This is how the term “somatic cell nuclear transfer” is defined on the National Institutes of Health Web site:Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT—A technique that combines an enucleated egg (nucleus removed) and the nucleus of a somatic cell to make an embryo. SCNT is the . . . . Continue Reading »
Nobel Laureate James Watson is an out-and-out eugenicist who has urged that genetic engineering be used, for example, to rid the world of stupid people, and said that “some anti-Semitism is justified.” None of his eugenicist comments put him in bad odor with the science crowd, but now he . . . . Continue Reading »
Lio attempts a transhumanist intervention with less than optimal . . . . Continue Reading »
I guess parents aren’t for raising kids anymore, just housing them. A Maine school wants authority to issue contraceptives to 11 year-olds without parental notification. From the story:Students who have parental permission to be treated at King Middle School’s health center would be able . . . . Continue Reading »
This just in: Bone marrow stem cells may help in the field of hip replacements. Okay, As you were. Scientists have some cloning to . . . . Continue Reading »
The uselessness of the appendix was once deemed one of the most sure things in medical science. Now, it turns out, that may be wrong. From the abstract in the Journal of Theoretical Biology:APPENDIX: RESEARCH FINDS ROLE FOR ORGAN LONG THOUGHT USELESS Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the . . . . Continue Reading »
I think Bobby Schindler is right.There have been a lot of stories of late about how supposedly vegetative patients could understand, or of “miraculous” awakenings by people who doctors were sure would never react consciously again. Bobby, Terri Schiavo’s brother, has noticed that . . . . Continue Reading »
As readers of SHS know, I am pretty disgusted with the KC Star and its political reporter Kit Wagar, based on my belief that the paper in general, and Wagar in specific, are biased in their reporting of the great stem cell debate in Missouri.Further fuel to this particular fire can be seen in the . . . . Continue Reading »
The NIH will soon be funding research into obtaining pluripotent stem cells from non embryonic sources. Wherever one stands on the Bush funding policy or human cloning research, this should be cause for celebration. After all, don’t the scientists always say we should research all areas of the . . . . Continue Reading »
A herd of Indian elephants has destroyed a village. From the story:About 100 wild elephants have converged on a river island in northeast India, demolishing homes, feasting on sugarcane and panicking residents, officials said Saturday. Thousands of villagers were using firecrackers and bonfires to . . . . Continue Reading »
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