ethical stem cell research

Objections to Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Vetted

Recently, I was tagged on twitter about a blog post entitled “Pro-Life Objections to Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.” On a number of occasions, especially when I screen our documentary film Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate, I am asked the questions this post raises. That’s when I turn to the various experts CBC [...]

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Fat Stem Cells Into Bone Casts Light On Advocates’ Lies

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The great embryonic stem cell debate has really faded, hasn’t it? I mean, when was the last time you heard the, “ESCs are the ONLY HOPE for CURES! CURES! CURES!” nonsense? I think there are several causes for the carnival folding up its tents and [...]

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Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Treat Diabetes

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC If this pans out, it will be a big WOW! Endocrine Today is reporting that umbilical cord blood stem cells have enabled diabetes patients to reduce insulin intake. From the story: Umbilical cord blood stem cells have been successful in the treatment of type 1 [...]

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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 abandonment of embryonic stem cell research. From “A Conservative Protest About Stem Cells and the [...]

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“Good Ethics Makes for Good Science”

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Legatus magazine asked me to write a column on the stem cell issue, and so I did. From “Good Ethics Makes for Good Science:” Have you noticed that the stem-cell controversy rarely makes the news these days? There’s a reason: The greatest advances in stem-cell [...]

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Ethical Stem Cell Research Continues to Advance

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The days of embryonic stem cells as “the only hope” are long gone. Sure scientists still talk about them as the “gold standard” and media still pound the drum, but the paint is fast pealing off that meme. Moreover, the field is only inching forward [...]

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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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Adult Skin Stem Cell “Gun” Huge Breakthrough in Burn Therapy

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Remember those bad old days when we were told embryonic stem cell research offered the “only hope?” Check this National Geographic video out! Healing within days with the patient’s own stem cells. Never underestimate the ingenuity and creativity of scientists!

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Bush’s New Book Quotes CBC Special Consultant

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Wow. I am surprised — and very flattered: President Bush’s new book Decision Points quotes me. The Corner also takes note, because the quote is from something I wrote on NRO. Here’s what Bush wrote: Those on the other side of the debate argued that [...]

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Skin Cells Turned Directly Into Human Blood

By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Scientists have used a modified version of the induced pluripotent stem cell process to create blood cells out of skin cells — without going through the pluripotent stage. This could be big. From the story: Mick Bhatia, scientific director of McMaster’s Stem Cell and Cancer [...]

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