The science journal Nature pushes the brave new world agendas of cloning and embryonic stem cell research with gusto and zealotry. That is why I find the below quote from a 1987 editorial that decried the use of the phony term “pre-embryo” so interesting. From the editorial, “IVF . . . . Continue Reading »
Either Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi doesn’t know what is actually happening in biotechnology or she doesn’t care. Actually, I think it may be both. The other day on her home turf of San Francisco, she went into utter hype mode about ESCR that was reminiscent of the bad old days . . . . Continue Reading »
In the unlikely event you haven’t heard about the most recent controversy at Georgetown University: Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”—symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama . . . . Continue Reading »
“Well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord But you’re gonna have to serve somebody .” Bob Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody , 1979 Four months into . . . . Continue Reading »
The headline of this story from the Times of London—“Blind to be Cure with Stem Cells”—is really putting the cart before the horse—it hasn’t even been tried yet, after all. But such hype is par for the course. From the story:British scientists have developed the . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, it’s good to be blogging again and many thanks to James for getting us back in business. And not to congratulate myself shameslessly but Peter is right that the Delsol conference was a terrific event. Another issue that came up during our discussions: is part of . . . . Continue Reading »
Peggy Noonan is speculatin’ : The baby boomers who for 40 years, from 1968 through 2008, did the grunt work of the great abundance—work was always a long-haul trip for them, they were the first in the office in 1975 and are the last to leave the office to this day—know the era they . . . . Continue Reading »
We’re back, obviously. I just figured out it wasn’t above my pay grade after all to get access to this new site. Greetings from Rochester, NY, where I’m about to leave a great conference on Chantal Delsol. Chantal herself was here, as was Dan Mahoney, Ivan the K, Paul Seaton, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Either Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi doesn’t know what is actually happening in biotechnology or she doesn’t care. Actually, I think it is both. The other day, she went into utter hype mode about ESCR that was reminiscent of the bad old days when the only agenda of the Democrats and . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK is permitting terminally ill patients to be listed on a register so that they are not resuscitated by paramedics in the event of a medical emergency. From the story:Health Service paramedics have been told not to resuscitate terminally-ill patients who register on a controversial new database . . . . Continue Reading »
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