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Playing God? Benefits and challenges abound in human embryo research
While most people believe that reproductive human cloning equates to unethical practice, advocates of therapeutic cloning and stem cell therapy have been left dismayed...
The Pope and Parkinsons – (Stem Cells)
Pope John Paul II was, given his condition, incredibly strong. Yet, slowly, Parkinson’s’ disease took its predictable progressive course.
The disease is caused by a...
Maryland must explore stem cells’ promise
OVERWHELMING scientific opinion supports embryonic stem cell research, and many believe it has the potential to revolutionize medicine.
The American Medical Association and the National...
Schmidt’s Courage Inspiring, His Influence Far-Reaching
Spinal cord patients will gather to urge lawmakers to pass paralysis act
All Chaz Southard was looking for that August day in 2002 was a...
Pushing for a miracle
Spinal cord patients will gather to urge lawmakers to pass paralysis act
All Chaz Southard was looking for that August day in 2002 was a...
Moving Stem Cells Front and Center
IRVINE, Calif. - Hans S. Keirstead might be the Pied Piper of stem cells - and not just because he makes rats walk. He...
Stem-cell research still an embryonic business
Whoever learns to control embryonic stem cells that can morph into healthy human cells could be standing on a gold mine: Four million Americans...
Ethicists Wary of New Stem Cell Proposals
WASHINGTON -- A member of the President's Council on Bioethics and two Columbia University scientists are promoting new research methods that could, they say,...
Stem cell basics, minus opinions
There are few controversies that polarize individuals as does the one surrounding stem cell research. I will attempt to take a very difficult subject...
California’s New Stem-Cell Initiative Is Already Raising Concerns
By JOHN M. BRODER - New York Times
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 - As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem...
