Radio Interview Tomorrow

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

17 Oct 2005 0

Update on PETA Killing Doggies and Kitties

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

17 Oct 2005 0

Altered Nuclear Transfer May Work

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

17 Oct 2005 0

Embryonic Stem Cells Without Destroying the Embryo

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

16 Oct 2005 0

Courts Should Decide to Remove Life Support in Disputed Cases—Not Bioethicists

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

13 Oct 2005 0

Web Site on Adult Stem Cell Treatment of Juvenile Diabetes

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

11 Oct 2005 0

PETA Refuses To Condemn Tertiary Targeting

by Wesley J. Smith

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 »

11 Oct 2005 0

Amniotic Fluid Could Be Cornucopia of Stem Cells

by Wesley J. Smith

Yesterday, the Chicago Sun Times reported that stem cells found in amniotic fluid have repaired organs in fetuses: “Boston doctors used cells taken from a pregnant lamb’s amniotic fluid to grow a new trachea, then implanted the organ into the ailing fetus, an experiment that may pave the . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Oct 2005 0

Must Reading: The New Task Force "Update" Is Out

by Wesley J. Smith

The International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide is the best single source of information on assisted suicide and euthanasia that there is. Moreover, the good folks at the Task Force are responsible for persuading me of the overriding importance of euthanasia as a public policy issue. . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Oct 2005 0

Here We Go Again: This Time Adult Stem Cells Treat Liver Disease

by Wesley J. Smith

One day, you would think the New York Times would find this kind of story worthy of extended coverage. Bone marrow stem cells from patient’s own bodies have improved liver disease in three of five patients in early human trials. “Within two months, the liver function and general health . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Oct 2005 0