2007
James Shirley, the biologist was denied tenure by MIT. An African-American, he claims racism. I suspect (but cannot prove) however, that it is his anti-human cloning and ESCR mindset that caused his denial–which is highlighted in “A Stem-Cell Heretic Makes … Read More
June 5, 2007
INTERVENTION by Cardinal George Pell against a NSW bill for stem cell research appears to have backfired, angering some MPs and strengthening their support for the proposal. (The Australian)
June 1, 2007
The Anglican Archbishop of NSW, Dr. Peter Jensen is preparing to put a motion at this weekend Provincial Synod requesting that it opposes the NSW Premier’s plan to lift the ban on stem cell research in a new bill. (Christian … Read More
May 30, 2007
NSW MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on controversial new laws which will overturn a five-year ban on cloning of embryonic stem cells for scientific research. (The Daily Telegraph)
May 25, 2007
Blackwell Publishing has made available a number of free articles from Zygon 42(1) as a promotional of their e-journal service. These articles are usually available by subscription only. TOC: (Free Articles) Ann Milliken Pederson, “South Dakota and Abortion: A Local … Read More
May 23, 2007
It has been more than ten years since Dolly was cloned. Yet, for all of the animal cloning that has gone on, apparently the science of somatic cell nuclear transfer has not progressed very far. An article in Science by … Read More
May 16, 2007
Senator Ron Boswell, the Leader of The Nationals in the Senate, at a breakfast function said that a vote for cloning in the Queensland parliament, is not just a vote on creating a human embryo to destroy it but it … Read More
May 15, 2007
Samantha Carolan was 23 and fresh out of graduate school when she decided to donate eggs to an infertile couple. Ms. Carolan concedes that she would never have done it if not for the money, $7,000 that she used to … Read More
May 15, 2007
UC Irvine will become one of the few centers in the world with a major program in therapeutic cloning, the controversial attempt to generate embryonic stem cells from people who suffer such afflictions as spinal cord injuries and Parkinson’s disease. … Read More
May 15, 2007
John T. Gill, chairman of the Texas Healthcare Task Force, and Texas GOP Rep. Pete Sessions – to promote embryonic stem cell research – are telling everyone they can, including members of Congress, that egg harvesting from women is a … Read More
May 14, 2007
This past February the unexpected deaths of two cloned sheep hardly made the headlines amidst all the drumbeating toward a war in Iraq. (Yemen Times)
May 10, 2007
Prof Wilmut has transfered his research interests from animals to human biology, and in 2005 he moved from Roslin to Edinburgh University, where he holds the chair of reproductive science. He has subsequently become director of the Scottish Centre for … Read More
May 7, 2007
As advanced science plays a larger role in courtrooms across the country, judges who earned degrees in English or the humanities face the daunting task of making informed decisions about some very technical disputes. That’s why judges from across the … Read More
May 5, 2007
I have mentioned before that scientists with heterodox views in the areas of cloning/ESCR (as well as in other contentious areas beyond the subjects dealt with here at SHS) are bullied, attacked, ridiculed, threatened with loss of job, or if … Read More
May 3, 2007
Victoria will become the first state to allow therapeutic cloning, after a controversial Bill was passed in State Parliament tonight. (ABC News Online)
May 3, 2007
A bill regulating embryonic stem cell research in Delaware will get a chance this year to actually do just that when it reaches the House floor for debate. (The News Journal)
