January 14, 2007
Thanks to China’s one child policy, mixed with what I consider to be a eugenics mindset that sees boys as more valuable than girls–certainly based in part on cultural issues and the perceived need of parents to be cared for … Read More
January 13, 2007
You will probably have to be a lawyer to enjoy this post: The American political system is fascinating. Our founders established checks and balances and divided sovereignties to prevent any single governmental body or institution from gaining too much power. … Read More
January 12, 2007
The new Democratic leadership in Congress thinks it has a winning issue and possibly the votes to defy President Bush on stem cell funding. But an announcement this week by scientists at Harvard and Wake Forest universities appears to vindicate … Read More
January 12, 2007
Euthanasia activists in Belgium want to expand the law to permit the euthanizing of children and the mentally incompetent. Is anyone surprised?
January 12, 2007
This is rather shocking, but somehow, not surprising: According to an advocacy campaign to increase donations being mounted in Scotland by Enable Scotland, which helps developmentally and other disabled people live independent lives, animal charities help receive higher public support … Read More
January 12, 2007
Our hope is that these cells will provide a valuable resource for tissue repair and for engineered organs as well. I feel these cells are pluripotent like human embryonic stem cells. — Dr. Anthony Atala of the Institute for Regenerative … Read More
January 12, 2007
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the scientific paper announcing the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first clone of an adult mammal. Since Dolly, who died four years ago, scientists have used the same technique that produced her … Read More
January 12, 2007
You don’t need religion to tremble at the thought of unrestricted embryo research. You simply have to have a healthy respect for the human capacity for doing evil in pursuit of the good. (Washington Post)
January 12, 2007
This is so typical of the euthanasia movement: On one hand, they want doctors allowed to render what is essentially a non medical act–intentionally facilitating suicide–thereby slapping a patina of professional respectability upon the act. Then, on the other hand, … Read More
January 12, 2007
The House voted to expand government-financed embryonic stem cell research Thursday, but for the second time in two years lawmakers were unable to muster enough votes to overcome a promised presidential veto. (AP)
January 12, 2007
President Bush promised on Thursday to veto Democratic-drafted legislation requiring the government to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices under Medicare. (USA Today)
January 12, 2007
A world-leading centre in stem cell science and regenerative medicine is to be built in Edinburgh, ministers have confirmed. (BBC)
January 12, 2007
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) recently made significant strides toward settling a decades-old debate centering on the role played by stem cells in cancer development. (Medical News Today)
January 12, 2007
Research using hybrid embryos got the go-ahead from Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, which decided it can license such research. (ScienceDaily)
January 12, 2007
Italian stem-cell researchers say they’ve come up with a new technique for curing baldness. Pierluigi Santi of a Genoa clinic said stem cells could be used to “multiply” hair roots. (ANSA.it)
January 12, 2007
Appalled by seeing swollen hospital patients on feeding tubes and respirators during his career, Kelly, 78, signed a legal document with the encouragement of his Roman Catholic priest. It permits his wife to stop those treatments once death is imminent–and … Read More
January 12, 2007
The NHS should provide more faith-based care for Muslims, an expert says. Muslims are about twice as likely to report poor health and disability than the general population, says Edinburgh University’s Professor Aziz Sheikh. (BBC)
January 12, 2007
Thermolysis (from thermo- meaning heat and -lysis meaning break down) is a chemical process by which a substance is decomposed into other substances by use of heat. In photothermolysis the transfer of laser energy is used to generate the required … Read More
January 12, 2007
Critics are calling on Health Minister Tony Clement to fix what they say are glaring omissions to a blue-ribbon panel on human reproduction. (CBC News)
January 12, 2007
Those who oppose the taking of innocent human lives to benefit others will be ridiculed as heartless and cruel. The spectacle promises to be nasty and grueling. (Human Events)
January 12, 2007
Charles Krauthammer is not pro life. He is not, as far as I know, religious. He is an MD and a psychiatrist, who became one of America’s most erudite pundits after becoming paraplegic in a swimming accident years ago. This, … Read More
January 11, 2007
January 11, 2007 — Chicago, Illinois — In response to passage of H.R 3, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007, Director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) C. Ben Mitchell, Ph.D., states “Partisan politics has … Read More
January 11, 2007
The disability rights community is making things hot for the doctors who took out Ashley’s uterus, cut off her breast buds, and subjected her to two years of hormone injections to keep her small. Complaints are being filed, calls for … Read More
January 11, 2007
As expected, the House of Representatives passed the bill to overturn President Bush’s embryonic stem cell funding bill. But the last election only amounted to a gain of 15 additional votes in support of the bill, from the previous high … Read More
January 11, 2007
According to this story, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) will vote against the bill to overturn President Bush’s policy that restricts federal funding of ESCR to cell lines created before 8/9/01. (Typically, the story gets it wrong by claiming that the … Read More
