Wesley J. Smith

Yesterday, I wrote about a diabetes human trial using adult stem cells in which some of the patients were able to go off insulin. I predicted at the time that it wouldn’t make big time headlines—as would happen if the exact same achievement happened with human patients using embryonic . . . . Continue Reading »

People who have badly damaged tendons may soon find relief from their own adult stem cells. From the story:A stem-cell repair technique that has already been used to fix hundreds of injured race horses is to be tested for the first time in people with damaged Achilles tendons.Privately owned British . . . . Continue Reading »

As I often say, the culture of death brooks no dissent. Now, none other than the controversial academic Stanley Fish claims that doctors and nurses who don’t wish to take human life as part of their medical work should just get over it. From his New York Times blog  (of course): . . . . Continue Reading »

When the Stowers Institute Crowd financed and passed Amendment 2, it not only created a constitutional right to do human cloning research in Missouri, but as I pointed out during the campaign, it added a superfluous provision stating that if one kind of stem cell research received state support, . . . . Continue Reading »

Al Gore is set to head a venture capital foray into the very promising field of induced pluripotent stem cell research. From the story:Former vice president Al Gore is entering the stem cell arena with an announcement today of a $20 million biotech venture in the hot area of “induced . . . . Continue Reading »

Think of the animal rights movement as predators that threaten an entire herd: All the animals are under threat but it is the weak, stragglers, or isolated that face the most concerted attack.Thus, while all animal research facilities are under threat, Huntingdon Life Sciences is the most vilified . . . . Continue Reading »

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the Governor of Illinois, protecting two pharmacists from having to dispense “Plan B” contraceptive pills due to religious objections. From the story:A central Illinois judge has ruled that the state can’t force two . . . . Continue Reading »

Great news: We have previously had human trials in which patients were weaned off of insulin with adult stem cells. Now, another study with newly diagnosed diabetes patients has achieved a similar success: And, it is written up in the Journal of the American Medical Association. From the . . . . Continue Reading »

I shouldn’t be surprised by anything the MSM does today in boosting social outlaws into cultural icons. For example, when Jack Kevorkian was at the top of his deadly game—even offering extracted kidneys from a disabled assisted suicide victim for transplant in a news . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a nice surprise. A professional site called Online MBA Guide has named SHS one among the “50 Best Business Ethics Blogs.” We weigh in at #45. Thanks MBA . . . . Continue Reading »