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Embryonic Stem Cell Research versus the Rule of Law

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The embryonic stem cell research controversy is an ethics, not a science, debate. But it also involves the rule of law. Indeed, two recent court rulings—one in the United States and one in Europe—illustrate how the intense politics swirling around ESCR have the potential to [...]

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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 it is worth noting that my Discover Institute colleague, David Klinghoffer, take a good swing [...]

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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. I say lying because that is a knowing and willful misstatement of fact, as opposed [...]

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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 of Justice has dealt a body blow to the sector. From the story: The European [...]

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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 of the surgery. Three were accident victims, and the other two had suffered failures of [...]

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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 time professor at the the Harvard Business School. He is reacting to a federal court’s [...]

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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 at the time — and borrowing $3 billion to pay for research grants (which will [...]

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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 the reason they have not brought about the cures is they did not receive good [...]

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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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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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