>Dr. Yamanaka of Japan, the MD who made history last week by announcing that he had been able to obtain embryo-like stem cells fom adult skin cells called fibrobalsts. On Friday, November 30, has published a new report in Nature Biotechnology telling us how he was able to skip inserting the potential cancer causing gene, … Continue reading
Is there a difference between matters of conscience and things you shouldn’t do? If there is something that would just get you in trouble but you don’t believe it’s wrong, how do you decide what to do? The blog, Adventures in Science and Ethics, is one of the ScienceBlogs that I follow. (I love her … Continue reading
>Is there a difference between matters of conscience and things you shouldn’t do? If there is something that would just get you in trouble but you don’t believe it’s wrong, how do you decide what to do? The blog, Adventures in Science and Ethics, is one of the ScienceBlogs that I follow. (I love her … Continue reading
I’ve been working on my LifeEthics.org website and got most of the boxes lined up and the links all work! But the cool thing is that I’ve made a window for “Bioethics Headlines” as part of the main page. Not bad for an old lady who learned to type at 40, if I do say … Continue reading
>I’ve been working on my LifeEthics.org website and got most of the boxes lined up and the links all work! But the cool thing is that I’ve made a window for “Bioethics Headlines” as part of the main page. Not bad for an old lady who learned to type at 40, if I do say … Continue reading
Scientists who report their findings are expected to discuss the problems as well as the outcome of their research. This is usually found in the “Discussion,” “Conclusions” or “Results” section of the paper. This is the best place to figure out what the researches intended, what they did and what the report means. (Then you … Continue reading
>Scientists who report their findings are expected to discuss the problems as well as the outcome of their research. This is usually found in the “Discussion,” “Conclusions” or “Results” section of the paper. This is the best place to figure out what the researches intended, what they did and what the report means. (Then you … Continue reading
This subject again. CNN, that bastion of upstanding plants ethics, objects to doctors with morals – or at least the ones who act on them. The CNN video (not a “news piece”) shows interviews with a woman who was refused contraception by one doctor and a second interview with another doctor who is Catholic and … Continue reading
>This subject again. CNN, that bastion of upstanding plants ethics, objects to doctors with morals – or at least the ones who act on them. The CNN video (not a “news piece”) shows interviews with a woman who was refused contraception by one doctor and a second interview with another doctor who is Catholic and … Continue reading
On Tuesday night, November 26th, I drove to Houston to hear Wesley J. Smith, debate Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) with Kathryn Tucker, the Director of Legal Services for Compassion & Choices, which was once the old Hemlock Society and then Compassion in Dying. Mr. Smith is the author of The Culture of Death and Forced … Continue reading