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Tag Archives: escr
Urethras Grown From Patients’ Own Bladder Cells
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC They just keep on rolling. Scientists have used cells from patients’ own bodies to build new urethras. From the story: The boys were ages 10 to 14 at the time … Continue reading
Harvard Stem Cell Advisory Board Chair Bemoans Democratic Messiness of Science Funding
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC An reader sent along this article in the Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin by the head of the school’s Stem Cell Advisory Board, William Sahlman, who is also a big … Continue reading
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CIRM to Try and Sucker Californians Into Letting It Borrow Even More Money
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC When proponents of Proposition 71 shouted CURES! CURES! CURES in 2004, perhaps the people of California could be forgiven for believing them — what with all the hype going on … Continue reading
ESCR Hype: Now They Will Cure the National Debt!
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I thought I had heard it all in the ESCR debate. That embryonic stem cells are the “only hope.” Wrong! That they don’t really come from embryos! Junk biology. That … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
The Coming Battle Over the Dickey Amendment
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The Dickey Amendment forbids federal funding of destructive embryo research. That is, it doesn’t prohibit the research, it just doesn’t permit the federal government to pay for it. Recently, President … Continue reading
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Bioethicists Say IPSCs as Ethically Fraught as ESCR — Baloney
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Stem cell bioethicists apparently have claimed that IPSCs — skin or other cells reprogrammed to be stem cells& — “are as morally fraught” as ESCR — stem cells taken from … Continue reading
Court Enjoins Obama ESCR Funding Policy!
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC A court has enjoined the federal government from funding embryonic stem cell research under the Obama policy, as it most likely violates the Dickey Amendment. The Dickey Amendment is a … Continue reading
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