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>Killing does not treat the killed
>The Scotsman reports that embryo screening is being allowed in the case of families who have a history of retinoblastoma. This is a horrible disease, but since when is it ethical and humane to kill in order to “cure” a disease? Of course, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis is not treatment or therapy — the embryos which … Continue reading
Killing does not treat the killed
The Scotsman reports that embryo screening is being allowed in the case of families who have a history of retinoblastoma. This is a horrible disease, but since when is it ethical and humane to kill in order to “cure” a disease? Of course, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis is not treatment or therapy — the embryos which … Continue reading
>So much for "privacy"
>From the Houston Chronicle: The city of Austin, Texas not only pays for the “morning after pill” for the clients/patients who use its city health clinics, it forces the pharmacies with which it contracts to to fill prescriptions for patients on Austin’s medical assistance program “in-store, without discrimination or delay,” even if an individual pharmacist … Continue reading
So much for "privacy"
From the Houston Chronicle: The city of Austin, Texas not only pays for the “morning after pill” for the clients/patients who use its city health clinics, it forces the pharmacies with which it contracts to to fill prescriptions for patients on Austin’s medical assistance program “in-store, without discrimination or delay,” even if an individual pharmacist … Continue reading
>More on ethical stem cells
>I found this article with the same title and published in The New Scientist, soon after I posted my last entry.
More on ethical stem cells
I found this article with the same title and published in The New Scientist, soon after I posted my last entry.
>Texas Research Yields Ethical "Embryonic" Stem Cells
>I’m from Texas, and I’m proud to say that our State has been a leader in medical research, including pioneering umbilical cord blood transplants since at least 2001 and this item, published in this month’s Cell Proliferation. These cells appear to have the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, but they are derived from cells harvested … Continue reading
Texas Research Yields Ethical "Embryonic" Stem Cells
I’m from Texas, and I’m proud to say that our State has been a leader in medical research, including pioneering umbilical cord blood transplants since at least 2001 and this item, published in this month’s Cell Proliferation. These cells appear to have the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, but they are derived from cells harvested … Continue reading
>Genetic testing dangers in the workplace
>Germany is moving ahead of the United States in the discussion of regulation of gene testing as screening for employment. Germany is already ahead of the US in its legal and regulatory ban on cloning of human embryos and has strict laws against using any embryos created after 2002 in stem cell research. There is … Continue reading
Genetic testing dangers in the workplace
Germany is moving ahead of the United States in the discussion of regulation of gene testing as screening for employment. Germany is already ahead of the US in its legal and regulatory ban on cloning of human embryos and has strict laws against using any embryos created after 2002 in stem cell research. There is … Continue reading
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