May 2, 2007
Adult stem cell research continues apace. This PR press release touts an Australian company’s gaining FDA approval to conduct human experiments in treating heart disease with adult stem cells. It’s a “Phase 2 Trial,” meaning it tests efficacy as well … Read More
May 2, 2007
China’s first set of regulations on human organ transplant, which prohibits organizations and individuals from trading human organs in any form, went into effect on Tuesday. (People’s Daily Online)
May 2, 2007
A proposed project to sequence the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies could have a huge impact on human health. (Technology Review)
May 2, 2007
Despite increasing research, or perhaps because of it, the scientific and biological distinctions about what constitutes an embryo can be blurred fine lines. (Catholic Online)
May 2, 2007
Andy Grove, the Intel co-founder and one of the most important technologists of the modern age, wants to fix the broken U.S. health care system with — surprise, surprise — technology. But there’s a twist. (Wired)
May 2, 2007
An ultrasensitive method for weighing cells could lead to a cheap and easy-to-use diagnostic device. (Technology Review)
May 2, 2007
A Missouri House committee votes against a proposal that sought to ban research approved by voters last year. (Kansas City Star)
May 2, 2007
The appeal of the measure is clear: As more hereditary disorders become detectable through genetic testing, more people are at risk of being denied employment or health coverage on the basis of their genetic makeup. And that threat could keep … Read More
May 1, 2007
This is pretty inexcusable: As readers of SHS know, Texas is in the midst of a political battle to amend the futile care law to prevent patients, such as Andrea Clark, from being denied wanted life-sustaining treatment. Currently the law … Read More
May 1, 2007
In this edition of Brave New Bioethics, I deconstruct the growing eugenic trend to cull embryos for gene defects, including those that could cause a propensity to adult onset disease. Check it out.
May 1, 2007
U.S. Special Forces may soon have a strange and powerful new weapon in their arsenal: a pair of high-tech binoculars 10 times more powerful than anything available today, augmented by an alerting system that literally taps the wearer’s prefrontal cortex … Read More
May 1, 2007
Oregon would join a half-dozen states in helping fund stem cell research under a bill set for debate next week in the state House of Representatives. The bill, passed Monday by the House Health Care Committee, would create a fund … Read More
May 1, 2007
A team at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital has made the world’s first attempt to treat a sight disorder using gene therapy. (BBC)
May 1, 2007
Law, policy and ethics experts will gather at the House of Lords today for a seminar to inform Parliament of the facts and arguments on stem cells that they say have often been ignored or discounted in public discussion. (Christian … Read More
May 1, 2007
Cabinet ministers are expected to be among a group of Labor MPs who will oppose the State Government’s controversial stem cell legislation when it reaches the Victorian upper house this week. (The Age)
May 1, 2007
Forty South Australians will attend a workshop today to learn how to end their lives. Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke admits his day-long workshops are borderline illegal but authorities have failed to close them. Most who attend are elderly and … Read More
May 1, 2007
Some Canadian couples trying to conceive say the country’s laws prohibiting compensation for egg donors is driving them underground or across the border. (Cbc.ca)
May 1, 2007
American Scientific Publishers will launch The Journal of Nano Education (JNE) later this year. JNE is a peer-reviewed international journal that aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in nanoscale science, technology, engineering … Read More
May 1, 2007
US scientists have devised a drug that can switch on a gene to burn body fat, offering hope of an exercise pill. Mice given the drug burned off fat, even when they did not exercise, and were resistant to weight … Read More
May 1, 2007
With health expenditures rising relative to GDP, most pundits and health economists believe that the U.S. health care system needs to be reformed. Those who favor reform can be separated into two groups. The first group believes that due to … Read More
May 1, 2007
It is one of the unhappier jobs of a doctor to tell a patient she is a victim of false hope. But somebody has to do it, and guide her back to reality and any genuine hope for treatment. (On … Read More
May 1, 2007
Since September 11th, people have been increasingly worried about the misuse of legitimate scientific research to create dangerous weapons or to bypass security measures. Now a federal advisory board is about to recommend new guidelines to limit publication of life-sciences … Read More
