Good news out of Stanford: Researchers there were able to turn mouse skin cells into "any of the three germ layers of the nervous system" ...
Bioethics: Articles
Jan
23
2012
Shoving Controversial Contraception Down Our Throats
By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Jan-23-2012
Unbelievable. The Obama administration is oh-so-graciously giving religious nonprofits a year to get their rears in gear and get on board with its controversial health ...
Americans United for Life has released its annual ranking of the 50 states for their track records on life issues. According to AUL's Executive Summary, ...
Dec
06
2011
Even Dolly Scientist Says Abandon Embryonic Stem Cell Research
By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Dec-06-2011
Dolly the sheep scientist Ian Wilmut recently declared that the industry should move away from embryonic stem cell research to focus on other types of ...
The only current human trial involving embryonic stem cells in the U.S. just came to an end. From The Christian Foundation (click here ...
Oct
19
2011
Good News for Human Life Out of EU Court
By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Oct-19-2011
Reuters shares some great news out of the European Court of Justice. The ECJ banned patents on stem cell research that destroys embryos (...
Newser relays a fascinating New Scientist story. Scientists are hoping to test out a procedure that would create "spare parts" for babies from the stem ...
A big step was just taken in the search for cures from induced pluripotent stems cells (iPSCs). IPSCs are ordinary adult cells that are reprogrammed ...
Joe Carter presents a short overview of our modern "reproductive technologies" and begs us to consider the ethics of our smorgasbord of options (from First ...
In the lead-up to the 2012 New York Stem Cell Summit, its hosts have released a nice factsheet on adult stem cell research.
It doesn't include ...