Approximately 3% of women who undergo egg stimulation and treatment will develop severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. 1% will have pain that requires hospitalization. The risks of egg donation is the subject of a newspaper article in the Kansas City Star, in anticipation of the vote in November on stem cell research. Of course, the focus … Continue reading
>Approximately 3% of women who undergo egg stimulation and treatment will develop severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. 1% will have pain that requires hospitalization. The risks of egg donation is the subject of a newspaper article in the Kansas City Star, in anticipation of the vote in November on stem cell research. Of course, the focus … Continue reading
National Review Online gives us an editorial written by Dennis Boyles about the difference between the United States and most of Europe when it comes to abortion and stem cell research. Abortions are limited or illegal after the first trimester in much of Europe, and there’s even a discussion about pulling the UK’s limit back … Continue reading
>National Review Online gives us an editorial written by Dennis Boyles about the difference between the United States and most of Europe when it comes to abortion and stem cell research. Abortions are limited or illegal after the first trimester in much of Europe, and there’s even a discussion about pulling the UK’s limit back … Continue reading
On a lighter note. Betterhumans, a page devoted to research and study on making humans live longer, run by Ray Kurzweil (I think, it’s hard to tell, but many of the posts are attributed to him) has another article referencing calorie restriction, with a possible explanatory mechanism. My question, as someone who believes that an … Continue reading
>On a lighter note. Betterhumans, a page devoted to research and study on making humans live longer, run by Ray Kurzweil (I think, it’s hard to tell, but many of the posts are attributed to him) has another article referencing calorie restriction, with a possible explanatory mechanism. My question, as someone who believes that an … Continue reading
There ought to be daisies. Art Caplan posted the YouTube version of the most negative campaign ad I’ve ever seen, over at the blog.bioethics.net site. The ad has three people, telling us about their future with disease. Notice: Each uses the phrase “stem cells,” without specifying what kind of stem cells. None of them predict … Continue reading
>There ought to be daisies. Art Caplan posted the YouTube version of the most negative campaign ad I’ve ever seen, over at the blog.bioethics.net site. The ad has three people, telling us about their future with disease. Notice: Each uses the phrase “stem cells,” without specifying what kind of stem cells. None of them predict … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins was the guest on the second hour of Science Friday on October 6, 2006. The Dawkins interview follows a series of interviews with United States scientists who are this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine or Physiology. I love this stuff: the discussion of basic science, finding patterns that explain … Continue reading
>Richard Dawkins was the guest on the second hour of Science Friday on October 6, 2006. The Dawkins interview follows a series of interviews with United States scientists who are this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine or Physiology. I love this stuff: the discussion of basic science, finding patterns that explain … Continue reading