Wesley J. Smith

Yesterday, I linked an article written by Michael Fumento, which noted that a potential cure for juvenile diabetes using adult stem cells is not being funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, even though the technique cured mice with late stage disease.Fumento wanted to follow up with a . . . . Continue Reading »

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 »

This is my book review of the newest entry in transhumanist apologetics, Making Better Humans, published in the Washington . . . . Continue Reading »

I will be traveling for the next week or so and will be unable to wax eloquent here. Catch you all on the flip . . . . 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 »

Clint Eastwood missed a great opportunity to show how real champions overcome . . . . Continue Reading »