October 6, 2006
A workshop held in Beijing last week highlighted one such subject: bioethics. The term was interpreted broadly to cover the social impacts and ethical consequences of the life sciences, involving issues that ranged from human cloning to euthanasia and the … Read More
October 6, 2006
Purveyors of fake or diluted drugs are no less detestable today than they were six decades ago, but the business has grown to frightening proportions. The highly professional and widespread counterfeiting of drugs increasingly casts doubt on what will actually … Read More
October 5, 2006
Medscape has a four-part roundtable discussion addressing the question “Could Disaster Conditions Ever Justify Euthanasia?†A Bright Line by Robert W. Donnell, MD I believe that our profession must apply moral absolutes in matters of life and death. Eliminate Suffering, … Read More
October 5, 2006
Several sources are reporting that scientists are planning to fuse human cells with rabbit eggs in order to create embryos for experimentation. Here are links to a couple of great articles on the topic of transgenics: “Human/Animal Transgenics: When is … Read More
October 5, 2006
Thanks to research conducted by a Turkish scientist in the United States, a method to grow stem cells without using human embryos is nearing completion. (ZAMAN DAILY NEWSPAPER)
October 5, 2006
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine issued a plan today for how it would spend the $3 billion assigned by the state’s voters to finance stem cell research. (New York Times)
October 5, 2006
Last month, Spanish and English researchers reported that they had derived stem cells from an “arrested” or dead human embryo that spontaneously stopped developing after a few days. But while the temptation may be to hail this as an medical … Read More
October 5, 2006
While LifeCell operates from its nodal centre in Chennai, Singapore-based cell therapy company CyGenics Ltd has formed CordLife Sciences (India) Private Limited, a cord blood banking company, which will launch Calcutta’s first cord blood banking facility early next year. (The … Read More
October 5, 2006
British scientists are seeking approval to create embryos by fusing human cells with animal eggs in controversial research which will boost stem cell science and tackle some of the most debilitating and untreatable neurological diseases. (Guardian Unlimited)
October 5, 2006
The foundation that inspired a private-sector race to space announced a new $10 million prize Wednesday — this time to inspire a race to sequence the human genetic map faster and cheaper. (MSNBC)
October 5, 2006
WHEN CRITICS BEMOAN the politicization of science, they usually point a bitter finger at the Bush administration. Their condemnation should actually be aimed in the opposite direction. Increasingly, it is the scientists themselves–or better stated the leaders of the science … Read More
October 5, 2006
One of the sharpest dividing lines we experience as human beings — the difference between life and death — has long been a part of American politics. In the abortion debate (and related), the battle lines have been drawn, with … Read More
October 4, 2006
November is national hospice month, but in reading an article in the Washington Post about Art Buchwald leaving hospice and returning to work I came across a sidebar that mentions a couple of resources worth pointing out. The National Hospice … Read More
October 4, 2006
The X Prize Foundation, sponsor of a widely noted 2004 award for developing a reusable rocket suitable for private space travel, says it is now teaming with a wealthy Canadian geologist to offer $10 million to any team that can … Read More
October 4, 2006
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to re-evaluate the validity of three core stem cell patents held by a Wisconsin foundation that has been accused of strangling U.S. research in the field with sweeping demands for license fees … Read More
October 4, 2006
The government gave a dozen top universities about $100 million Tuesday to set up a network to speed scientific discoveries into better health care – and try to transform how medical research is done. (AP)
October 4, 2006
New research dismisses the notion that adult stem cells are necessary for successful animal cloning, proving instead that cells that have completely evolved to a specific type not only can be used for cloning purposes, but they may be a … Read More
October 4, 2006
Six members of the same family in the western Indian state of Rajasthan have written to President APJ Abdul Kalam seeking permission to end their lives. (BBC)
October 3, 2006
Family Research Council has just released a video on stem cell research entitled Beyond Hype, Real Hope. You can watch the video online, or you can order a free copy on DVD on the FRC website.
October 3, 2006
Sarah J. Flashing, founder and director of The Foundation for Women of Faith in Culture, joins us as she blogs her way through the new book Stem Cell Wars. I’ve known Sarah for about four years. We were students together, … Read More
October 3, 2006
Many doctors, a new study reports, prescribe medicine without explaining its purpose, discussing its side effects, offering instructions about its use or even mentioning its name. (New York Times)
October 3, 2006
Basic errors made by doctors, including tests ordered too late or not at all and failure to create follow-up plans, played a role in nearly 60 percent of cases in which patients were allegedly hurt by missed or delayed diagnoses, … Read More
October 3, 2006
Massachusetts began signing up it poorest residents for virtually free health insurance Monday under the state’s landmark health care law, even as administration officials urged lawmakers to close a “loophole” they say could let thousands of children go insured. (AP)
October 3, 2006
The chief executive of Indiana’s General BioTechnology said he hopes to have the state’s first umbilical stem cell bank running in early 2007. (The Post Chronicle)
October 3, 2006
Medical and psychological risks associated with human egg donation for the purposes of embryonic stem cell research exist but are not serious enough to restrict research in the field, a panel of medical experts said on Thursday at a meeting … Read More
