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>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
Stunted growth or ethical medical care?
The Women’s Bioethics Project Blog pointed to the msnbcmsn.com article on a severely retarded (with a “profound, irreversible developmental disability”) 6 year old girl whose parents have asked doctors to treat with high doses of estrogen and a hysterectomy to keep her permanently small and to avoid puberty. I agree with the family and the … Continue reading
>Stunted growth or ethical medical care?
>The Women’s Bioethics Project Blog pointed to the msnbcmsn.com article on a severely retarded (with a “profound, irreversible developmental disability”) 6 year old girl whose parents have asked doctors to treat with high doses of estrogen and a hysterectomy to keep her permanently small and to avoid puberty. I agree with the family and the … Continue reading
Lawyers at the bedside
Thursday, I had a new experience: I wasn’t counted among the “prolife” people in the room because I defended the right to conscience. The same conscience that I’ve defended before. The occasion was the meeting of the group in Texas which is attempting to tweak the Texas Advance Directives Act, Chapter 166 of the Health … Continue reading
>Lawyers at the bedside
>Thursday, I had a new experience: I wasn’t counted among the “prolife” people in the room because I defended the right to conscience. The same conscience that I’ve defended before. The occasion was the meeting of the group in Texas which is attempting to tweak the Texas Advance Directives Act, Chapter 166 of the Health … Continue reading
Now: Lung cells from umbilical cord blood cells
Scientists at the University of Minnesota report that they have produced type II alveolar cells that manufacture surfactant, the lipo-protein that allows lungs to expand and prevent collapse of the tiny airways at the end of each breath. The hope is that this discovery will allow the study of cord blood from babies born with … Continue reading
>Now: Lung cells from umbilical cord blood cells
>Scientists at the University of Minnesota report that they have produced type II alveolar cells that manufacture surfactant, the lipo-protein that allows lungs to expand and prevent collapse of the tiny airways at the end of each breath. The hope is that this discovery will allow the study of cord blood from babies born with … Continue reading
Functional Livers, Non-Functional Media
As Wesley Smith has reported on his blog, Second Hand Smoke, and in the Weekly Standard, the media is ignoring the spectacular news that UK scientists have developed “miniature livers” that can be used for testing drugs and, hopefully, for transplants in the future. It appears that umbilical cord blood stem cells are not news. … Continue reading
>Functional Livers, Non-Functional Media
>As Wesley Smith has reported on his blog, Second Hand Smoke, and in the Weekly Standard, the media is ignoring the spectacular news that UK scientists have developed “miniature livers” that can be used for testing drugs and, hopefully, for transplants in the future. It appears that umbilical cord blood stem cells are not news. … Continue reading
Ethical Guidelines for Unethical Research
Oxymoron time at the National Academies of Science. Election day, November 7th, is the also the first day of the two day Public Symposium of the National Academies of Science on their “Guidelines” for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. How can there be ethical guidelines for a basically unethical enterprise? I see that Shinya Yamanaka, … Continue reading
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