Wesley J. Smith

Now the Chicago Tribune is backing off the story of the big embryonic stem cell research breakthrough that wasn’t. And get this: Advanced Cell Technology’s “ethicist,” Ronald Green, who told the Washington Post, “You can honestly say this cell line is from an embryo . . . . Continue Reading »

This could be very exciting if it truly pans out: Scientists have used patients’ own white blood cells, genetically engineered, to apparently place melanoma into remission. Scientists think the procedure might also be effective on other types of cancer. There is great hope here, and it is . . . . Continue Reading »

Credit where credit is due. Of course, a mainstream bioethicist, David Magnus, twists this into a call for destroying the Bush funding policy. Note the consistency: When Wu suk Hwang claimed to have cloned human embryos and derived stem cells, the bioethicists claimed this was proof of the harm . . . . Continue Reading »

I am not going to link this, because frankly, the NYT isn’t worth reading any more. But today’s letters to the editor section has 5 missives on the embryonic stem cell non breakthrough, all but one critical, of course, of President Bush. But that is not what has me so thoroughly . . . . Continue Reading »

I am doing a lot of radio about the Advanced Cell Technology stem cell hype, including this podcast of an interview today from Columbia, Missouri, that aired on “The Eagle,” 93.9 FM Talk. In this discussion with host Derek Gilbert, I also blast away at Amendment 2 that would create a . . . . Continue Reading »

This is an excellent column by Colleen Carroll Campbell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC). Apparently, a teenage “suicide craze” has hit the Netherlands and the government wonders why. But Campbell knows. The Dutch do “not seem to grasp the obvious,” she . . . . Continue Reading »

I wrote this article for the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) newsletter on why the mass media malpractice in the ACT stem cell non breakthrough really matters. Check it . . . . Continue Reading »

I have posted stories like this before, but it bears frequent repeating: Stem cell research—even of the ethical kind such as adult and umbilical cord blood stem cells—remains, with some exceptions, at the formative stage. Yes, there are exciting early human trials ongoing, many of which . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week we were treated to a full fledged media frenzy about Advanced Cell Technology having derived embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos. Oops, it wasn’t true. Having been so badly taken in, one would think that the media would angrily expose the lying liars and the liars who lie . . . . Continue Reading »

So, there will be an initiative in Missouri in November to create a state constitutional right to conduct embryonic stem cell research and human cloning research via SCNT. There is a real push back from cloning opponents in that state. As a consequence, even though the pro cloning campaign has . . . . Continue Reading »