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Brain wave biometric key
New Scientist Tech reports on news of a possible personal identification device in the works: This novel biometric system should be difficult to forge, making it suitable for high-security applications, claim the researchers behind it. The system was developed by Dimitrios Tzovaras and colleagues at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, in Greece. It … Continue reading
Universal screening of pregnancies – guidelines
In medicine, a guideline published by a specialty association is more than a “suggestion.” If a doctor varies from that guideline, he or she is presumed guilty of varying from the standard of care. And had better find a defense lawyer, because there’s a good chance she’ll be sued for malpractice or, in the case … Continue reading
"Forcing" women to talk to their doctors
This pro-abortion rant from the San Antonio Current is really reaching: Frank Corte is a pro-life legislator who wants to control Texas’s women and health professionals. With HB 21, he wants to deny women the ability to review abortion warnings privately on video, and instead force them to hear it directly from the doctor; with … Continue reading
The business of adult stem cells
Since Mr. Reed has urged us to follow the money trail, and after my talk with the banker last week, I was pleased to see that others are looking at ethical stem cells as an investment. The business journal, Bloomberg, reported on several companies that are involved in ethical stem cell research. Evidently, these companies … Continue reading
Housecleaning – note on error
I edited yesterday’s first article on the Amniotic/Placental stem cells reported in Nature Biotechnology. I had mispelled “De Coppi” and had mistakenly reported that Krabbe’s disease was the focus of the experiments with fetal tissue implants in young Daniel Kerner. In fact, Daniel is being treated for Batten’s Disease.
>Housecleaning – note on error
>I edited yesterday’s first article on the Amniotic/Placental stem cells reported in Nature Biotechnology. I had mispelled “De Coppi” and had mistakenly reported that Krabbe’s disease was the focus of the experiments with fetal tissue implants in young Daniel Kerner. In fact, Daniel is being treated for Batten’s Disease.
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
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
Stem Cell Quiz
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-7584943275535423897&hl=en Well, here's the slideshow we've all been trying to produce. Test your knowledge while finding out current information on stem cell research and how to get involved in human trials ASAP. If you’d like to look at the video at the Google site, it’s here, along with a “Playlist” of what appears to be … Continue reading
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