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Top 10 Bioethics Stories of the Decade
Here’s a listing of the top ten stories in bioethics from ethicist Wesley Smith. In my opinion, t his isn’t an idle exercise. Bioethics matters. The field exerts tremendous influence over the most important questions of public policy and moral values: … Continue reading
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Tagged adult stem cell research, adult stem cells, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, embryos, healthcare reform, IVF, Obamacare, organ donation, organ transplantation, physician assisted suicide, pro-life, selling organs, socialized healthcare, suicide, suicide tourism
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Top 10 Pro-Life News Stories of 2009
President Barack Obama, abortion, the Supreme Court, and healthcare dominated pro-life news in 2009. As we look back on 2009, the first with a new pro-abortion president, it seems to me that the pro-life movement essentially is on the defensive. … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, conscience, conscience rights, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, freedom of conscience, healthcare reform, physician assisted suicide, physician conscience, Planned Parenthood, pro-abortion, right of conscience, socialized healthcare, stem cell research
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Dr. Walt’s Most Popular Blog Entries – Quarter 1 – 2009
Here are the most popular blogs, based upon blogs that you’ve read, over the first three months of 2009. The most popular blog was “Is It a Cold or Sinus Infection? How to Tell the Difference” and the second most … Continue reading
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Embryonic stem cells without embryos gives even MORE reasons to oppose embryonic stem cell research
I came across two studies released just this week that give me even more reasons to oppose the morally-flawed idea of killing embryos for embryonic stem cell research. The first study describes how scientists have created embryonic-like stem cells using … Continue reading
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Tagged adult stem cell, adult stem cell research, adult stem cells, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, stem cell, stem cell research, stem cells
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Pro-Life Group Calls Obama Embryonic Stem Cell Research Guidelines a Human Cloning Bait and Switch
One prominent pro-life group doesn’t have much good to say about the new guidelines the NIH put out on Friday to implement his decision to overturn the limits President Bush put in place on embryonic stem cell research funding. The National … Continue reading
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Why Embryonic Stem Cell Research Is Obsolete
A listener to one of my interviews on a Chicago Radio Station (WMBI) wrote, “IF adult stem cells are just as good as embryonic cells, why are we all-fired up to use embryonic cells. The simple answer is: (adult stem … Continue reading
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Tagged adult stem cell, adult stem cell research, adult stem cells, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, stem cell, stem cell research, stem cells
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Obama to reverse life-saving stem cell research policies
USA Today reports, “Obama will sign an executive order … lifting limits on human embryonic stem cell research and will direct federal agencies to ‘restore scientific integrity’ to decision-making, White House aides said Sunday.” ABC and NBC reported the story … Continue reading
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Tagged adult stem cell research, adult stem cells, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, stem cell, stem cell research, stem cells
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Why is O’Bama insisting on embryonic stem cell research? Is he nuts?
In the past few days, we’ve barely been able to keep up with the flood of articles about the progress with adult stem cells. The headlines read like medical miracles: “Doctors transplant windpipe with woman’s own stem cells“; “Bone marrow … Continue reading
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‘Research Miracle’ – Pancreas cells transformed into insulin producing cells
Biologists at Harvard say they’ve transformed one type of fully developed adult cell into another type. They transformed adult pancreas cells into insulin producing cells in mice. Could this be a potential cure for type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes? And, could … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, embryonic stem cell research, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, type 1 diabetes
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Catholic Bishops Opposr Embryonic Stem Cell Research
LifeNews is reporting that the nation’s Catholic bishops followed through on their desire to put forward an initial statement opposing embryonic stem cell research. They voted almost unanimously — 191 to 1 — to approve the statement at their annual … Continue reading
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