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>Confirmation: Adult Cells Reprogrammed to Embryonic Stem Cells
>Last year, we read, and blogged about experiments by Drs. Kazutoshi Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University in Japan demonstrating that (adult) mouse fibroblasts could be reprogrammed to become embryonic stem cells in hopes of being able to one day develop truly “patient specific” stem cells made from the person’s own adult stem cells. … Continue reading
>CIRM: Another one bites the dust
>They just can’t get good help – a scientist is leaving, just after the resignation of the temporary president of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. Could it be that everyone who works for CIRM sees failure down the road? From this week’s Bioedge 263, a weekly newsletter on biotechnology out of Australia: CALIFORNIA STEM … Continue reading
>Gen*ethix, an online Bioethics game, with errors
>There’s a bioethics “game” online, Gen*ethix. Evidently, the game was written in 2003 or 2004. The player has his choice of three games. There’s video and text explaining the premises and the opportunity to click on answers and choices and to type in your own opinion about the ethical dilemma posed by the game. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
>Ethics, embryos, and e-rants
>Kevin T Keith (His often profane blog, Sufficient Scruples, focusing on why it’s wrong to be religious, pro-life or pro-abstinence is here) wonders (in 1700+ words) how scientists ever began to speak in terms of “ethical” and “unethical” about sources of stem cells at the Women’s Bioethics Blog: To emphasize that: the search for “ethical” … Continue reading
Saletan stirs up bioethics blog
Wesley Smith’s “Secondhand Smoke” and Science Blog’s “Denialism Blog” both comment on William Saletan’s latest Slate column, “Rights and Wrongs: Liberals, progressives, and biotechnology.” I have to admit, that while I find Saletan slightly disorganized at times, he manages to make quite a few people disagree with him, and does it so well. You need … Continue reading
>Prolonged culture of embryos, stem cells and more Free Stuff
>This week’s (June 27) Nature.com “Advance Online Publication” contains two “Letters” describing the production of embryonic stem cells from “epiblast” cells, one in mice and rats, one focusing on mice. Full content is restricted to subscription-only, but you can listen to a discussion about the studies on the free podcast from Nature, here, and the … Continue reading
>IVF embryo donation for destruction
>I’ve had some time to consider the report that we read last week concerning the willingness of the women and men who control the fates of the frozen embryos of their children to donate those embryos for destruction in research. The report has been published in ScienceXpress, the early posting on line of articles before … Continue reading
Pay for embryo destruction added to Senate Bill
Senators Specter and Harkin, in the Senate Appropriations Committee, have added funding for research on embryos destroyed in research between the August 9, 2001 cutoff point and June 15, 2007 to “a must-pass bill for the Labor and Health and Human Services”. The Bill must make it through the Senate, the House and the possible … Continue reading
>The Veto vs. the Big Picture
>Yesterday, the President vetoed a Bill that would have “enhanced” some human embryos right out of life, while pledging to save more lives, now. According to the White House Press Release reporting on President Bush’s speech, he was joined by Dr. William Hurlbut and Dr. Don Landry. Both of these men are proponents of alternative … Continue reading
>Racism, politics, and really big numbers
>Last week’s announcement that three different labs have managed to not only reproduce work showing that certain genes are responsible for embryonic-stem-cell-ness, but actually managed to turn adult cells into embryonic-like stem cells has been widely reported and comment upon. Times Magazine displays blatant racism and not a little naivete in their report, “Japan gets … Continue reading
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