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, ...
Bioethics: Articles
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 ...
There is a dark part of U.S. History that we don't hear much about growing up. For a few decades in the early-to-mid 1900s, many ...
Aug
05
2011
The Arrogance and Selfishness of Sex Selection
By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Aug-05-2011
Slate reports on a disturbing, increasing trend in the United States: Preborn gender selection. It takes on a few forms, but often includes either cherry-picking ...