Tag Archives: Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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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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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Projection Alert: Stem Cell Scientist Casts Moral Aspersion

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Pro embryonic stem cell research scientists sure can get touchy about ethics. In fact, if you read what some of them write, you might conclude that they believe only scientists … Continue reading

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Expediency Over Principle: Embryonic Stem Cell Federal Funding Lawsuit Dismissed

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC District Court Judge Royce Lamberth has dismissed the lawsuit filed against the Obama funding of ESCR. From the story: A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Obama … Continue reading

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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Borrows and Spends BIG as State Flounders

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When I think about the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, what words come to mind? Well, there’s “arrogance.” “Hubris” also works. “Mismanagement” is on all fours, as we say in … Continue reading

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Stem Cell Fountain of Youth Story Intended to Boost CIRM Re-Up Drive?

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC As I have written here previously, the arrogantly managed and wildly expensive California Institute For Regenerative Medicine will be up for renewal in 2014. Its leaders want the suckers voters … Continue reading

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National Science Foundation Misleads About Adult Stem Cells

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC They have to know better than this. The National Science Foundation has erroneously conflated “induced pluripotent stem cells” with “adult” stem cells in discussing a report — which I also … Continue reading

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Courts Should Follow the Law Not Determine Best Policy Re Funding of Stem Cell Research

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC ESCR scientists are mounting a furious political assault against the lawsuit, currently back in Royce Lamberth’s court urging that human embryonic stem cell research continue to be funded by the … Continue reading

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France to Retain Strict Limits on ESCR

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC France is poised to maintain its very strict limitations on ESCR. From the Reuters story: France looked set on Thursday to maintain its curbs on human embryonic stem cell research … Continue reading

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