Category Archives: stem cells

William Hurlbut: A Bridge Over Troubled Stem Cell Waters

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Several months ago I was contacted by the American Journal of Bioethics, inquiring whether I would be interested in writing a profile of a prominent person in the field. I … Continue reading

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Keeping the Embryonic Stem Cell Hype Alive by Creating a False Impression

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC This is unbelievable — except it isn’t: A front page story in the SF Chronicle, headlined “Keeping Hope Alive,” purportedly concerns local young woman named Katie Sharify, who was the … Continue reading

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Science Writer Avoids The Point of My Media Stem Cell Bias Charge

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC At least he read the piece, but John Farrell wrote right past the point in attempting to rebut my recent Weekly Standard column about the media’s biased coverage of Geron’s … Continue reading

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LA Times Circles the Wagons on ESCR

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Consider this an addendum to my Weekly Standard piece on media bias in reporting the collapse of Geron’s embryonic stem cell project that came out on Saturday. The LA Times … Continue reading

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The Only Stem Cell News Biased Media Sees Fit to Print

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Remember Ron Reagan’s nonsense speech about embryonic stem cell research (actually human cloning research) at the 2004 Democratic Convention? Media swooned at the garbage and the hype (e.g., Parkinson’s cures … Continue reading

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Greenpeace Wins “A European Victory for Ethical Stem Cell Dispute”

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I wrote a few weeks ago about the European Union’s highest court ruling that products made from embryonic stem cell research cannot be patented. First Things asked me to do … Continue reading

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EU Bans Patents on Embryonic Stem Cells

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Good. As anticipated, the EU’s top court has banned patents on embryonic stem cells as EU law prohibits patenting products that came from destroying embryos. From the France International News … Continue reading

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Functional Liver Cells Made from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Good news on the iPSC front. Scientists have created working liver cells from skin cells. From the MSNBC story: British scientists have developed a new stem cell technique for growing … Continue reading

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Human Cloning Research Breakthrough Is Unethical

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Washington Post headline is misleading: “Scientists Report Possibly Crucial Advance in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” In actuality, this is a potential advance in human cloning research.(Scientists have long … Continue reading

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Embryonic Stem Cell Studies Front Page News as Better Adult Studies Ignored

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Good grief. Here we go again. The SF Chronicle has a front page story about the fourth human subject to receive an embryonic stem cell-derived injection of cells. From the … Continue reading

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