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>Cartoons, Elections, Enhancement and Veils
>Today’s “Day by Day” Cartoon by Chris Muir is not just an election day political jibe at Nancy Pelosi. It’s a commentary on modern attitudes toward plastic surgery and nerve injections in the attempt to enhance one’s appearance. See? Just about all the big news stories relate to bioethics. Seriously, the 70 plus year old … Continue reading
Any egg in a crisis (Human-Cow Cybrid)
Who knew there was a term for an animal/human hybrid? Actually, “cybrid” is short for “cytoplasmic hybrid.” Wesley Smith has already reported on the story that scientists in the UK – where such things are regulated by the government, unlike in the USA – have requested permission to produce a somatic cell nuclear transfer embryo … Continue reading
>Any egg in a crisis (Human-Cow Cybrid)
>Who knew there was a term for an animal/human hybrid? Actually, “cybrid” is short for “cytoplasmic hybrid.” Wesley Smith has already reported on the story that scientists in the UK – where such things are regulated by the government, unlike in the USA – have requested permission to produce a somatic cell nuclear transfer embryo … Continue reading
Another Liver Stem Cell Breakthrough
Researchers in Nebraska and Japan have used a “bioartificial” liver implant filled with mouse embryonic stem cells to prolong the lives of mice with liver failure. Now, if we can just get these guys together with the UK and Texas scientists who developed the technique allowing them to turn umbilical cord stem cells into liver … Continue reading
>Another Liver Stem Cell Breakthrough
>Researchers in Nebraska and Japan have used a “bioartificial” liver implant filled with mouse embryonic stem cells to prolong the lives of mice with liver failure. Now, if we can just get these guys together with the UK and Texas scientists who developed the technique allowing them to turn umbilical cord stem cells into liver … Continue reading
"Intentional killing is not part of medical care."
This can’t be repeated enough: “Intentional killing is not part of medical care.” And that’s why I started LifeEthics, hoping to motivate other doctors, scientists and citizens to take their place in public conversations and especially in policy making for our professional associations and governments. From articles in the online versions of the UK’s papers … Continue reading
>"Intentional killing is not part of medical care."
>This can’t be repeated enough: “Intentional killing is not part of medical care.” And that’s why I started LifeEthics, hoping to motivate other doctors, scientists and citizens to take their place in public conversations and especially in policy making for our professional associations and governments. From articles in the online versions of the UK’s papers … Continue reading
Possible lead in treating nerve disease
We’ll see whether this story gets any coverage.Science Daily tells us that a group from Massachussetts General Hospital and Harvard have published a report in Nature Neuroscience that the “Insulin-like Growth Factor 1” (IGF-1) stimulates the regrowth of axons (the long appendages or tails of nerves that connect to other nerves) in patients with Amyotrophic … Continue reading
>Possible lead in treating nerve disease
>We’ll see whether this story gets any coverage.Science Daily tells us that a group from Massachussetts General Hospital and Harvard have published a report in Nature Neuroscience that the “Insulin-like Growth Factor 1” (IGF-1) stimulates the regrowth of axons (the long appendages or tails of nerves that connect to other nerves) in patients with Amyotrophic … Continue reading
More and More News On No News on Cord Blood
President Bush announced on Thursday, November 2 that $12 Million in Federal dollars will go to support and coordinate six States’ cord blood banking and research. On Friday, November 3rd, Governor George Pataki of New York dedicated $10 Million of that State’s money to build and fund a research center in Syracuse, focused on banking … Continue reading
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