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>Human embryos cloned in California
>Scientists at Stemgen, a La Jolla, California laboratory have published a report on the successful cloning of human embryos in the journal, Stem Cells. (The article is available free, due to the open access policy of the journal.) The authors are very clear: these are human embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer or cloning. … Continue reading
>Myths on Myths about stem cells
>There’s a new Public Broadcasting System (your tax dollars at work) television show on “stem cells,” “Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita.” You don’t have to go any farther than the top of the home page, with its picture of a girl in a wheelchair and this quote, “Some people consider stem cell biology to … Continue reading
>Red florescent cat cloned
> In my day – we just belled them. Poor kitties won’t be able to catch mice. The author reminds us about the veterinarian fake cloner, Hwang Wu Suk, before he finishes. From the Korean Times: Researchers found a way to clone pet cats five years ago. Now they can play a trick on their … Continue reading
>Lee Silver: iPCs named due to politics
>Lee Silver, author of is someone that I’ve read about on the ‘net and about whom Robert George and Patrick Lee said, “He hides his ideology under a veneer of science.” He was the guest on Carl Zimmerman’s Bloggingheads.tv November 30, discussing reprogrammed skin cells. Dr. Lee is convinced that if a couple of more … Continue reading
>Yamanaka has a conscience
> “When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters,” said Dr. Yamanaka. The New York Times article on Shinya Yamanaka, “Risk taking is in his genes,” (free one time registration necessary) should get the headline-writer in trouble for a sad pun. Instead, Dr. Yamanaka … Continue reading
Warnock Answers
Dame Mary Warnock has written an essay which was published in the November 29, 2007 issue of Nature, which appears to be an apologetic for her part in the establishment of the ethics of embryonic research in the United Kingdom. The bloggers at Women’s Bioethics Project speculate that she wrote in anticipation of Parliament’s review … Continue reading
>Alabama Citizens for Life Link to LifeEthics
>There’s a link to LifeEthics.org at the website of Alabama Citizens for Life. I’m flattered that their “Stem Cell Primer” quotes this blog on the division of research into destructive and non-destructive.
Colorado’s Human Life Amendment
Although Time Magazine, the Denver Post and the blogs insist on calling it the “fertilized egg rights” law, Colorado’s State Supreme Court has approved the wording for a proposed “Human Life Amendment.” The proponents of the amendment need 76,000 signatures in order to get the initiative on the November, 2008 ballot. The Chicago Tribune reporter … Continue reading
>Genes Cut Out of Reprogrammed Cells
>Lots of people (here, here, and here, etc.) are commenting on the “Proof of Concept” by Jaenisch, et. al., in this week’s ScienceExpress (early online publication before print) that showed gene modification to reprogram mouse cells in order to create blood line stem cells that would achieve gene therapy – or even, a cure – … Continue reading
>Flash: Embryonic tissue more difficult to obtain than adult
> This could liberate future researchers from relying on embryonic tissue, which can be more difficult to acquire. “NatureNews,” the news alert website for the journal Nature, has a news report (registration required) on a study published in the December 6 issue of the journal by researchers from Bonn, New York, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania … Continue reading
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