October 23, 2006
A gene test that predicts which cancer drugs will be most effective for different people is to be trialled in the US. Preliminary results suggest the test, which looks at the unique molecular traits of a tumour, predicts the best … Read More
October 23, 2006
A defining issue in this year’s election debate pivots on hundreds of pinkie-sized vials stored in a secure research center on the outskirts of town, awaiting shipment to laboratories around the world. (Star Tribune)
October 23, 2006
A little-known organization charged with ensuring safety and fairness in the nation’s organ transplant system routinely fails to detect or correct problems at derelict hospitals, even when patients are dying at excessive rates, a Los Angeles Times investigation has found. … Read More
October 23, 2006
NJ, the state that has a law permitting human cloned fetal farming to the very point of birth, look like it will devote hundreds of millions to stem cell research–not all embryonic. Given that California will be pouring in $3 … Read More
October 23, 2006
Women’s groups and federal MPs have warned that legalising therapeutic cloning will endanger women’s lives and create pressure for them to become “egg factories” to supply the dreams of scientists. (The Australian)
October 23, 2006
Injecting human embryonic stem cells into the brains of Parkinson’s disease patients may cause tumors to form, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. (Washington Post)
October 23, 2006
Unfortunately, many bioethicists would feel right at home in a world in which unconscious people are converted into mere biological machines. Indeed, some of our most prominent bioethical and philosophical thinkers have published articles in the world’s most respected medical … Read More
October 23, 2006
It’s a scenario that is difficult to imagine from today’s viewpoint. Yet could we be moving towards an age in which entering nature’s genetic lottery is no longer seen as a desirable way to bring a child into the world? … Read More
October 23, 2006
I am completely cool with health care workers being warned to be on the lookout for suicide ideation among their cancer patients. When I was a hospice volunteer, I was trained similarly. I was told in no uncertain terms that … Read More
October 22, 2006
Stanford bioethicist, William Hurlbut, Princeton professor Robert P. George, and stem cell scientist Markus Grompe, have published a defense of ANT in the Hastings Center Report. (No link available.) It is a cogent essay, beyond my capacity to reproduce here. … Read More
October 22, 2006
Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox doesn’t tell the truth about Senator Talent in this ad. Talent does not want to outlaw stem cell research. Rather, he does not support Missouri’s Amendment 2, which would create a constitutional right in … Read More
October 22, 2006
The importance of accepting the intrinsic value of human life cuts across almost every major bioethical issue facing society today. In this San Francisco Chronicle column, I describe how our most vulnerable brothers and sisters–those diagnosed as being in a … Read More
October 21, 2006
Let us pull back for a moment and ponder the embryonic stem cell debate. What has it been over as a matter of government regulation? Not whether it could be done legally. There are no federal efforts to outlaw ESCR. … Read More
October 20, 2006
Family Research Council has put together a six-minute video on stem cells. Watch it below (via YouTube), and/or request a free DVD from FRC.
October 20, 2006
Pia Kurro sat cross-legged on her bed in a drab, Soviet-era maternity ward that smelled of detergent and old linoleum and breast-fed her two-day-old daughter, Syria, who owes her existence to state subsidies. In return for having the child, Ms. … Read More
October 20, 2006
A new six-minute DVD produced by the Family Research Council seeks to clear up confusion about stem cell research, explaining the differences between embryonic stem cell and adult stem cell research and showing how therapeutic cloning is being deceptively promoted. … Read More
October 20, 2006
When a patient arrives at an emergency room with symptoms of a stroke, doctors must act fast. But the crucial decisions that can prevent death or severe disability are harder to make without a neurologist, and not every hospital has … Read More
October 20, 2006
The legislation would provide $150 million for a stem cell research institute in New Brunswick, $50 million for a biomedical research facility in Camden, $50 million for an adult stem cell research facility at the New Jersey Institute of Technology … Read More
October 20, 2006
China has built the world’s largest Chinese bone marrow databank covering five lakh donors to help millions of Chinese with blood diseases. (NewKerala)
October 20, 2006
Scientists would not resort to cloning embryonic stem cells to create rabbit-man or Frankenstein because of harsh penalties which included losing research funding and going to jail for 15 years, a Senate committee heard today. (The Epoch Times)
October 20, 2006
The body parts market is lucrative and lightly regulated in the US. Estimates of its value range from $500 million to $1 billion (£530 million) a year. (Times Online)
October 20, 2006
Scientists at a small California biotechnology company reported yesterday that they had developed a process to turn human embryonic stem cells into pancreatic cells that can produce insulin and other hormones. (New York Times)
October 20, 2006
Don’t say cloning, say somatic cell nuclear transfer. That at least is the view of biologists who want the term to be used instead of “therapeutic cloning” to describe the technique that produces cloned embryos from which stem cells can … Read More
October 20, 2006
Today a Senate committee will begin hearings in preparation for the reconsideration of Parliament’s unanimous decision in 2002 to ban therapeutic cloning. Our politicians will cast a conscience vote on Senator Kay Patterson’s bill. (The Age)
October 19, 2006
The hubris and arrogance of Missouri’s Amendment 2 crowd apparently knows no limits. Having poured around $20 million into their campaign to convince Missouri voters they are outlawing human cloning when they are actually trying to create a constitutional amendment … Read More
