For all of the whining we hear from the political-scientists about lack of funding for ESCR/SCNT, it is stunning to see just how much money is out there for the research, as shown in the Rockefeller Institute Report, “Federalism by Necessity.” Consider that the Feds support for ESCR . . . . Continue Reading »
The weak and vulnerable need the “conscience” protection provided by adherence to the sanctity/equality of life ethic. Without extra devotion to this vital principle, those least able to defend themselves can become victimized by behavior that flows from a belief that their lives and . . . . Continue Reading »
The Holocaust Museum of Houston, Texas is presenting a terrific lecture series entitled “Medical Ethics and the Holocaust” over the fall and into the early winter. I am honored to be a participant. I will be debating the issue of assisted suicide against Compassion and Choice’s . . . . Continue Reading »
We’ve heard the mantra repeatedly: embryonic stem cells are the only hope (or the best hope) for curing this disease and that disease. But the evidence continues to grow that this just isn’t true.Today’s story deals with multiple sclerosis. I have previously reported here at SHS . . . . Continue Reading »
This story illustrates how politics has twisted the proper pursuit of regenerative medicine in California. During the last six years or so, the legislature went GA-GA over ESCR and human cloning. It passed a state law explicitly permitting human cloning research. And then, under a $35 million . . . . Continue Reading »
Jack Kevorkian once vowed to starve himself to death rather than do time for his crime. Well, we know how that turned out. Thankfully, he did not try to kill himself, did do eight years, and alas, is now getting $50,000 per speech. Ah, we do love our reprobates...George Exoo, who once ran the . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it didn’t work out as the pro-cloners wanted. Missouri opponents of human cloning didn’t just roll over when Amendment 2 passed through one of the most deceptive campaigns I have ever seen, abetted by a totally biased and in the tank media. And, as I have written here previously, . . . . Continue Reading »
I have noticed lately that the weekly and bi-weekly newspapers are beginning to do the best reporting, particularly in areas which the MSM ignore (such as this assisted suicide story from Oregon) or to which, they give too short shrift. This story about the terrorist harassment of two UCLA medical . . . . Continue Reading »
This L.A. Times story is relatively shallow in its analysis, but at least it finally highlights the crucial part played by disability rights activists in fighting assisted suicide. From the story:Many disability rights activists contend that the increasingly cost-conscious healthcare system, . . . . Continue Reading »
This PR press release contains two stories instead of one: First, researchers at UCLA apparently morphed embryonic stem cells into neural stem cells, and then, into working neurons. This is only the second time of which I am aware that ES cells were made primarily into the kind of cells that . . . . Continue Reading »
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