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>Embryonic stem cell research is older than it looks
>Here’s a ready answer the next time you hear the talking point that embryonic stem cells were only discovered in 1998, and so we should just get out of the way and let the poor researchers play with their new toy. From the Wisconsin Technology Network: In challenging the WARF patent, the Public Patent Foundation … Continue reading
Embryonic stem cell research is older than it looks
Here’s a ready answer the next time you hear the talking point that embryonic stem cells were only discovered in 1998, and so we should just get out of the way and let the poor researchers play with their new toy. From the Wisconsin Technology Network: In challenging the WARF patent, the Public Patent Foundation … Continue reading
Embryos, Dickeys, WARFs, and “rat poison.”
Maybe I should have called this column “I smell a rat.” All this fuss and bother that Sam Berger is making in today’s blog.bioethics.net “Guest Column” over the lack of federal funding of embryonic stem cells had me following links and searching Google half the night in an effort to decide whether or not Berger’s … Continue reading
>Reflection on an anniversary (9-11, Katrina)
>Lots of news and reviews this week and last due to the anniversaries of the aftermath of Katrina and the 5th anniversary of the attacks on our Nation on September 11, 2001. The ethics of the responses to the grief and impact on our lives could (and should, in my opinion) be part of our … Continue reading
Reflection on an anniversary (9-11, Katrina)
Lots of news and reviews this week and last due to the anniversaries of the aftermath of Katrina and the 5th anniversary of the attacks on our Nation on September 11, 2001. The ethics of the responses to the grief and impact on our lives could (and should, in my opinion) be part of our … Continue reading
>Answer to Embryonic Stem Cell Proponents
>The Alliance for Medical Research is one of the embryonic stem cell advocacy groups active in my State, Texas. They’re circulating a flyer around Austin titled, “What Makes Early (A.K.A. “Embryonic”) Stem Cells Different From Adult Stem Cells?” Most of the points in the document are pure spin. Some are incomplete. A few are false. … Continue reading
Answer to Embryonic Stem Cell Proponents
The Alliance for Medical Research is one of the embryonic stem cell advocacy groups active in my State, Texas. They’re circulating a flyer around Austin titled, “What Makes Early (A.K.A. “Embryonic”) Stem Cells Different From Adult Stem Cells?” Most of the points in the document are pure spin. Some are incomplete. A few are false. … Continue reading
McGee: Embryo research equals physician assisted suicide
Glenn McGee, one of the editors, pseudoeditors and bloggers over at the American Journal of Bioethics blog, Blog.Bioethics.net, posted a portion of his column, “The Kavorkianization of Dolly” for The Scientist. Subscription is required for The Scientist, but you can read part of the snide column on the blog.bioethics.net site (or here). It may be … Continue reading
McGee: Embryo research equals physician assisted suicide
Glenn McGee, one of the editors, pseudoeditors and bloggers over at the American Journal of Bioethics blog, Blog.Bioethics.net, posted a portion of his column, “The Kavorkianization of Dolly” for The Scientist. Subscription is required for The Scientist, but you can read part of the snide column on the blog.bioethics.net site (or here). It may be … Continue reading
>Plan B – Does it work?
>Ales Rarus comments on new notes at the LTI Blog citing evidence that Plan B is not very effective. As Serge summarizes on the LTI Blog, “As it was, the group who had to go to the pharmacy to get EC used it 197 times, while the group who had direct access used it 309 … Continue reading
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