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>Texas imports Australian stem cell researcher

>The Houston Chronicle (free registration required) has an excellent “Q & A” interview by Todd Ackerman with Paul Simmons, Ph.D, until recently, one of the most prominent researchers in adult hematopoietic stem cell from Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Ackerman’s questions and Dr. Simmon’s answers were much more clear and concise than those we normally see in … Continue reading

Texas imports Australian stem cell researcher

The Houston Chronicle (free registration required) has an excellent “Q & A” interview by Todd Ackerman with Paul Simmons, Ph.D, until recently, one of the most prominent researchers in adult hematopoietic stem cell from Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Ackerman’s questions and Dr. Simmon’s answers were much more clear and concise than those we normally see in … Continue reading

>International Stem Cell Research Guidelines

>The International Society for Stem Cell Research has published (.pdf file, here) the proposed guidelines for stem cell research. Unfortunately, like the National Academies guidelines (available, here. You may have to do a search on “stem cell guidelines” if the link doesn’t work), they assume that cloning and embryonic stem cell research is a given. … Continue reading

International Stem Cell Research Guidelines

The International Society for Stem Cell Research has published (.pdf file, here) the proposed guidelines for stem cell research. Unfortunately, like the National Academies guidelines (available, here. You may have to do a search on “stem cell guidelines” if the link doesn’t work), they assume that cloning and embryonic stem cell research is a given. … Continue reading

>Argument against government health care

>Should your access to medical care depend on your political or religious viewpoints, or even your criminal record? The UK healthcare system is used as an example by members of both sides of the government-payor medicine debate in the US. These discussions prove that – like the meaning of the universe and when life begins … Continue reading

Argument against government health care

Should your access to medical care depend on your political or religious viewpoints, or even your criminal record? The UK healthcare system is used as an example by members of both sides of the government-payor medicine debate in the US. These discussions prove that – like the meaning of the universe and when life begins … Continue reading

One more adult stem cell therapy (and another hero)

Patients’ own stem cells are being used, every day, to treat more and more diseases. The July 11th New York Times reports on one of the heroes in the effort to treat patients using their own stem cells. Urologist Dr. Anthony Atala is pursuing research in ethical regenerative medicine at Wake Forest in North Carolina, … Continue reading

>Bioethics Book Club

>(Edited for typos – I guess I can’t listen to audiobooks and blog at the same time.) The Women’s Bioethics Project has begun a Bioethics Book Club on their website. The Club pages include “kits” on the selected books, with thoughtful and thought-provoking questions. There are even links to sample letters (in Word Files – … Continue reading

Bioethics Book Club

(Edited for typos – I guess I can’t listen to audiobooks and blog at the same time.) The Women’s Bioethics Project has begun a Bioethics Book Club on their website. The Club pages include “kits” on the selected books, with thoughtful and thought-provoking questions. There are even links to sample letters (in Word Files – … Continue reading

>Common Ground Possible?

>As the header states, LifeEthics is an attempt at finding and working from common ground. A reader asks why I would respond to an invitation to a bioethics conference and round table discussion from the Center for American Progress and the Women’s Bioethics Project. The question should be why wouldn’t I be welcome, in light … Continue reading

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