November 1, 2006
Fox Deceptive Ads Wrapup
I know this is getting old, but I wrote a wrap up piece for the Center for Bioethics and Culture newsletter about the Fox ads. I think it is a pretty good summary. Check it out.
Monthly Archives: November 2006
November 1, 2006
India: Cell Fix for Diabetic Ulcer?
Vamal Cattacha didn’t pay much attention to the pinprick-size sore on the back of her leg, and before she knew it the oozing wound had spread 22 inches, from her instep all the way up to her calf. And it … Read More
November 1, 2006
Iran’s desperate kidney traders
On streets and in town squares in Iran, young men and women can be seen holding signs offering their kidneys for sale. One of them reads: “Immediate offer! Kidney for sale, young man, 22, healthy, blood type O positive. Tel … Read More
November 1, 2006
Israel: Committee calls for law to govern sex selection
Three couples among 124 who have applied to a Health Ministry national committee for choosing the sex of their fetus were given permission, 39 were rejected, and the rest have not yet received an answer, said Professor Vaclav Insler, chairman … Read More
November 1, 2006
Australia: Cloning’s questionable case
According to answers provided by the National Health and Medical Research Council, only one licence has been “issued for the generation of embryonic stem cell lines aimed at treating a specific condition . . . To date, 30 of these … Read More
November 1, 2006
UK: DNA pioneer’s civil rights fears
The UK’s DNA database may have grown so far beyond what it was intended to do it risks undermining civil rights, one of its pioneers has told the BBC. (BBC)
November 1, 2006
Op-Ed: Calling a clone a clone
As for cloning, no one should be surprised to hear that it depends on what one’s definition is. By using less-familiar scientific language, supporters of the stem-cell initiative effectively have redefined “cloning” to mean only reproductive cloning — that is, … Read More
November 1, 2006
Op-Ed: From promise to perils: Amendment No. 2
We have managed to convince many that taking a life, when convenient, through abortion or assisted suicide is acceptable. Now it’s time, so Amendment 2 says, to convince us to pay for the ultimate power, creating life, just to destroy … Read More
November 1, 2006
Big Biotech’s Pitch for Corporate Welfare
Big Biotech Breakfast There is more truth to this anti Amendment 2 commercial than its supporters would care to admit. Private investers are generally shunning cloning and ESCR. That is why Big Biotech and its business and ideological fellow travelers … Read More
