Wesley J. Smith

In a new experiment, nerve stem cells from infant mice were injected into mice with damaged brains, and appeared to restore memory. From the story:Tests showed stem cells, the body’s basic building blocks used for repair and growth, can turn into new brain cells and produce a chemical that . . . . Continue Reading »

The BBC has an inappropriate “right to die” headline over a story involving the tragic case of a woman who died after refusing a blood transfusion because her of faith as a Jehovah’s Witness. In fact, the woman did not want to die. And the story acknowledges the case actually . . . . Continue Reading »

I usually like Will Saletan’s writing, even though I also usually disagree with him. But I don’t get the gratuitous reference to Terri Schiavo in his musing about the surgery on the Indian girl to remove extra arms and legs. He wrote in Slate:Doctors are trying to fix a girl with eight . . . . Continue Reading »

I think we are so awash in “scientific studies”—many hyper-politicized or contradictory with other studies—that it seems to me that they offer little of value any more. For example, some researchers claim that calorie deprivation can extend lives. But a now verified study . . . . Continue Reading »

This is great news: The “blank check” mentality finally hit a wall as New Jersey’s voters said a big no to borrowing $450 million for human cloning and stem cell research. From the story: New Jersey voters rejected the state’s plan to borrow $450 million over 10 years to . . . . Continue Reading »

Whilst looking for an image for the last post, I came across this cartoon. It cracked me up so I thought I would share . . . . Continue Reading »

The myth about Oregon legal assisted suicide is that all is A-Okay because the Oregon Statistics don’t reveal abuses. Of course, that is because they were designed not to reveal abuses, and indeed, those in charge have admitted in testimony to a House of Lords investigative committee that they . . . . Continue Reading »

Last year the Center for Bioethics and Culture asked me to prognosticate about what would happen in the world of bioethics and biotechnology in 07. I did and now it is time to judge my future as an augur. I was right in 5 out of 8 predictions, to wit:1. The Bush policy on federal funding of ESCR . . . . Continue Reading »

The media is dizzy with ideological fervor for legalizing assisted suicide. (For example, see this editorial in the San Jose Mercury News that just swallows the pro-assisted suicide advocacy whole, including the use of language and the canard that assisted suicide is reserved for those whose pain . . . . Continue Reading »

Wild futuristic transhumanist ideology is on parade in this Metro interview (the free paper read by Londoners on the subways) with Michio Kako, a string theory proponent. Kako demonstrates a near-religious devotion to technology and clearly supports the “anything goes” mentality that . . . . Continue Reading »