The Unfunny Joke That is UK Biotech Regulation

by Wesley J. Smith

The Brits like to brag that their approach to cloning is the most enlightened, that is, it allows new biotechnologies to proceed, but only under “strict” regulations. Except, I have yet to see any meaningful restrictions or strict regulations actually enacted or enforced. But it’s . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Feb 2008

For "The Scientists" It is Never Enough

by Wesley J. Smith

Anyone who believes that Bush funding embryonic stem cell research with leftover IVF embryos would satisfy “the scientists” just aren’t paying attention to the constant whining by Brave New Britain’s scientists who have what amounts to a virtual blank check. Regulators there . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Jan 2008

Blank Check Ethics: Here Come the "Manimals"

by Wesley J. Smith

Get ready for the “manimals.” In Sunday’s Washington Post, Will Saletan describes how some scientists have cut themselves loose from the tether of self restraint and are busily planning the creation of human/animal chimeras with increasingly human attributes. From his column:So . . . . Continue Reading »

23 Jun 2007