In the current edition of Brave New Bioethics, I discuss the new religion of transhumanism, which fervently believes in a post human eschatology of human immortality and . . . . Continue Reading »
It just keeps coming: The Telegraph is reporting that a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that “stem cells are passed from mothers to unborn children with type 1 diabetes and may help repair the damage caused by immune attacks on insulin-producing . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently, there has been an attack on anti-bestiality laws, with the claim being made that such statutes are unconstitutional. (Why am I not surprised?) I haven’t read it, but my friend Seth Cooper, a brilliant lawyer who once worked for the Discovery Institute, has. He weighs in at the . . . . Continue Reading »
So, the deconstruction of ES cells as the “only hope” for “cures” continues apace. Now, South Korean researchers have been able to grow pancreatic beta cells from stem cells taken from the umbilical cord blood. And, the cells made from umbilical cord blood stem cells secrete . . . . Continue Reading »
A little while back, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists urged that every pregnant woman be tested to see if her fetus has Down syndrome. I did not comment on it at the time, having written quite a bit recently about the ongoing anti-Down pogrom. But George Will now has. And he . . . . Continue Reading »
This study is unsurprising to me: A survey of colo-rectal cancer patients finds that they are more willing to take chemotherapy, even with a small potential for extending life at the cost of significant adverse side effects, than doctors thought would be the case. But when it is your life, you want . . . . Continue Reading »
Perhaps it is wrong for me to comment about a movie I have no intention of seeing: But if this review of the new semi-documentary Zoo is accurate, it apparently has a sympathetic take on “the last taboo,” meaning bestiality. (“Zoos” in this context don’t refer to animal . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been traveling and neglecting my duties at Secondhand Smoke. Whilst gone, readers alerted me to the pathetic excuse given by the New York Times for not reporting the amniotic fluid stem cell breakthrough. Its reporter, Nicolas Wade, claimed he didn’t report it because the study was . . . . Continue Reading »
PETA, two of whose employees are now on trial for felony cruelty to animals, may be trying to divert attention from its own animal killing through the medium of a pretty woman stripping to reveal full frontal nudity. Kind of gives a whole new meaning to “in your face.” The song . . . . Continue Reading »
“Can anything good come out of the United Nations,” I ask in the lede of my piece in the current Weekly Standard discussing that new UN treaty, which if followed—always a big if in these kind of things—would substantially protect the rights of people with disabilities. The . . . . Continue Reading »
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