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Entries from blog.bioethics.net tagged with 'stem cell research'
Should Hwang Do Time in the Big House?
For the disgrace and shame he placed upon stem cell research in South Korea and for many stem cell research more generally, he should do some time in the slammer. Or at least that's my view. But Nature.com tells us that Woo Suk Hwang's verdict is imminently on the horizon... (read the rest)
NIH Stem Cell Working Group Chaired By Card-Carrying Bioethicist?
With Jeffrey Botkin appointed as the Chair of the Working Group for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Eligibility Review, can anyone be surprised that the committee is also comprised of two other card-carrying bioethicists: Dena S. Davis and Bernard Lo? This, in my view, is something to herald for the committee--and... (read the rest)
BioEdge and Charo's "Conspiracy of Hype"
One can hardly be surprised to find that Michael Cook's BioEdge blog would jump at the chance to take Alta Charo's remarks about the "hyping" of stem cell research as an all-too-easy chance to suggest that embryonic stem cell research generally has been oversold. To make the implication that a... (read the rest)
Stem Cell Research in South Korea: Here We Go Again?
The South Koreans have decided to hop on the human embryonic stem cell research merry-go-round again, conditionally lifting a ban on the use of human eggs in research says AFP. But will the ethics safeguards put in place be enough to ensure that this time the fraud and ethics violations... (read the rest)
An Inconvenient Boost
First it was climate change, now it's iPS cells. Al Gore loves to have a pet scientific cause to put his (sometimes fluctuating) weight behind--and the scientific trend of the moment, it would appear is stem cell research. But not, surprisingly, embryonic stem cell research. Gore is part of a... (read the rest)
Move Over Victoria's Secret! Stem Cell Trials for Breast Enlargement
Thanks to Wesley Smith's Secondhand Smoke blog for point out this story from the Times Online, Stem Cells to Grow Bigger Breasts. While the title is more than jumping the gun as trials are only underway in the UK using fat cells from women's stomachs then trying to coax them... (read the rest)
Krauthammer: President Obama's "Science Fiction"
Charles Krauthammer, writing an op-ed in today's Washington Post, talks about his opinion about the Obama' stem cell policy and his perspective having served on the President's Council on Bioethics. My favorite rant against Obama's decision is here: "Obama's address was morally unserious in the extreme. It was populated, as... (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)
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