Wesley J. Smith

Good grief. “Progressive” bioethicists are whining that they don’t have enough power. Nonsense. The utilitarian bioethics agenda, which is what the “progressive” bioethics movement really is, has tremendous influence in this country. Indeed, as is discussed in depth in . . . . Continue Reading »

This interesting note picked up by Bio-Edge: There may be cancer stem cells. (This isn’t the same as embryonic stem cells causing tumors.) The theory is that chemotherapy destroys cells that have differentiated into cancer cells, but not the cancer stem cells, which may explain why cancer . . . . Continue Reading »

PETA has settled a lawsuit (perhaps to avoid discovery where its files would have been thrown open to lawyers), and agreed to a court order not to infiltrate a medical testing company it had been seeking to harm. The order lasts for five years. Suing animal liberationist harassers—but only . . . . Continue Reading »

I will be on WIBA, Madison, WI, tomorrow about SHAC and tertiary targeting at 3:10 P.M. Central Time. If you live in the area, tune in. The host is Vicki . . . . Continue Reading »

The two PETA workers who were charged with killing dogs and cats and dumping them in trash cans have been charged with more crimes. The biggest news is that these new charges include three counts of obtaining property under false pretenses. The property are cats and dogs. The false pretenses are, . . . . Continue Reading »

William Hurbut has been the driving force behind alterned nuclear transfer (ANT)that seeks to create pluripotent stem cells through nuclear transfer technology without an embryo ever having come into being. The first animal tests have been tried and there is good indication that the technique might . . . . Continue Reading »

Researchers at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) have claimed publicly that they were able to derive embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo. The story is international. Some of it is also clueless. The report in the the Guardian states that this purported breakthrough (I will explain why I . . . . Continue Reading »

I am not going to comment on whether the court is right or wrong in ordering the removal of ventilator support (but not food and fluids) from a catastrophically brain damaged baby—over his mother’s objections. (The child appears to have been abused.) But if there are times in which . . . . Continue Reading »

I was sent this WEB site about the potential for juvenile diabetes to be cured by adult spleen stem cells. Anyone interested in this promising research should hit this . . . . Continue Reading »

PETA has responded to my column in the Weekly Standard about the thuggery of SHAC and animal rights terrorism in the cause of shutting down Huntingdon Life Sciences. Here is the letter in its entirety:“Editor:In his condemnation of the tactics of some British animal activists, Wesley J. Smith . . . . Continue Reading »