March 15, 2007
The president of the leading Southern Baptist seminary has incurred sharp attacks from both the left and right by suggesting that a biological basis for homosexuality may be proven, and that prenatal treatment to reverse gay orientation would be biblically … Read More
March 14, 2007
Apparently there has been a backlash against advertising with “suicide” themes. From the Seattle Post Intelligencer story: Washington Mutual has stopped running a spot that showed actors playing bankers poised atop a building as if about to jump. These ads … Read More
March 14, 2007
I love the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. In the last few days, it has poked fun at the embryonic stem cell/cloning debate. For a good laugh, check these out: Rat gets bored; the pitter patter of little feet, and … Read More
March 14, 2007
The Oklahoma Senate Monday said every family should be able to bank potentially life-saving umbilical cord blood from newborns through a publicly funded cord blood bank. (The Herald Democrat)
March 14, 2007
Scientists are developing an artificial vein for use in patients with circulation problems. (BBC)
March 14, 2007
Karl Deisseroth’s genetically engineered “light switch,” which lets scientists turn selected parts of the brain on and off, may help improve treatments for depression and other disorders. (Technology Review)
March 14, 2007
A simple formula can predict how people would want to be treated in dire medical situations as accurately as their loved ones can, say researchers. (New Scientist)
March 14, 2007
A growing number of genetic tests can be performed during in vitro fertilization, before pregnancy even begins. Is that a good thing? (Technology Review)
March 14, 2007
Americans are divided over the question of whether it is morally acceptable to authorize by law, and fund with taxpayer dollars, research in which human embryos are destroyed. (Wall Street Journal)
March 14, 2007
It isn’t uncommon, at international conferences, to hear praise for the UK’s approach to regulating reproductive and genetic technologies. (BioNews)
March 14, 2007
Stand by for white-hot arguments inside and outside Parliament as the State Government thrashed out a new Bill on stem cell research and the cloning of human embryos for medical research. (The Geelong Advertiser)
March 13, 2007
According to an article in the New Scientist, A simple formula can predict how people would want to be treated in dire medical situations as accurately as their loved ones can, say researchers. According to a study, surrogate decision makers … Read More
March 13, 2007
The practice officially ended in 1990 after the collapse of communist Czechoslovakia, but a number of doctors are said to have continued the operations on their own initiative. (BBC)
March 13, 2007
The Ethical Action Committee of the Ethical Society of Philadelphia hosted a forum titled, “Organ Harvesting and Human Rights Violations in China,” on Sunday, March 11, in the Ethical Society’s building located on Philadelphia’s historic Rittenhouse Square. (The Epoch Times)
March 13, 2007
Grahn takes my hand and slips it into a clear, coffeepot-looking contraption he calls the Glove. Inside is a hemisphere of metal, cool to the touch. He tightens a seal around my wrist; a vacuum begins pulling blood to the … Read More
March 13, 2007
On March 21, the second annual World Down Syndrome Day is being celebrated in communities around the globe. The date signifies the uniqueness of Down syndrome in the triplication of the 21st chromosome. (Journal Gazette)
March 13, 2007
Supporters of publicly funded embryonic stem cell research have had their shot, now opponents of a Delaware bill allowing the science are taking their first shot in the renewal of the state’s policy battle over the subject. (Delaware Online)
March 13, 2007
Victorian Treasurer John Brumby has spoken out in support of a proposed move to allow cloning of human embryos for research purposes in the state’s medical facilities. (The Age)
March 13, 2007
In addition to the cancer stem cells found in breast tumors, Boston researchers have found a second causative cell they say is critical. (United Press International)
March 13, 2007
It’s only been within the past 50 years that the subject of physician-assisted suicide has been the focus of intense public debate, says Ian Dowbiggin, professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Prince Edward Island. … Read More
March 13, 2007
Pressure to perform in India’s expanding job market has led to a surge of young male executives making deposits at sperm banks so they can have children later in life, reports said Sunday. (AFP)
March 12, 2007
The Star Ledger (“the voice of New Jersey”) has an ESCR story out, byline Kitta MacPherson, which is, as usual, biased in the direction of promoting ESCR. A study has been published in Nature reporting that human embryonic stem cells … Read More
March 12, 2007
Adolf Hitler used the theory of eugenics in his quest to create a master race, legitimizing the murder of thousands deemed unfit for the German race and culminating in the genocide of 6 million Jews. (AP)
March 12, 2007
Laszlo Nagy can breathe easier because of the work of inventors who turned a high-tech innovation into a healing aid targeted for wider use by a startup company. (AP)
March 12, 2007
A new center for the treatment of people with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, was officially unveiled Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times)
