Perhaps Bill Frist isn’t running for President after all: In a break with President Bush, the Senate Republican leader, Bill Frist, has decided to support a bill to expand federal financing for embryonic stem cell research, a move that could push it closer to passage and force a confrontation with the White House, which is …
Stem Cells
I was going to write a big long post on Bush’s threat to veto stem cell legislation and how although I had once defended Bush for choosing a middle ground, right now nothing I can say will drive the point home any better than this: All the other lousy bills they’ve passed, and this is …
Weekend Stem Cell Thread
Along with writing 2001: A Space Odyssey, proposing the geosynchronous satellite and a questionable pedophilia charge, Arthur C. Clarke once famously observed that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke undoubtedly had in mind a visitor from the mid 19th century or earlier, but things move faster now. For example, the other day …
Stem Cell Update
It appears that stem cell research is already paying big dividends: Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman’s breasts using fat and stem cells. The technique uses fat from the stomach or thigh which is then enriched with stem cells before being injected. It is hoped the method …
Stem Cell Debate In the 2006 Election
The Talent/McCaskill election has yielded a powerful commercial:
Stem Cell Follow Up
In the comments section of last night’s rant about stem cells, Krista posted a link to this Michael Kinsely piece outlining the false controversy that has been created regarding stem cell research. All in all, it was a great read, but it did contain this paragraph: Even strong believers in abortion rights (I’m one) ought …
Stem Cell Progress
This story is not exactly just-off-the-presses new, but it is new to me. Cell find may cut use of human embryos The number of human embryos needed for medical research could be greatly reduced following the announcement yesterday that doctors have found that testicular cells can turn into a wide range of other types found …