Assisted suicide is Oregon’s shame. The Portland Oregonian’s David Reinhard, one of the best observers of assisted suicide in Oregon, points out some of the problems in this excellent . . . . Continue Reading »
There may be hope on the way for people with juvenile diabetes, as this piece by Michael Fumento ably describes. And no, it won’t be from embryonic stem cells, but from adult stem cells obtained from the spleen. There is one problem holding back human trials: there is not yet enough money. Lee . . . . Continue Reading »
The media is in a mini-frenzy because the Field Poll in California reported that support for physician-assisted suicide is running at about 70%. This seems an enormous margin. But legalization usually polls well so long as people are being asked the question in the abstract. However, history shows . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently patients’ own adult stem cells are an effective treatment for urinary incontinence. The stem cells taken from the arms of the patients transformed into both skin and muscle cells, helping cure or substantially treat the . . . . Continue Reading »
I have been receiving much e-mail both praising and castigating my take on Million $ Baby. I have been told, “It’s only a movie,” repeatedly. I know that. But movies have the power to mold popular attitudes. That is why so many anti-tobacco activists want Hollywood to stop . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently so, according to this statement just in from the World Transhumanist Association:“In response to the emerging debate over “robot ethics” the Board of Directors of the World Transhumanist Association unanimously adopted this statement on artificial intelligence on March . . . . Continue Reading »
Big Biotech’s dishonest drive in the states to legalize human cloning by calling it something else, say, somatic cell nuclear transfer or merely stem cell research, is beginning to be exposed by the wider media. Columnist Robert Novak has it right in this column about the cloning fight in . . . . Continue Reading »