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GM Human Embryo? Nope, that doesn't count!
Those at the London Times are conveniently twisting the truth to claim that scientists have created the first genetically engineered human embryo. What did they do? Insert the gene for green-fluoresc… more »
Human Enhancement and Biopolitics
GM Human Embryo? Nope, that doesn't count!
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Joshua wrote 2 months ago: Those at the London Times are conveniently twisting the truth to claim that scientists have created … more »
What pro-lifers don't realise about induced pluripotent stem cells
Joshua wrote 2 months ago: It is often claimed by the pro-lifer crowd that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are a great w … more »
Positive feedback loops in bioethics
Joshua wrote 2 months ago: There are some situations in bioethics were people use a prior action has justification for further … more »
German Parliament changes stem cell law
Joshua wrote 3 months ago: An update to the story I blogged about a couple of months ago regarding proposed changes to Germany … more »
Comments on Britain's cybrid 'part human, part cow' embryos
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Joshua wrote 3 months ago: Researchers at the University of Newcastle have announced that they created human-animal hybrids! Wh … more »
How to determine the status of human embryos
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Joshua wrote 3 months ago: This bioethics twist on the classical ‘fat-man trolley problem‘ of moral philosophy can … more »
Therapeutic cloning can also cure!
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Joshua wrote 3 months ago: Researchers have used therapeutic cloning to cure Parkinson’s disease in mice. This is a landm … more »
Only embryonic stem cells secrete cancer-busting protein
Joshua wrote 4 months ago: Researchers at Northwestern University in the USA have found that human embryonic stem cells secrete … more »
How can one be pro-sex AND pro-life?
Joshua wrote 4 months ago: If sex destroys embryos, how can one be a pro-lifer and yet still seek to conceive naturally? John H … more »
Embryonic stem cells CAN cure!
Joshua wrote 4 months ago: Another argument, the one that says no therapies have ever come from embryonic stem cells, has died … more »
Two US states change legal wording around 'therapeutic cloning'
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Joshua wrote 4 months ago: Two American states, Nebraska and Missouri, have recently seen changes to cloning legislature or pro … more »
Leon Kass seeks to take cloning out, and embryo research with it.
Joshua wrote 5 months ago: I’ve noticed Leon Kass, the conservative bioethicist who headed up the US President’s Co … more »
Don't compromise. We need embryo research.
Joshua wrote 5 months ago: In some of the recent news articles I have read have mentioned the recent research deriving pluripot … more »
Death and politics
Joshua wrote 5 months ago: After watching the recent Colbert Report, featuring Aubrey De Grey, my attention was drawn to the ag … more »
