Bioethics News
Komen: Embryonic Research “Not Shown Promise” for Breast Cancer
Washington, DC | 2/7/12 7:47 PM
Lost in the debate over its funding of the Planned Parenthood abortion business, Komen for the Cure quietly changed its position on funding agencies that are engaged in embryonic stem cell research.
Scientists Manipulating Unborn Babies to Have Three Parents
Washington, DC | 2/7/12 10:54 AM
The 3-genetic parent embryo is back in the news. This time it is Australia that wants to attempt to genetically engineer a human embryo to have 3 genetic parents.
Newt Gingrich Understands Why Transhumanism a Pro-Life Issue
Washington, DC | 1/31/12 1:47 PM
Many people who read my work elsewhere think transhumanism movement is not an important pro-life issue. It is so abstract an idea to them that they regularly wonder why I bother writing about it.
Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Haven’t Cured Any Patients Yet
Washington, DC | 1/24/12 6:47 PM
Yesterday it was reported that a human embryonic stem cell derived treatment has improved the vision in two women.
First Report on Embryonic Stem Cells in Patients: Results TBD
Washington, DC | 1/24/12 2:21 PM
Turning a blind eye toward both good science and good ethics, the embryonic stem cell and cloning company, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), has published a very preliminary online report regarding their first two patients injected with embryonic stem cell derivatives.
Roe vs. Wade’s Slippery Slope: Human Cloning, Experimentation
Washington, DC | 1/23/12 11:20 AM
Milestone: First Adult Stem Cells Made That Work in the Brain
Orlando, FL | 1/18/12 12:01 AM
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Doesn’t Work, But Obama Funds It
Washington, DC | 1/16/12 7:15 PM
Once again, government rushes in where business fears to tread. Just before Christmas, the National Institutes of Health made three more lines of embryonic stem cells eligible for federal funding.
Man’s Life Saved With Artificial Trachea Using Stem Cells
Washington, DC | 1/16/12 11:36 AM
A 30-year-old Baltimore man is now back home recuperating from surgery in Sweden that implanted an artificial trachea made with his own adult stem cells.
Obama Makes Taxpayers Fund More Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Washington, DC | 1/13/12 11:23 AM
NIH Director Francis Collins has approved four more human embryonic stem cell lines as eligible for federal taxpayer funding. The latest approval brings the total to 146.
