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Dana Blankenhorn has been a business journalist for nearly 25 years and has covered the online world professionally since 1985. He founded the Interactive Age Daily for CMP Media, and has written for the Chicago Tribune, Advertising Age's "NetMarketing" supplement, and dozens of other publications over the years.- more about Dana Blankenhorn »
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- Will clones end the abortion debate?
- A few weeks ago I wrote here that the stem cell debate will continue, despite the success in pulling stem cells from 8-cell embryos, and despite the success of turning skin cells into stem cells. Moral debates seldom yield to scientific fact. So the question...
- Tags: Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-20
- Stem cell debate to continue regardless
- Here's an easy prediction to make. The stem cell debate will continue through 2008, and beyond, no matter where the stem cells come from. (Picture from Advanced Cell Technology, via Scientific American.) In a society which still debates whether evolution should be taught, and...
- Tags: Science, Humanity, Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Can a no-star movie move the stem cell debate?
- An Indian-born doctor is trying to move the stem cell debate using a movie without stars. Hope, now in post-production, was written by Shelley Chawla, 42, who now lives in Topeka. His father, L.S. Chawla, was once vice-chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in...
- Tags: Cure, Movie, Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Yamanaka reopens stem cell debate
- The ethical and political debate about using stem cells from human embryos has been reignited, through an interview with the Japanese researcher behind an alternate production method. Shinya Yamanaka (right, from Wired), the Kyoto University researcher given co-credit for the discovery, alongside James Thomson of the University...
- Tags: Stem-cell, Argument, Embryo, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Political and scientific values in health care debates
- Many of our health policy choices come down to a conflict between scientific and political values. Science doesn't work through majorities. Even a consensus view can be readily overthrown, as we see today with CAT scans. Science also can lack simple, black-and-white answers. Take the...
- Tags: Science, Politics, Health Care, Truth, Stem-cell, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Seeking advantage in U.S. stem cell controversy
- Governments worldwide are seeking to take advantage of the continuing controversy over stem cell research in the U.S. Research opponents have been using the recent breakthrough in reprogramming to demand embryonic stem cell research be put on the "back burner." Bogus claims of 73 existing cures using adult...
- Tags: Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- Stem cell finding does not end debate
- The discovery of regulator genes which can turn skin cells into stem cells does not end the scientific debate over the use of stem cells from human embryos, according to the scientists who made the discovery. (The picture of a human stem cell is from the Wellcome...
- Tags: Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- Is the stem cell debate over?
- Word that scientists have succeeded in turning skin cells into stem cells has gone across the world like a thunderclap. Separate findings from the University of Wisconsin and Kyoto University in Japan show that the technique, called direct programming, works. Alongside the scientific excitement...
- Tags: Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- Artificial cartilage just five years away
- Kyriacos A. Athanasiou believes he can create artificial cartilage for knee joints, jaws and similar applications within five years.Athanasiou, a bioengineering professor at Rice, across the street from the Texas Medical Center, has developed a method for creating cartilage from stem cells.While much of the work so far uses animal...
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, stem-cell
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
Additional Resources
- Ready for real Indian medicine?
- With political sovereignty over quality-killing issues such as medical malpractice and a "clean-sheet" approach, Medical Onshoring could provide certain services (e.g., cardio-vascular, artificial knees) at prices at least 15% less than local hospitals. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hospital, North Dakota, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Ingres gives Fortify security study a good fisking
- Open source projects in Fortify's Open Review report fewer defects per thousand lines of code than proprietary products in the same review. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Ingres, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Is open source hurt by piracy?
- Louis Suarez-Potts, who is community manager for Open Office, suggested that many users disdain open source because they can get proprietary titles "for free." by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Cash for the merchandise, cash for the breakthrough
- How can open source achieve the breakthroughs it needs and beat Apple at its own game?What about cash and fabulous prizes? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Apple iPhone, LiMo Foundation, Symbian Inc., Linux, Open Source, Team Management, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Childs rigged crazyquilt private network
- The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...
- Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Medpedia or Knol, doc?
- Anonymous prestige or money and fame? That's the choice doctors who write face today as Medpedia approaches its launch date and Google announces the launch of Knol. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Google Inc., Knol, Medpedia, Wiki, Professional Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Online Communications, Career, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?
- The problem is that the market can't wait for a long-term study. Were one to be started now it would not yield results until many thousands of people had died. My guess is the industry will try to brazen it out and hope Dr. Herberman is wrong. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Phone, Industry, Cell Phone, Cell, Cancer, Herberman, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case
- The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell...
- Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones
- News items 2008-07-24
- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of Internet
- Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of InternetAs Always, Vinton Tells It Like It IsVery well thought-out answer, and absolutely on the mark...the telcos are ruining the advancement of the Internet in this country and the fact that they are systematically raping the consumer with their "Hi-speed"...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, telecommunications company, national interest, Vint Cerf, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- How sick is Steve Jobs?
- Apple Inc.'s stonewalling over this material corporate event says something very bad about the company. It says they're totally dependent on Jobs, that no one can tell him no on anything, and that when you buy the stock you're buying a man. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Cancer, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
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