September 2010

Ethical Stem Cell Breakthrough! IPSCs Without Genes or Viruses

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Never underestimate the creativity and excellence of our scientists. New research seems to have overcome the difficulties of IPSCs, allowing pluripotent stem cells to be created from normal body cells without using genes or viruses. From the story in the Washington Post: In 2006, researchers [...]

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Oh Hum, Another Adult Stem Cell Success

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC These adult stem cell successes are getting pretty oh, hum — unless you are the lucky patients benefiting from breakthroughs. In our most recent episode, a woman’s leg was saved using her bone marrow stem cells. From the story: During her operation, at the private [...]

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We Are Dreaming Big

Dear Friends, Our tenth year has been a busy one! We are excited to announce the successful August 9, 2010 release of the CBC’s second documentary, Eggsploitation. We have been fighting the exploitation of women by egg ‘donation’ for some time, and as more and more states are considering egg donation legislation, the timing of [...]

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We Are Dreaming Big

Dear Friends,Our tenth year has been a busy one! We are excited to announce the successful August 9, 2010 release of the CBC’s second documentary, Eggsploitation. We have been fighting the exploitation of women by egg ‘donation’ for some time, and as more and more states are considering egg donation legislation, the timing of our [...]

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Ethical Stem Cells Advancing!

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Perhaps the worst things President Obama did when he rescinded President Bush’s ESCR funding policy, was that he also revoked a non controversial Bush order that required the NIH to give funding priority to finding sources of pluripotent stem cells that do not destroy embryos. [...]

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CIRM to Californians: Mind Your Own Business About How We Spend Your Borrowed Money

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The arrogance and hubris of the California Institute of California Medicine has grown — one would not have thought it possible — even more pronounced. We Californians, who are borrowing to pay for their high salaries and other fat cat ways, even though California has [...]

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Western Australia Nixes Euthanasia

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC During my recent anti-euthanasia national tour of Australia, I was brought to Perth, the capital of Western Australia, because opponents expected a legalization bill to come up for a vote. I met some state MPs, gave a speech to a good size crowd, and was [...]

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Sneak Federal Funding for Cloning Attack

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC As promised, I have an extended article on the DeGette/Castle/Specter — two of three of which have been booted from their jobs already by voters — bills in Congress that would not only set Obama’s ESCR funding policy in statutory concrete, but also surreptitiously fund [...]

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Judge Applies Accurate Biology: An Embryo is Destroyed in ESCR

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC We have discussed the injunction issued by Judge Royce C. Lamberth against President Obama’s ESCR funding policy — and the mendacious legislative response of the likes of Arlen Specter that would authorize the Feds to fund cloning research in addition to restoring Obama’s more limited [...]

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What Do 30 Pieces of Silver Buy You Today?

By Jennifer Lahl, CBC President I’m just back from Washington, D.C., where I had the privilege of showing Eggsploitation on Capitol Hill. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), served as our congressional sponsor for this event, and I’m grateful to him and his staff for their leadership in this arena. As an Ob/Gyn doctor, Coburn understands [...]

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