>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
I found this article with the same title and published in The New Scientist, soon after I posted my last entry.
>I found this article with the same title and published in The New Scientist, soon after I posted my last entry.
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
>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
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
>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
Seems everyone in bioethics is discussing bias these days and accusing the “opposition” of prejudice. Interesting discussion and comments over the weekend at Bioethics.net blog, with Glen McGee fussin’ about Nigel Cameron’s fussin’ about him and Art Caplan. Be sure and read the comments from the 13th, where Dr. Cameron fusses back – with a … Continue reading
>Seems everyone in bioethics is discussing bias these days and accusing the “opposition” of prejudice. Interesting discussion and comments over the weekend at Bioethics.net blog, with Glen McGee fussin’ about Nigel Cameron’s fussin’ about him and Art Caplan. Be sure and read the comments from the 13th, where Dr. Cameron fusses back – with a … Continue reading
As pointed out in the article from the Michigan Daily, there’s a competition for scientists and money for stem cells research. This month, there’s plenty of news about money being spent on stem cell research centers around the world. Some from State funds, tax money and some from private donations. The veterinarian, Dr. Wu Suk … Continue reading