Tag: stem cell
Blog Posts (1)
January 22, 2013
Harvard Prof Isn't Recruiting Neanderthal Moms
Oh, good. This story isn't true. There isn't actually a Harvard professor who wants to recruit a woman to bear a Neanderthal child from an embryo constructed, using stem-cell and cloning technology, from Neanderthal bone DNA. Turns out there was some t...Published Articles (4)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 6 Issue 5 - Sep 2006
Blastomere Blasphemy Ricki Lewis
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 5 Issue 6 - Nov 2005
Letter to the Editor Concerning Oocyte and Somatic Cell Procurement for Stem Cell Research Insoo Hyun
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 2 Issue 1 - Mar 2002
Stem Cells: Equity or Ownership? Vanessa T. Kuhn
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 2 Issue 1 - Mar 2002
Part I - Jordan's Banks, A View from the First Years of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Laurie Zoloth
News (3)
May 31, 2012 11:43 am
Did the California stem cell program promise miracle cures? (Los Angeles Times)
You be the judge. Alan Trounson and Jonathan Thomas, the president and chairman of California’s stem cell program, have taken issue with how I characterized their program in a column this week. I pointed out that its founding 2004 initiative, Proposition 71, “was sold to a gullible public via candy-coated images of Christopher Reeve walking again and Michael J. Fox cured of Parkinson’s.”
May 20, 2012 12:40 pm
Father calls for organ donation lessons in schools (BBC News)
A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for secondary schools and colleges to include one lesson on how to donate stem cells, blood and organs. Keith Sudbury wants to raise awareness by making donation part of the curriculum for students aged 16 and over.
May 16, 2012 1:05 pm
Vatican Academy Struggles With Internal Dissent Over Outreach to Biomedical Researchers (Forbes)
It looks like trouble’s been brewing since my last post on the cancellation of a major stem cell conference at the Vatican. First off, was last week’s post at Vatican Insider where Allesandro Speciale reported that the Pontifical Academy for Life is being paralyzed by a vocal minority on its board that has played a media game to complain about two events the organization held to reach out for a dialogue with research scientists.