>The New Scientist is reporting the announcement (available by subscription here and the full, free version is here) by Pharmafrontiers (which is officially “Opexa Therapeutics.”) that the company has successfully de-differentiated human blood cells into stem cells that are usually thought to be from other cell lineages. In other words, Pharmafrontiers, “claims to have refined … Continue reading
The New Scientist is reporting the announcement (available by subscription here and the full, free version is here) by Pharmafrontiers (which is officially “Opexa Therapeutics.”) that the company has successfully de-differentiated human blood cells into stem cells that are usually thought to be from other cell lineages. In other words, Pharmafrontiers, “claims to have refined … Continue reading
>The National Review Online (please note today’s DBD cartoon) features correspondence between Eric Cohen, Jonathan Moreno, and Sam Berger, concerning Mr. Cohen’s article from May on the Castle-DeGette bill and the loosening the funding restrictions on destructive embryonic research. I am surprised that Moreno/Berger warn, “. . . politicized discussions of scientific issues are likely … Continue reading
The National Review Online (please note today’s DBD cartoon) features correspondence between Eric Cohen, Jonathan Moreno, and Sam Berger, concerning Mr. Cohen’s article from May on the Castle-DeGette bill and the loosening the funding restrictions on destructive embryonic research. I am surprised that Moreno/Berger warn, “. . . politicized discussions of scientific issues are likely … Continue reading
>”Just Like Heaven,” a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, did not get the attention that I think it should have received, last year. The movie is out on DVD (for more information, see Amazon.com and Netflix) Warning: the following may contain “spoilers,” and give away the surprises in the movie. Talk about … Continue reading
“Just Like Heaven,” a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, did not get the attention that I think it should have received, last year. The movie is out on DVD (for more information, see Amazon.com and Netflix) Warning: the following may contain “spoilers,” and give away the surprises in the movie. Talk about … Continue reading
>This month’s New Oxford Review contains a book review on From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany, which addresses the philosophical and religious changes that led to the eugenic crimes of doctors in Nazi Germany. From the review: Even so, Weikart concedes that these intellectuals who “built their worldview on science” … Continue reading
This month’s New Oxford Review contains a book review on From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics and Racism in Germany, which addresses the philosophical and religious changes that led to the eugenic crimes of doctors in Nazi Germany. From the review: Even so, Weikart concedes that these intellectuals who “built their worldview on science” … Continue reading
>Whatever we can think of, someone, somewhere has done it – or is doing it. Christianity Today reports that Germany has legalized prostitution and is setting up “sex huts” around stadiums during its World Cup (soccer or football) series. Supposedly the sports fans cannot control themselves for a period of time, so the German government … Continue reading
Whatever we can think of, someone, somewhere has done it – or is doing it. Christianity Today reports that Germany has legalized prostitution and is setting up “sex huts” around stadiums during its World Cup (soccer or football) series. Supposedly the sports fans cannot control themselves for a period of time, so the German government … Continue reading