Speaking of life sciences in Missouri. Recently KS and MO Governors got together for an economic development conference to discuss each state’s committment to life sciences in Kansas City. From the story: They focused on growth opportunities and the need to address serious challenges hindering advances in the life sciences, the development of a highly skilled work force, efforts to … Read More
Pope Confronts the “Difficult Problem of Bioethics”
Pope Benedict has been very vocal lately on the subject of bioethics. Earlier this week he warned to the “seductive” powers of science: “In an age when scientific developments attract and seduce with the possibilities they offer, it’s more important than ever to educate our contemporaries’ consciences so that science does not become the criteria for goodness.” And recently he … Read More
President Bush Leads on Stem Cell Research
In his last State of the Union Address, President Bush made time to applaud advancements in ethical stem cell research and call on Congress to ban human cloning On matters of life and science, we must trust in the innovative spirit of medical researchers and empower them to discover new treatments while respecting moral boundaries. In November, we witnessed a … Read More
Kenny Hulshof for Governor!!!!
This would be a breath of fresh air after Gov. Blunt’s pro-cloning Governorship! Not only did Rep. Hulshof oppose Amendment 2, he also voted against expanding federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and has a strong pro-life record. He has not made any formal plans to run yet, but he’s considering it. From the St. Louis Post: U.S. Rep. … Read More
Hands Off My Body!
This pic goes well with the news that came out today about researchers in California who claim to have successfully cloned human embryos. So far no stem cells were derived from the embryos, but that is the idea for future cloned embryos. No one knows if those embryos were healthy enough to grow into babies. But the study leader, who … Read More
Another Stem Cell Breakthrough?
You might remember that last year researchers from Advanced Cell Technology made big headlines by claiming to have been able to remove stem cells from human embryos without destroying the embryo in the process. We later found out, however, that ACT actually did end up destroying every embryo they used. Now it appears that they have really done it this … Read More
At the Risk of Repeating Myself
With the Republican nomination still up for grabs, I can’t let this go. I found this at another conservative blogger‘s website: As the perceived threat of terrorism recedes, the question of social values has come to the fore in Rudy’s campaign. Rudy tackled those issues head on in his speech to the Value’s Voters Summit in October, and I won’t … Read More
When Technical Progress Becomes a Threat
I have been reading Pope Benedict’s latest encyclical, Spe Salvi, which I am surprisingly enjoying (I wasn’t sure if it would be too philosophical and intellectual for me – I have never read anything of his before). It is actually very reader friendly and insightful. At one point he is discussing the transformation of Christian faith-hope in the modern age … Read More
More Great Stem Cell News
I’m running a little behind on this news. It turns out the latest and greatest stem cell research discovery – turning ordinary skin cells into embryonic like cells – has been used to successfully treat mice with sickle cell anemia. ALSO, bone marrow is being used in spinal cord therapy. Do we need more proof…I mean really…that it is not … Read More
Fr. Tad Weighs In
In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, Fr. Tad Pacholczyk gives the federal embryonic stem cell research financial restrictions credit for the latest breakthrough using ethical stem cell research: I think that the restrictions on funding have had an effect on how scientists approached this question, because federal funding is always seen as a form of approbation and blessing. Any … Read More