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Will clones end the abortion debate?: A few weeks ago I wrote here that the stem cell debateÂ 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: Stem cell debate to continue regardlessThe staunch fight againststem cell research is so typical of the religious right. Always trying to inhibit progress. I say move forward with stem cell research and to hell with the religious nuts. At least science is doing something about the illnesses and ailments! ]:)By...; Tags: stem-cell, God, human life, scientific fact, circulatory system, scripture; Discussion threads 2008-01-11
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?: Can a no-star movie move the stem cell debate?"Hope" a movie around stem cell controversyI actually liked the trailer and I think it sends an important message across. Many Independent movies are low budget movies...why are you surprised at that. I think it is a creditable that a lone doctor...; Tags: stem-cell, embryonic stem cell, movie, embryonic stem, activist, cell; Discussion threads 2008-01-08
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: Yamanaka reopens stem cell debateSo now......the pro-ESC forces will have to find some dirt on Yamanaka in order to discredit him. After all, conscience has no place in science. Unless, of course, it's feeling guilty about causing global climate change. Then it's OK.Carl RapsonSave it..Somehow Dana spin like "anti-choice" doesn't...; Tags: Blogging, Yamanaka, blog, stem-cell; Discussion threads 2007-12-11
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. EvenÂ 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: Seeking advantage in U.S. stem cell controversyAs Yoda would sayTotally agendized, are you; matter not, the facts do.Your argument that the 73 cures are bogus comes from a disputation printed in Wired magazine (odd, I didn't realize wired was an accredited medical journal). Furthermore, wired references itself as proof that...; Tags: cure, medical research, stem-cell, stem-cell controversy; Discussion threads 2007-11-27
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 researchÂ 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: Stem cell finding does not end debatecontroversyIt's been my experience that controversy is like a game score of one to nothing. The scientific finding is new, untested and has no history of success of failure. The controversy comes from the other side who have produced nothing but can't wait for...; Tags: stem-cell, political debate; Discussion threads 2007-11-26
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?: Is the stem cell debate over?solves nothingBravo, but this solves nothing. First, the reports associated with this entry are wholly incomplete and inaccurate. Scientists have already created embryo like results with adult stem cells. No where in the articles do they mention the ultimate goal of pluripotent...; Tags: Theology, stem-cell; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
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: Artificial cartilage just five years awayNo limits on the use of human stem cellsThere are no limits on the use of human stem cells. There is only a limit on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research that could promote the propagation of embryos for the purposes of research destructive...; Tags: stem-cell, disc, Rice; Discussion threads 2007-09-11
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
Study: Genetic info swapped between different species: Study: Genetic info swapped between different speciesGenetic info swapThis article fails to explain how the "genetic swap info" would get into the germ line. A genetic swap into any other cells would be a genetic dead end.. it may confer a temporary advantage or disadvantage but it would die out...; Tags: stem-cell, species, organism; Discussion threads 2007-01-29
NY mayor's $100 million for stem cell research: NY mayor's $100 million for stem cell researchGood going Mayor Bloomberg, The Bush administration hasn't the guts to.....stand up for what's good for all Americans. This quote from the article hit the nail on the head..........."The Bush administration has not supported federal funding of embryonic stem research which would include...; Tags: Bloomberg L.P., John Kerry, stem-cell, Katrina; Discussion threads 2006-02-03
Stem Cell Research: The Hope, the Reality & the Future: At a Churchill Club event on July 13, entitled "Stem Cell Research: The Hope, the Reality & the Future," Silicon Valley VCs, a biopharmaceutical executive and a pioneering stem cell scientist discussed the controversial topic. With the passage of Proposition 71 in November, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine...; Tags: Stem-cell, Director, Podcasts, Internet, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2005-08-01
Stem cell measure winning in California: Stem cell measure winning in CaliforniaSimilar to Stem cell research was made about 40 – 50 years ago.They created so called “Chimeras”. The result – they lived OK for a while, but after certain period of time ALL OF THEM died from cancer.I do not want to run into details...; Tags: stem-cell, Stem-Cell Research; Discussion threads 2004-11-03