Wesley J. Smith

One of benefits of human cloning, we were told, would be the ability to clone someone with a disease like ALS (Lou Gehrig’s in America, motor neurone disease in the UK and elsewhere), to obtain stem cells from the embryo for disease study. Indeed, before he decided to abandon cloning in favor . . . . Continue Reading »

Readers of SHS will recall the home invasion of the Santa Cruz cancer researcher who enraged animal rights fanatics for experimenting on lab rats looking for a cure for breast cancer. There hasn’t been much news from there lately, until now. New threats are being made. From the story: There . . . . Continue Reading »

This is a tale of two stories: I have long said that what I call the “egg dearth” will stymie the drive by biotechnologists to engage in human cloning research. That is happening now, and the scientists are none too happy about. And, as I predicted, the push is on to permit buying eggs . . . . Continue Reading »

We have been told repeatedly over the years that IVF babies are just as healthy as those conceived naturally. Well, it looks like things are not going as well as we were led to believe. From the story: IVF children are also at an increased risk of being born prematurely and of weighing less at . . . . Continue Reading »

Our friend P. Michael Conn, Associate Director and Senior Scientist of the Oregon National Primate Research Center, was interviewed on the radio about his fine book The Animal Research War. (Before the interview begins, the hosts discuss the best time to eat sushi and the genetic makeup and . . . . Continue Reading »

PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk has a good dream, she later called “The Revenge of the . . . . Continue Reading »

The UN has an encouraging report out, and it appears that—dare we say it—people restraining their sexual impulses has had a major impact. From the story:The HIV/Aids epidemic appears to be slowing, as evidence emerges of more cautious sexual behaviour and improved treatment in some of . . . . Continue Reading »

People suffering early and moderate Alzheimer’s have great reason for hope today as a new medication appears to materially impact of the disease in Stage II human trials. From the story:Millions of Alzheimer’s sufferers have been given fresh hope after a new generation of drugs were . . . . Continue Reading »

The family of Janet Rivera wants her to live. The doctors wanted her to die. The County Conservator sided with the doctors. He ordered her respirator and feeding tube removed. She didn’t die over more than ten days. The family begged to put her feeding tube back. The powers that be refused. . . . . Continue Reading »

First, I predicted it in Forced Exit. Then, it happened. And now, it has happened again: An very ill Oregon man has been denied treatment under Medicaid in Oregon to fight his prostate cancer—but has been told that the state will happily pay for his assisted suicide. From the story:Since the . . . . Continue Reading »