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Tag Archives: escr
Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad Stem Cell News!
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Hype over embryonic stem cell research has been maddening. The media bias, extreme. And many in elected office, intent on using the sector as a special interest source of campaign … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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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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
Media Bias On Stem Cell/Cloning Debates Still Biased
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I have written about the ubiquitous media bias in the stem cell/cloning debates so often that I feel like I am trying to empty the ocean with a cup. But … Continue reading
Pro ESCR Art Caplan Calls Out “Scientists” For Intentional “Over-Hype” (Lies)
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC One of the most infuriating aspects for me in the embryonic stem cell debates has been the continual hype lying I have seen — indeed, personally witnessed — by scientists. … Continue reading
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Embryonic Stem Cell Derivation Process Not Patentable, European Court Rules
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC For all the faux screaming about Bush — which was mostly pure politics — the real financial impediment to ESCR has been the patenting question. And now, the European Court … Continue reading