May 2005

Attack of the killer clones

What do you say? Human cloning. Yes or no. I’d be curious to hear your comments.

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Current Embryonic Stem Cell lines are NOT contaminated

One of the favorite arguments from scientists is their need to develop new embryonic stem cell lines for research because the existing cell lines are contaminated with viruses from the mouse ‘feeder cells’ the embryonic stem cell lines are grown on. A journal article just out states that the human embryonic stem cell lines are [...]

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Legislation for the Human Future

And check out H.R. 596. Now this is something we can all get behind! H.R. 596 is the Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2005, which establishes a cord blood registry (like the blood banks!) to prepare, store and distribute cord blood cells for patients use and research. Since cord blood stem cell therapies are [...]

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The House passes yesterday’s science

Yesterday H.R. 810 was passed. Sponsored by Castle (R) and DeGette (D) this bipartisan bill will allow couples who have created embryos for infertility to donate the spare or leftover ones for embryonic stem cell research. In case you haven’t been paying attention to the whole stem cell/cloning debate, H.R. is yesterday’s science! Will scientists [...]

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You Two and other cloning stories

Well finally the journalists are getting it right. Kudos for the bold headlines like yesterday’s NYT, “South Koreans Streamline Cloning of Human Embryos”. For years I have beenstaying on message that the embryoninc stem cell debate is really a human cloning story. I still remember doing an interview right after President Bush gave his famous [...]

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Yesterday’s Science Is Today’s News

The house of representatives has just passed H.R. 810, a bipartisan bill authored by Representative Michael Castle (R-Del) and Representative Diana DeGette (D-Col) who reached across the party lines for a final vote of 238-194. Bush, who in his five year presidency has yet to exercise his power to veto, has promised that he will [...]

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Human Cloning Continues around the world

Word is that two famous scientists have joined their cloning forces in some collaborative research. Hwang Woo-Suk of South Korea, known for his successful cloning of the first human embryo, and Ian Wilmut of Edinburgh, Scotland,is famous for cloning dolly the sheep. Their new joint research will focus on Lou Gehrig’s disease and Alzheimer’s. By [...]

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Go Wolverines!

What do you think of when you think of the state of Michigan? Detroit and cars? Motown and the Supremes? The great lakes? Here is some news you won’t hear much about and you can add this to your interesting facts about Michigan list. Last Thursday the Michigan Senate passed two bills (37-0) to sell [...]

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Humachines: merging of humans and machines

Scientists have been working to design robots/machines that are so ‘smart’ they are actually able to build other machines. This idea of the self replicating machines is not new and with the advances in technologies like nanotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence, U.S. researchers have created the first self-replicating robot. Robotics technology has huge implications for [...]

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Something you won’t see much about

While states like California and Massachusetts roll full steam ahead with their human cloning and embryo stem cell research, states like Michigan pass great laws like this! 17 May 2005 The Michigan Senate on Thursday approved 37-0 two bills that would create a Life Sciences Investment Authority, which would sell bonds to invest in biotech [...]

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