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Entries from blog.bioethics.net tagged with 'embryos'
No Clones for Montana
Just in case you were worried you were going to encounter some human clones out there in the wide open spaces of Montana have no fear. According to media outlets there, last Wednesday the governor signed into law legislation that bans the creation of human clones, but does not prohibit... (read the rest)
Who Knew It Took So Many Words To Tap Dance?
US News and World Report's "God and Country" blogger Dan Gilgoff published an interview between Doug Kmiec and Robert George who discussed a range of bioethics topics including when life begins, the moral status of the embryo and more. Gilgoff described it like this: "Grab a beverage and get comfortable.... (read the rest)
Want a "Perfect Baby"? You're Gonna Have To Make It The Old-Fashioned Way.
That's right, Fertility Institutes in Los Angeles, who announced last month that they would be offering PGD for eye and hair color and other cosmetic traits, has now announced via their website that they are backing off of their plans, says Fox News. Some say due to ethical criticism, other... (read the rest)
Anything Not to Destroy Embryos--Even Octo-Mom?
That would appear to be the argument advanced by Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, discussing alternatives to using embryos for stem cell research in a debate with Art Caplan. Not only does such a claim about the use of excess embryos--look, you can implant them into anybody!--misunderstand... (read the rest)
Harvard Undergrads Getting into the Stem Cell Business
In the hopes of riding the wave of this week's Executive Order allowing federal research involving embryonic stem cells, Harvard University has announced a new stem cell biology undergraduate major. CBS News reports that the major in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology will have classes on human genetics, aging, human... (read the rest)
Art Caplan Video: "Designer Babies" Ethical?
Well, Art Caplan clearly disagrees with me on two very important things. Last week when I wrote about the Los Angeles fertility clinic that is offering PGD to prospective parents for eye color, hair color, as well as sex selection, I suggested that for traits such as these there is... (read the rest)
Can You Hear Van Halen Playing In The Background?
A new report issued by the Center for Genetics and Society has been released titled, "Responsible Federal Oversight of New Human Biotechnologies: Opportunities for the New Administration". The document, found here is a policy brief that clearly outlines the ways in which the new Obama administration can RIGHT NOW lift... (read the rest)
Michigan to Let Loose on Stem Cells?
Although polling in the weeks before Election Day 2008 did not look promising and there was fierce opposition to Michigan's Proposal 2 to loosen the state's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, I can report that at 1:09 AM on November 5th the stem cell research ballot initiative was leading... (read the rest)
Stem Cells? I Don't Know, but I Want To.
According to the National Poll on Children's Health--only 11 percent of voters feel as though they know a lot about stem cell research, says University of Michigan Health Service. The silver lining? Data suggests that voters WANT to know about stem cell research, but they just don't know much yet.... (read the rest)
Gordon Brown on animal-human embryos
The UK's parliament is continuing to move forward on the country's Human Embryology and Fertilisation Bill. In a piece this past weekend in The Observer, the British PM argued for a legal framework that would allow for the creation of animal-human embryos: Embryonic stem cell research has always been controversial... (read the rest)
Following up: "no destruction" embryonic stem cells, cocaine vaccine
Here are a few updates and extensions to earlier posts on blog.bioethics.net: New development on creating human embryonic stem cells; same answer from NIH ACT's Robert Lanza talked with MSNBC's Alan Boyle about ACT's claim this week that it had created embryonic stem cell colonies without harming the embryos from... (read the rest)
New development on creating human embryonic stem cells; same answer from NIH
A team from Advanced Cell Technologies (and other research centers) reports in Cell Stem Cell today that they have created colonies of human embryonic stem cells without harming the embryos from which the cells were derived. (ACT reported an earlier version of this technique, which involves removing one cell from... (read the rest)
Issue to watch: personhood for embryos
The Chicago Tribune reports that anti-abortion activists in six states are pushing for ballot referendums that would grant "personhood" and constitutional rights to embryos. The head of Georgia Right to Life tells the Tribune the goal is to introduce such initiatives in as many as 30 states during the next... (read the rest)
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