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Getting Stem Cells Right

Maureen L. Condic

A true, no-cost resolution of a conflict, where the interests of all parties are served without compromise, is an exceedingly rare thing. Yet just such an unlikely resolution may...

Stem Cells and Babies

Maureen L. Condic

Positions on human embryonic stem-cell research tend to fall into two camps: Either anything goes, or nothing goes. Proponents of the anything-goes position assert that the potential scientific and...

Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells

Maureen L. Condic

The question of when human life commences is one of longstanding philosophical and scientific interest. In our day it has been thrust into the realm of immediate urgency by...

Stem Cells and False Hopes

Maureen L. Condic

We have all witnessed the transforming power of hope—the focus and sustenance hope provides when strength and reason fail to pull us through a difficult situation. Facing tragedy and...