The Cautionary Tale of Francis Collins

by Justin Lee

Francis Collins is a brother in Christ and his accomplishments are undeniable. He is nonetheless a tragic figure, and his career a cautionary tale. Continue Reading »

29 Oct 2021

Laboratory Limits that are not Limits

by Chuck Donovan

Laboratory researchers have been able to extend the time they can keep a human embryo alive in the lab from nine days to 13 days. Now many are asking, “Why not go beyond the 14-day-post-fertilization limit that has governed this research to date?” Why, indeed? If the embryonic human being—in . . . . Continue Reading »

5 May 2016

Stem Cells: Lines that Divide Available

by Wesley J. Smith

The Center for Bioethics and Culture is distributing the documentary Lines That Divide: The Great Embryonic Stem Cell Debate, about embryonic stem cell research.  From the film’s summary:First, the viewer is introduced to the basic science of stem cells and how they are gathered for . . . . Continue Reading »

9 Jun 2009

For Big Biotech/Govt Complex, It is Never Enough

by Wesley J. Smith

For years, Big Biotech and its enablers worked to destroy the modest Bush embryonic stem cell funding limitations. Then, with the election of President Obama, they got their way. But are they happy? No. The new proposed NIH rules for funding ESCR would not permit researchers to create embryos solely . . . . Continue Reading »

25 May 2009

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Complex Never Satisfied

by Wesley J. Smith

Does the grousing never end? Here the Big Biotech/Government Complex worked years to get the minor Bush funding restrictions removed, and still they are not happy. From the story:Critics charged that the existing lines had many limitations and that the funding restrictions severely hindered the . . . . Continue Reading »

25 May 2009

Stem Cells: A Political History

by Joseph Bottum and Ryan T. Anderson

I It was a season of small demagogueries, a time of the easy lie and the useful exaggeration. A little shading of truth, a little twisting of facts—it was a political moment, in other words, and hardly anyone is naive enough to forget that partisan politics always has partisan purposes. Hardly . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2008

Embryonic Stem Cell Breakthrough

by Wesley J. Smith

In mice, Israeli scientists have apparently created a “miniature heart” using embryonic stem cells. If the story is right, the stem cells were morphed into the building blocks of heart cells, after which the scientists “found a way of persuading the different types of cell which . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2007

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Without Limits

by Wesley J. Smith

This is such a joke: As I posted a bit ago, the International Society for Stem Cell Research has published a set of ethical guidelines to govern ESCR. Well, I opine—as I am wont to do—on the matter in the Daily Standard. I note that the people selected to be “the deciders” . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2007