March 6, 2007
When Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he portrayed the Renaissance view of humanity as having been molded by the hand of its creator, a “perfect” physical specimen. Charles Darwin, when drafting his … Read More
March 6, 2007
Can a major component of a catalytic converter or a fullerene derivative lead to an eventual treatment for Parkinson’s disease or arthritis? Research to date certainly hints at this possibility. (Nanowerk Spotlight)
March 6, 2007
‘Off-label’ practice is worrisome because of lack of research into safety and effectiveness. (Health Day)
March 6, 2007
A new robot – which is claimed will save more than 1,200 hours of staff time per year – has been installed in the pharmacy of a Somerset hospital. (BBC)
March 6, 2007
Concerns that the influenza drug Tamiflu — seen as effective against a possible pandemic triggered by bird flu — may induce fatal side effects are growing in Japan after two people who took it fell to their deaths last month. … Read More
March 6, 2007
Russian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into vaccine trials by British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC that were allegedly conducted on children without parents’ permission. (AP)
March 5, 2007
What was once a personal journey has become a booming business for donors and recruiters (Chicago Tribune)
March 5, 2007
A pediatrician in suburban Chicago does a great job of covering the issue of private vs. public banking of cord blood and provides contact information for those in Illinois considering public cord blood banking. Illinois is among the states with … Read More
March 5, 2007
Please pardon this long post, but there is no way to abridge the discussion and to justice do the important and deeply emotional matters that are considered. Last month, I came across a story in the San Francisco Chronicle that … Read More
March 5, 2007
Kevin Mannix is a salesman and entrepreneur in the healthcare industry, a husband, father of two and the son of a man who died of a heart attack at 52. In matters of business and of health, he lives by … Read More
March 5, 2007
Ground-breaking research into cloned embryos has been brought to a near standstill by government regulation, a leading fertility expert claimed yesterday. Excessive bureaucracy imposed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority was prohibiting development in stem cell research and threatening … Read More
March 5, 2007
But what makes the decision unusual is that although they would not be paid for this “altruistic donation,” they would be eligible for expenses of up to 370 euros ($490) — a development which has prompted experts to question not … Read More
March 5, 2007
The Irish public is being asked to give its opinions on stem cell research. The Irish Council for Bioethics is launching a consultation forum on Monday to get as many views as possible on whether this research should be allowed … Read More
March 5, 2007
Scientists have developed a test for the early diagnosis of lung cancer. They hope the analysis of which genes are switched on and off in cells lining the airways leading to the lungs can be used to diagnose patients sooner … Read More
March 5, 2007
A new stem cell research has revealed the usefulness of bone marrow stem cells for treating male infertility, with hopeful results. (ANI)
March 5, 2007
The list of side effects on your prescription bottle may one day be a lot shorter, according to researchers at the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering. That’s because instead of taking a conventional medication, you may … Read More
March 5, 2007
Rita Marker, the head of the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, and I have a piece in today’s NRO about how euthanasia proponents engage in post modernistic abuse of language to further their ideological agenda. (Human cloning … Read More
March 5, 2007
A man in India is reportedly walking again after becoming paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury, in which doctors used his own bone marrow stem cells as the therapeutic agent. It is tempting raise the roof yelling about this … Read More
March 4, 2007
The UK may have the most radical public policy when it comes to cloning and biotechnology in the world. Want to buy eggs for cloning? Go right ahead. Make cloned human/animal hybrid clones? Be our guest. In fact, I have … Read More
March 3, 2007
Reports keep coming on the efforts of some of our smartest people to reverse engineer the brain – the so-called Human Cognome Project. This one in Wired describes a Silicon Valley entrepreneur’s project to rebuild it from the bottom up. … Read More
March 3, 2007
As readers of bioethics.com know, I have been warning for some time that infanticide is in the process of being normalized in the USA and around the world. It is in this context that I found a judge’s decision to … Read More
March 2, 2007
Michael Cook, editor of MercatorNet.com, has written an excellent column about the ethical framework many scientists are using to evaluate cloning (hint, primitive). Interestingly, scientist Nancy Jones has just published a journal article calling for the development of a code … Read More
March 2, 2007
A new stem cell research has revealed the usefulness of bone marrow stem cells for treating male infertility, with hopeful results. (ANI)
March 2, 2007
Illinois took another big step toward public funding for all types of stem cell research on Thursday, but it was not without controversy. (The News-Gazette)
March 2, 2007
Dr. Robert Orr read the Webster’s Dictionary definition of suicide: “The act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind.” (Burlington Free Press)
