July 17, 2006
Tuesday’s Washington Journal (C-SPAN) is scheduled to have Leon Kass and Hilary Bok at 7:30 am, Senator Santorum at 8:10 am, and Senator Harkin at 8:40 am (all times Eastern). C-SPAN also has brief overviews of the stem cell legislation … Read More
July 17, 2006
As you no doubt know, there is quite a bit going on vis-à -vis stem cells this week. The Senate is engaged in debate over a trio of stem cell related bills. S. 2754 – Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement … Read More
July 17, 2006
More parents resisting vaccines for kids (Seattle Times) 10 Years After Dolly, What’s Next? (CBS) Op-Ed: Take caution; portion of stem cell bill invites fraud (ajc.com) The pressure to hoax (BBC) Cloning and fertilization center (B92) What a Bush Veto … Read More
July 13, 2006
Cloning research goes under the microscope (Daily Yomiuri) Science and Ethics at Crucial Crossroads (Human Events) How cloning stacks up (USA Today) Gurgaon to have first cord blood bank in north India (WebIndia123) Expert: Health system needs help (Appleton Post) … Read More
July 12, 2006
Ethical route to stem cell testing (The Standard) Virginia teen fights for right to pick Hodgkin’s treatment (USA Today) ‘Keep emotion out of stem cell debate’ (The Age) U.S. Finance Pulls Biotech Across Seas (Gadsden Times) Moral theologians broaden focus … Read More
July 11, 2006
A Tissue Engineer Sows Cells and Grows Organs (New York Times) Cost of cancer drugs crushes all but hope (USA Today) Genetic Testing Through The Mail (Courant) Senate to address stem cell bills (USA Today) Stem-cell research foes mobilizing (Kansas … Read More
July 10, 2006
If you could pick your baby’s gender, would you? (Courier Times) Tuskegee readies for bioethics workshop (Opelika-Auburn News) Cardinals to hear about breakthrough in umbilical cord research (TimesOnline) Illegal immigrants not abusing Medicaid in Maine (Morning Sentinel) Op-Ed: Senate should … Read More
July 7, 2006
Australia ‘should legalise’ kidney sales (The Age) Op-Ed: Bio-Luddites impede healthier kids (Seattle PI) Legalising euthanasia ‘hurts disabled’ (Sydney Morning Herald) Healing The Heart With Bone Marrow Cells (Medical News Today) Ethics on the Brain (Science & Spirit) Maltese bishops … Read More
July 7, 2006
In 2002 I changed my stem cells course because of a horrifying vision – the image of millions of desperate and trusting humans holding plates of hope to an empty sky. James P. Kelly, a paralyzed research advocate, on why … Read More
July 6, 2006
Op-Ed: Stem Cells Without Moral Corruption (Washington Post) Missouri to Decide Whether Human Cloning is Constitutionally Protected (Citizen Link) Michigan: State drops the ball on stem cells (Livingston Daily) New Clues to Neurological Diseases Discovered (HealthDay) Eternal life ‘not so … Read More
July 6, 2006
I try not to use the heading “Required Reading†too often, but mercatornet.com’s interview with James L. Sherley, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, really is a must-read on the topic of embryo research generally and stem cell and … Read More
July 5, 2006
Studying a Brain Healing From 19 Lost Years (New York Times) Irish Woman Sues Over Frozen Embryos (Washington Post) Biologists Take a Turn at Raising Eyebrows (New York Times) Scientist Admits Falsifying Stem Cell Data (Washington Post) Gates Funds a … Read More
July 5, 2006
It has been 10 years since Dolly the sheep was born, and Time this week carries an article delving into the topic of mammalian cloning. A decade later, scientists are starting to come to grips with just how different Dolly … Read More
