March 8, 2007
A cloning expert has called for China to give scientists the green light to further develop the technology as the country is not encumbered by the political and religious debates that have put cloning on hold in the United States … Read More
March 8, 2007
Emotiv Systems, an electronic-game company from San Francisco, wants people to play with the power of the mind. Starting tomorrow, video-game makers will be able to buy Emotiv’s electro-encephalograph (EEG) caps and software developer’s tool kits so that they can … Read More
March 8, 2007
A woman who went into a vegetative state in November of 2000 awoke this week for three days, spoke with her family and a local television station before slipping back on Wednesday. “I’m fine,” Christa Lilly told her mother on … Read More
March 8, 2007
The House Wednesday approved by a 422-0 vote legislation named for the late Georgia Rep. Charlie Norwood, that organ donor groups say could lead to many more kidney transplants each year. The “Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act,” which … Read More
March 8, 2007
Scientists are preparing for a large clinical trial in 2008 which aims to use stem cells to help 400 patients with spinal cord injuries in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan grow new cells and nerve fibers. Stem cells from … Read More
March 8, 2007
Cancer is a disease of genes gone awry, but new insights into the “cancer genome” could point the way to effective treatments, an international team of researchers reports. Scientists taking part in the Cancer Genome Project say they’ve identified more … Read More
March 8, 2007
Hundreds of opponents of embryonic stem-cell research crammed the Capitol halls Wednesday urging a statewide election on whether to overturn a voter-approved constitutional protection for such research. Legislative proposals to put a stem-cell research amendment back on the 2008 ballot … Read More
March 7, 2007
We’ve had wires used to connect the brain to the PC, most celebratedly Kevin Warwick’s. We’ve recently seen a report of a wire being made out of neurons. Now we have an EEG skullcap – to be used for video … Read More
March 7, 2007
It is incredible that anyone would seriously contemplate legalizing assisted suicide in California, given the elder abuse statistics. In 2003, the California Attorney General’s Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse (BMFEA) and Crime and Violence Prevention Center (CVPC) issued … Read More
March 7, 2007
This wonderful story demonstrates that being diagnosed PVS does not mean necessarily that one will never wake up, and indeed, that one will not again become interactive. Christa Lilly woke up after 6 years in a diagnosed unconscious condition, and … Read More
March 7, 2007
Despite its ability to predict dangerous and even deadly drug reactions, a high price tag and lack of familiarity with the technology have prevented doctors from embracing the world’s first DNA chip test to deliver personalized medicine. (Wired)
March 7, 2007
At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press. They have no inkling that scientists … Read More
March 7, 2007
They’re special, those moments of close connection when you become attuned to another person’s mood, and it seems you can sense what he or she feels. This “we’re on the same wavelength” phenomenon is known as empathy, part of the … Read More
March 7, 2007
On Thursday, the biotech firm LifeCell Corp. announced its financial results for 2006. LifeCell’s revenues — $140.6 million for the year, a 51% increase over 2005 — are testament to its remarkable technologies, including a revolutionary skin graft for burn … Read More
March 7, 2007
A California biotechnology company has been given preliminary approval by U.S. Agriculture Department to plant rice that contains human genes. (United Press International)
March 7, 2007
New research has examined the usefulness of bone marrow stem cells for treating male infertility, with promising results. The related report by Lue et al, “Fate of bone marrow stem cells transplanted into the testis: potential implication for men with … Read More
March 7, 2007
Tiny, tumor-seeking probes can slow the growth of aggressive breast cancers in mice, leaving surrounding tissue unharmed, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. (Reuters)
March 7, 2007
Young children are the most likely victims of surgery-related medication mistakes, a new study has found, and poor communication as the patient moves from the operating room to recovery is the most likely culprit. (New York Times)
March 6, 2007
I was honored to be interviewed about my friend Dean Koontz for an article about him in the National Catholic Register. As the article notes, he and I became close after he boosted Culture of Death in his novel One … Read More
March 6, 2007
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Physicians has gone “neutral” on assisted suicide. And, it has bought into the propaganda that assisted suicide should be called “physician assisted death” (PAD). (Mustn’t let doctors face the fact they would be … Read More
March 6, 2007
South Korean researchers are going all out to find alternative ways to extract human stem cells without killing embryos, regarded by some as human life. (ROK Daily)
March 6, 2007
A state ban on all human cloning would give Nebraska a “black eye†and harm some of its research institutions, contends one of the state’s leading stem cell experts. (AP)
March 6, 2007
Supporters of legislation that would regulate government-funded research using embryonic stem cells said they plan to speak up for what they contend is the silent majority on the issue. (The News Journal)
March 6, 2007
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which operates the state’s publicly funded stem cell program, has awarded six UCI scientists $3.5 million to examine such things as whether certain drugs slow the growth of the cells or how mutations may … Read More
March 6, 2007
The University of Utah expects to open a public umbilical cord stem cell bank within the next few months. The U.’s bank would be part of a nationwide network of banks that could make donations of cord blood stem cells … Read More
