December 2008

California stem cell agency faces cash freeze

Wish I could say this news saddens me, but I can’t! How long before Robert Klein and the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine have their cup out for a bail-out?! “The global financial crisis may do what opponents of California’s $3 billion state-sponsored stem cell research experiment could not: dry up funding.” Of course there [...]

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Diary of a nameless faceless egg donor

I wrote this interview up yesterday. It’s really a chilling story. Sadly I hear many more like this one all the time. Time to wake up and stop this nonsense. We haven’t even seen the tip of the iceberg for the countless women who have been harmed by selling their eggs! And we tell them [...]

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Rent-a-Womb Is Where Market Logic Leads

Thomas Frank has an excellent piece over at the Wall Street Journal today. WSJ is on a two-day roll for me – hat tip to you! Specifically, he draws attention to this woman’s story. Frank does an excellent job of exposing the underbelly of IVF and surrogacy where the rich exploit the poor. The have’s [...]

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Diary of a Nameless, Faceless, Egg Donor

Lahl – Yesterday the Wall Street Journal had a story on, ” Ova Time: Women Line Up to Donate Eggs — for Money”. This seems like a good time to remind people of the dangers of egg donation and tell your story. You made the decision to sell your eggs at a time when you [...]

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Ova Time?

From today’s WSJ, ” Ova Time: Women Line Up to Donate Eggs — for Money”. Am I missing something, but I do NOT see what part of this story is about donation? It’s the economy stupid and the point that women are selling their eggs. From the story: “Whenever the employment rate is down, we [...]

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Sperm Donor Kids Envious of Adopted Kids

This postcard sort of sums it up! Kathleen LaBounty, who I’ve written about before over here, has started her own blog aptly called “Child of a Stranger“. Check it out. We will be running an interview with Kathleen soon. Stay tuned.

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Leftovers Again?!

Too much in the news today to keep up with on the latest study on what to do with all the leftover embryos. People apparently don’t like their options. One article said “Women are Unhappy With Disposal Options“. Another article recognized the father and said, “Parents Torn Over Fate of Frozen Embryos“. And a third [...]

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2009 Paul Ramsey Recipient Announced

The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network is pleased to announce Gilbert Meilaender as the recipient of the 2009 Paul Ramsey Award Dr. Meilaender is the Richard & Phyllis Duesenberg Professor of Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University and serves on the President’s Council on Bioethics. Professor Meilaender is an associate editor for the Journal of [...]

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The miracle teabag: Stem cells in a pack help stroke victim to talk again

Walt Bast, a 49 year-old mechanic from Germany suffered two strokes and agreed to have this newsurgical procedure where: “a teabag-like sachet filled with tiny capsules, each containing around a million stem cells.The stem cells, taken from bone marrow, have been genetically engineered to make a drug that protects brain cells from dying.This lets the [...]

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Brain-injured at birth, treated with her own umbilical cord blood stem cells!

“Three months ago, Maia Friedlander, 4, was locked in her own world. Despite six hours of therapy a day for three years, Maia – who was born six weeks premature – struggled to talk, walk properly or even chew her food without choking. While her twin sister, Ariel, hit all her developmental milestones about six [...]

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