October 19, 2006
This story out of the UK speaks volumes about how devalued the lives of disabled people are becoming. Gillian March had progressive multiple sclerosis, a very difficult disease that not only leads to increased disability, but often depression. She decided … Read More
October 19, 2006
I bring this very hopeful story up, not so much because of its substance, although it is a very hopeful apparent breakthrough. Rather, I want to illustrate an important point: In all of the brouhaha over cloning and embryonic stem … Read More
October 19, 2006
Award winning author and attorney Wesley J. Smith has joined the blogging team here at bioethics.com. Smith has many roles, including senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, attorney and consultant for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, … Read More
October 19, 2006
In addition to the list of Peer-Reviewed References Showing Applications Of Adult Stem Cells That Produce Therapeutic Benefit For Human Patients (PDF), DoNoHarm (stemcellresearch.org) has just posted a list of Recent Advances in Adult Stem Cell Research and Other Alternatives … Read More
October 19, 2006
As in California and New Jersey before it, cloning advocates hope to dupe Missouri voters with their humane but disingenuous talk of hope and cures to debilitating and deadly disease. A Missourian wouldn’t have to be a lazy, ignorant fool … Read More
October 19, 2006
PBS’ American Experience on Monday, October 23, (check local listings) will be showing a program entitled “Test Tube Babies.” The website indicates that we’ll be able to watch the entire program online after it has aired on PBS. From the … Read More
October 19, 2006
This November, voters in Missouri will be asked to consider a ballot initiative on human cloning and embryonic-stem-cell research. The initiative has been the focus of an intense (if lopsided) campaign in the state for months, with millions of dollars … Read More
October 19, 2006
In order to win the raging political debate over human cloning, political-scientists have determined that they should stop using the “C-word,” cloning, to describe their agenda and replace it with somatic cell nuclear transfer. This is the mendacious tactic used … Read More
October 19, 2006
Here is an ad against Missouri’s mendacious Amendment 2: a measure that is “too slick, too deceptive, too tricky.”
October 19, 2006
The new Healthmap website digests information from a variety of sources ranging from the World Health Organization to Google News and plots the spread of about 50 diseases on a continually updated global map. It was developed as a side … Read More
October 19, 2006
Wal-Mart Stores, which has begun selling generic versions of prescription drugs for $4 in Florida, will expand the program to more than a dozen states months ahead of schedule, people briefed on the matter said yesterday. (New York Times)
October 19, 2006
When voters in this part of Middle America go to the polls to elect their representatives, they will also be asked to decide on “Amendment Two” – changing the state constitution to permit federally-approved research on human embryos. (BBC)
October 19, 2006
Several government doctors say drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) subtly orchestrated medical guidelines for treatment of an often-lethal blood infection, hoping to boost sales of a drug whose value is being debated. (AP)
October 19, 2006
Environmental and health risks stemming from nanomaterials are real and need to be addressed head on by both industry and regulatory bodies, experts said this week at a conference. (ZDNet India)
October 19, 2006
University of Florida researchers say ordinary human brain cells may be able to self-renew in adaptability normally associated with stem cells. (Applesforhealth.com)
October 19, 2006
Free stem cells for all? Possibly, now that the US Patent and Trademark Office is re-examining key patents on human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) that some say have been stifling stem cell research. (New Scientist)
October 19, 2006
The Vatican’s top official for health issues reiterated the Catholic Church’s strong opposition to euthanasia in an interview published Thursday, but said the church was in favor of allowing terminally ill patients to opt against aggressive treatment. (AP)
October 19, 2006
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge. (BBC)
October 19, 2006
With federal officials close to approving the sale of meat and milk from cloned livestock and their offspring, experts for and against that policy said yesterday that such decisions should be based not only on the question of human safety … Read More
October 19, 2006
America’s systems for financing health care are breaking down. Individuals are increasingly unwilling to pay for health insurance. The employer-provided health insurance system is fragile. But Jacob Hacker and others who want to expand Medicare are proposing that the most … Read More
October 18, 2006
The UK euthanasia group “Dignity in Dying” worries that “the religious right is on the march.” Reporting on the Toronto World Federation of Right to Die Societies Convention in its Autumn 2006 newsletter, we learn that my name apparently came … Read More
October 18, 2006
Missouri voters are being treated to what may be the most expensive initiative campaign in the state’s history–almost all from out the wallet of one man, financier James Stowers. There is no question that Stowers has done some wonderful things … Read More
October 18, 2006
I tried to post this demagogic ad in support of ESCR directly, but YouTube wouldn’t upload. So, I you will have to hit the link to see it unless and until the condition is corrected. The ad represents everything people … Read More
October 18, 2006
In Greece, the government and individuals combine to spend about $2,300 per capita on health care each year, and the average life expectancy is 79 years. Canada, where the hospitals are probably cleaner, spends about $3,300, and people live to … Read More
October 18, 2006
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University and Medical College of Georgia (MCG) a grant to partner on a Nanomedicine Development Center that will focus on DNA damage repair. With up to $10 … Read More
