This is phenomenal! Thanks to a heads up from Wesley Smith’s blog I found out about Bogo Wines. These wonderful people are supporting adult stem cell research through the sale of their wines. Fantastic! They provide information about ASCR on thier website and donate a portion of their sales to two different ASC research facilities – among other things. The … Read More
Not All Doctors Favor Amendment 2
A group of Missouri Physicians are speaking out against Amendment 2. This, of course is not a first. It is a myth that all doctors and scientists are in favor of cloning and embryonic stem cell research. In 2004 57 scientists and physicians sent a letter to John Kerry voicing their concerns about his statements on cloning and ESCR. The … Read More
Politicizing Disease
Most of you have probably heard about the campaign ad that Michael J. Fox did for politicians recently. He doesn’t say whether or not he stopped taking his medication before doing the commercial, however, in 1999, at a Senate subcommittee in Washington, he made a “deliberate choice to appear before the subcommittee without medication”, according to his book, Lucky Man. … Read More
Great Video on Stem Cell Research
The Family Research Council has a really good video with basic stem cell information. I had a little trouble viewing it on the website, but there is a link to launch the external media player that worked much better for me. It’s a good introduction for someone who is new to the stem cell debate. I sometimes take for granted … Read More
Claire McCaskill
Alright, so I think I am one of the last Catholic bloggers to blog this sticker. My mother thinks it should say, “You can’t be Catholic and pro Claire.” It disturbs me greatly that any Catholic could be endorsed by Pro-Choice America, or even think that abortion should be, “safe, legal and rare.” Claire recently used her Catholic faith to … Read More
Few Things Worth Reading
I found this an interesting article: For all the fuss, stem cell study rare in Missouri, highlighting the fact that the stem cell research that Amendment 2 is so apt to protect as a constitutional right isn’t even being done in the state!! And the founders of the Stowers Institute, KC’s big biotech institute, have spent more than $15 million … Read More
Hands Off Our Ovaries Worldwide
Women from all over the world are joining Hands Off Our Ovaries in an attempt to halt egg harvesting for research: “Women everywhere, from the US to Korea to Australia, are organizing to demand that their health not be sacrificed in the pursuit of scientific stardom, patents, and the quest for new technologies that may or may not turn out … Read More
Father Michael Esswein
So I have heard about this priest, but I have never met him. Fr. Esswein is a priest in the Archdiocese of St. Louis who is also a quadraplegic. A friend of mine went to a Mass that he was celebrating and said he did a phenomenal job speaking about stem cell research. The St. Louis Review recently wrote an … Read More
An Open Letter to Concientious Voters in Missouri
A friend of mine emailed me this letter from Rachel MacNair. It’s nice and easy to understand – and worth reading, especially if you find yourself having to defend your position against embryonic stem cell research and Amendment 2. Amendment 2: A Big Business Power Grab With millions of dollars, Big Business is running ads portraying their war on disease … Read More
More Proof of Adult Stem Cell Pluripotency
Researchers from the University of Missouri were able to isolate adult stem cells from blood that can be turned into five types of cells. One of the main arguments in favor of embryonic stem (ES) cell research is that ES cells are pluripotent, that is, they are able to become any number of different cells. However it is becoming increasingly … Read More