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>Babies on "spec"
>Jennalee Ryan, in San Antonio, Texas, is offering pre-frozen embryos to momas and daddies who like the selection in the Abraham Center for Life catalog. In the terms used for new homes, she’s not building custom babies or even semi-custom babies, she’s offering “spec” babies. If the babies were dresses, these might be called “designer … Continue reading
“Able to become all tissue types”
That’s the claim by Dr. Anthony Atala in an interview with Gwen Ifill of PBS. So these cells actually have been in the amniotic fluid for many years, and we’ve known about their presence for many years. The major finding in this study is the fact that we found a stem cell population that is … Continue reading
“Pluripotent” Amniotic/Placental Stem Cells
I’ve just skimmed the Nature Biotechnology article (free abstract and references with free registration to Nature.com, the article is for subscription or by individual purchase, only)by Atala, De Coppi, et. al, “Isolation of amniotic stem cell lines with potential for therapy” (Nature Biotechnology – 25, 100 – 106 (2007). Published online: 7 January 2007; | … Continue reading
>No Debate, No Amendments on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill
>From the Sun Chronicle Democrats have an agenda for the first 100 hours of the new session that includes ethics reform, a higher minimum wage, more stem cell research and lower student loan costs.Those bills are being debated under what is called a closed rule, under which no amendments are allowed.They are being proposed directly … Continue reading
>"It’s a matter of taste."
>Bioethics.com has posted a YouTube video from the Ali G show with Dr. Edmund Pelligrino (identified as from “Georgetown University, Papal Advisor Medical Ethics”), Richard Fischer (“American Institute of Homeopathy), Dr. John Freeman (“Johns Hopkins Medical School”) and Louis Brescht (“Catholic Medical Association”). The segment can also be viewed here, identified as “Ali G – … Continue reading
>Cow-human hybrid ban "would cost patient lives."
>The pushing of limits never stops. First, as far as we know, no one’s been able to make an embryo by injecting the nucleus of a human into the emptied cell of a cow oocyte. If they have, they aren’t publishing the results and there’s definitely no reports about stem cells from the results. However, … Continue reading
>Visitor Number 10,000 could help
>It took over a year, and some of those visits are my own viewing of my posts, but sometime this weekend I should have my 10,000th visit to LifeEthics and 15,000th page view. I’m hoping that one of my visitors can help me. Imagine all of the bloggers who have more audience than I do. … Continue reading
>Evil (UK) restrictions (no hybrids), again
>The sky is falling, once again, because of those evil pro-life people who want to kill patients because oppose placing human DNA in cow eggs: Scientists say disease research at risk after ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to embryo proposalsLYNDSAY MOSS HEALTH CORRESPONDENT (lmoss@scotsman.com) VITAL research into devastating diseases could be put in jeopardy because of government opposition … Continue reading
>New Poll on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
>Before I comment on the poll, please take another look at the statement that I published earlier by Maureen Condic, Ph.D.: “. . . there is no compelling scientific argument for the public support of research on human embryos.” . . . Immune rejection, tumor formation, and embryonic development have proved themselves to be profoundly … Continue reading
>Maureen Condic in First Things on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
> “. . . there is no compelling scientific argument for the public support of research on human embryos.” Memorize this sentence before you call your Congressman and Senators about next week’s vote on the DeGette-Castle Bill (they’re also calling it the “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Bill,”). You can tell them that your source is … Continue reading
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