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Late Embryo Farming for Cells or Organs

In Will Saletan’s fourth installment in Slate, he demonstrates further how embryonic stem cell research is not going to remain in the Petri dish. Now, some apparently have decided to draw the line that cannot be crossed (yea, right) at the transition point from embryo to fetus, meaning 8 weeks . . . . Continue Reading »

More From Will Saletan

In the third of his five part series on the cloning and embryonic stem cell controversies in Slate, Will Saletan describes how scientific definitions and moral boundaries are steadily being, shall we say, stretched, to justify permitting biotech researchers to undertake certain areas of research . . . . Continue Reading »

My Lunch with the Schindlers

I had a wonderful lunch yesterday with Terri Schiavo’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, during their brief visit to N. California. They appeared well and healthy, while of course, still grieving Terri. They are planning to move forward from here in a very productive manner in the hope of . . . . Continue Reading »

Cloned Fetal Farming: Here We Come

For the last year I have been jumping up and down and hollering that therapeutic cloning isn’t really about embryonic stem cells. Rather, once the research is finished in the Petri dish, it will be moving to cloned fetal farming for organ harvesting and use in drug testing. Thus, New Jersey . . . . Continue Reading »

Animal Rights Arsonists

Animal liberationist thugs continue to try and prevent Oxford University from opening a research center that would conduct crucial medical experiments with primates. Now, they have burned down an Oxford boathouse. Worse will come next unless law enforcement and co-believers squelch this criminality. . . . . Continue Reading »

My Obituary for Dame Cecily Saunders

I checked around, and from what I could tell, the death of the great founder of the modern hospice movement was completely ignored by the American media. What a travesty. Had she promoted policies that promoted suicide or other destructive medical approaches to the ill or disabled, she would have . . . . Continue Reading »

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