There are a lot of stories out about the big breakthrough, although as I suspected the energy of excitement is missing in many media reports. Still, the news is all over the place. Here’s a small sampling:- Los Angeles Times:Human skin cells can be reprogrammed to behave almost exactly like . . . . Continue Reading »
A huge advancement in stem cell research—and a stake in the heart of human cloning—was announced today. Two different scientific teams have “reprogrammed” skin and other adult cells and reverted them back to a pluripotent stem cell state. (The altered cells are being called . . . . Continue Reading »
Why don’t the American media report these stories (as if I didn’t know)? A new experimental gene therapy treatment seems to alleviate symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. From the Telegraph story:Evidence that a breakthrough has been achieved in gene therapy for serious brain diseases . . . . Continue Reading »
The below quoted piece of twisted thinking was posted on an assisted suicide list serve whose members are obsessed with “self deliverance” methods (my emphasis):If you are planning to self-deliver with helium and want to make your own “hood” but cannot find turkey-roasting . . . . Continue Reading »
This story is unbelievable. New Zealand is refusing to let a woman emigrate from the UK to be with her husband because she is too fat. Wouldn’t want to let someone in who might cost the nationalized health care system too much money, don’t you know. From the story:Robyn Toomath, a . . . . Continue Reading »
The cultural ethic of “choice ubber alles” is growing increasingly radical. We have seen previously, that a few bioethicists have advocated that doctors be permitted to cut off healthy limbs of people suffering from Body Identity Integrity Disorder (BIID), also known as “amputee . . . . Continue Reading »
We just topped 20, 000 visits in the last 30 days, here at SHS. I am most pleased. We were growing steadily, had a bit of a decline in the summer, and have had a recent surge. I appreciate everyone who comes by, agree with me or not. I receive many compliments from readers when I am out speaking, . . . . Continue Reading »
Other names may be trying to catch up with Smith, but we will never give up the championship. Despite a bit of a decline, we are still number 1! From the NYT story:Smith remains the most common surname in the United States, according to a new analysis released yesterday by the Census Bureau. But for . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, this is some unexpected good news: Ian Wilmut is turning his back on human cloning.Wilmut has had several positions on this morally contentious and volatile issue. In his book The Second Creation, Wilmut wrote that he would not engage in human cloning. Then, he supported reproductive cloning, . . . . Continue Reading »
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