I am so sick and tired of being lectured about the morality of using embryonic stem cells by folks whose only problem with torture is that we don’t have clearly defined rules for when to use it. Count me as completely uninterested in your views on morality, Dr. Krauthammer.
Where’s The Street-Wise Hercules?
Glancing at memeorandum, it appears the wingnut tour de farce shows no sign of letting up: Soon after President Barack Obama signed an executive order lifting the ban on the use federal funding of embryonic stem cells in medical research, the wizards behind the White House web site posted the photo above. Though I find …
Things I Don’t Understand
An incomplete list: 1.) Why anyone is paying any attention to Meghan McCain. 2.) Or Glenn Beck, who really seems intent on cornering the “batshit insane” market niche. 3.) Why I continue to get invitations to join the AARP, when I am nowhere near retirement age. 4.) Why the NY Times doesn’t realize stories like …
Christopher Reeve’s Dream
Is starting to happen: In a watershed moment for one of the most contentious areas of science and American politics, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for the first-ever human trial of a medical treatment derived from embryonic stem cells. Geron Corp., a Menlo Park, Calif., biotechnology company, is expected to announce …
Huckabee Takes The Lead
And the Young Earth crowd thinks they have the GOP by the balls: As the only Huck-supporting Redstate contributor, I thought it would be appropriate for me to offer a few thoughts on tonight’s victory. First, Governor Huckabee’s win in Iowa sends a message to the GOP establishment that SoCons are not going to sit …
Interesting Cancer News
GlaxoSmithKline may be onto something big: GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s drug Tykerb, in an unexpected finding, cut the number of breast cancer stem cells by half in 30 patients, and two-thirds were cancer free after follow-up treatment with other therapies. The finding, reported today at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas, supports the newest theory …
Not So Fast
A swift kick in the junk to Bush and his supporters who were claiming vindication for their knuckle-dragging opposition to stem-cell research: Far from vindicating the current U.S. policy of withholding federal funds from many of those working to develop potentially lifesaving embryonic stem cells, recent papers in the journals Science and Cell described a …