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CBS claims human embryos "surplus"

So it must be true, right? (Be sure and see this link for a review of the timeline of embryonic stemcell research.)CBS’s 60 Minutes TV show ran a biased piece last night on “A Surplus of Embryos.” The written news article doesn’t show the hostility of Leslie Stahl toward Robert P. George (who has a … Continue reading

>CBS claims human embryos "surplus"

>So it must be true, right? (Be sure and see this link for a review of the timeline of embryonic stemcell research.)CBS’s 60 Minutes TV show ran a biased piece last night on “A Surplus of Embryos.” The written news article doesn’t show the hostility of Leslie Stahl toward Robert P. George (who has a … Continue reading

Ethics of cloning across international borders

You may have heard of Gerald Schatten, PhD, now of Pittsburgh, because of his prior collaboration with the University of California at Irvine fertility specialists who were accused of selling and misplacing – even using them in other women – the embryos of couples who came to them for treatment of infertility. Dr. Schatten needed … Continue reading

>Ethics of cloning across international borders

>You may have heard of Gerald Schatten, PhD, now of Pittsburgh, because of his prior collaboration with the University of California at Irvine fertility specialists who were accused of selling and misplacing – even using them in other women – the embryos of couples who came to them for treatment of infertility. Dr. Schatten needed … Continue reading

Mississippi House bans embryonic stem cell research

Thanks to bioethics.com for alerting me to this story. (Of course, it’s only the House – let’s see whether it gets through the Missippi Senate and is signed by the Governor. Hope so.) The story is common to all who work for laws, especially those which restrict funding for the “experts.” One of the legislators … Continue reading

>Mississippi House bans embryonic stem cell research

>Thanks to bioethics.com for alerting me to this story. (Of course, it’s only the House – let’s see whether it gets through the Missippi Senate and is signed by the Governor. Hope so.) The story is common to all who work for laws, especially those which restrict funding for the “experts.” One of the legislators … Continue reading

85% Type 2 diabetics treated with ethical stem cells

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=37226 Here’s an article (from a reliable medical site, despite the typos and obviously poor translation from the original) on bone marrow cells taken from the patient and used to treat diabetes by injecting the appropriate stem cells into the pancreas. 85% of 16 – that sounds like 14 of the 16 began making their … Continue reading

Answers to cloning lies and redefinitions

We had a perfect example of the “I want” (thanks, Stephen King) school of science and medicine in my own home town, last night. Our local State Representative raised the common lies and redefinitions about destructive embryonic stem cell research. “Just some cells,” Cells that behave in an organized manner – just like a human … Continue reading

>Answers to cloning lies and redefinitions

>We had a perfect example of the “I want” (thanks, Stephen King) school of science and medicine in my own home town, last night. Our local State Representative raised the common lies and redefinitions about destructive embryonic stem cell research. “Just some cells,” Cells that behave in an organized manner – just like a human … Continue reading

Killing is not "medicine"

One does not treat suffering by killing the sufferer. Treating pain control and the prescriptions intended to cause death as one issue is a red herring. Absolutely we must turn around the unjust abuse of power. But, killing is not pain control and the proper treatment of pain should not be a partisan issue. I … Continue reading

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