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Another Liver Stem Cell Breakthrough
Researchers in Nebraska and Japan have used a “bioartificial” liver implant filled with mouse embryonic stem cells to prolong the lives of mice with liver failure. Now, if we can just get these guys together with the UK and Texas scientists who developed the technique allowing them to turn umbilical cord stem cells into liver … Continue reading
"Intentional killing is not part of medical care."
This can’t be repeated enough: “Intentional killing is not part of medical care.” And that’s why I started LifeEthics, hoping to motivate other doctors, scientists and citizens to take their place in public conversations and especially in policy making for our professional associations and governments. From articles in the online versions of the UK’s papers … Continue reading
>"Intentional killing is not part of medical care."
>This can’t be repeated enough: “Intentional killing is not part of medical care.” And that’s why I started LifeEthics, hoping to motivate other doctors, scientists and citizens to take their place in public conversations and especially in policy making for our professional associations and governments. From articles in the online versions of the UK’s papers … Continue reading
Possible lead in treating nerve disease
We’ll see whether this story gets any coverage.Science Daily tells us that a group from Massachussetts General Hospital and Harvard have published a report in Nature Neuroscience that the “Insulin-like Growth Factor 1” (IGF-1) stimulates the regrowth of axons (the long appendages or tails of nerves that connect to other nerves) in patients with Amyotrophic … Continue reading
>Possible lead in treating nerve disease
>We’ll see whether this story gets any coverage.Science Daily tells us that a group from Massachussetts General Hospital and Harvard have published a report in Nature Neuroscience that the “Insulin-like Growth Factor 1” (IGF-1) stimulates the regrowth of axons (the long appendages or tails of nerves that connect to other nerves) in patients with Amyotrophic … Continue reading
More and More News On No News on Cord Blood
President Bush announced on Thursday, November 2 that $12 Million in Federal dollars will go to support and coordinate six States’ cord blood banking and research. On Friday, November 3rd, Governor George Pataki of New York dedicated $10 Million of that State’s money to build and fund a research center in Syracuse, focused on banking … Continue reading
>More and More News On No News on Cord Blood
>President Bush announced on Thursday, November 2 that $12 Million in Federal dollars will go to support and coordinate six States’ cord blood banking and research. On Friday, November 3rd, Governor George Pataki of New York dedicated $10 Million of that State’s money to build and fund a research center in Syracuse, focused on banking … Continue reading
Stunted growth or ethical medical care?
The Women’s Bioethics Project Blog pointed to the msnbcmsn.com article on a severely retarded (with a “profound, irreversible developmental disability”) 6 year old girl whose parents have asked doctors to treat with high doses of estrogen and a hysterectomy to keep her permanently small and to avoid puberty. I agree with the family and the … Continue reading
>Stunted growth or ethical medical care?
>The Women’s Bioethics Project Blog pointed to the msnbcmsn.com article on a severely retarded (with a “profound, irreversible developmental disability”) 6 year old girl whose parents have asked doctors to treat with high doses of estrogen and a hysterectomy to keep her permanently small and to avoid puberty. I agree with the family and the … Continue reading
Lawyers at the bedside
Thursday, I had a new experience: I wasn’t counted among the “prolife” people in the room because I defended the right to conscience. The same conscience that I’ve defended before. The occasion was the meeting of the group in Texas which is attempting to tweak the Texas Advance Directives Act, Chapter 166 of the Health … Continue reading
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