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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Human Trial

By Wesley J. Smith The first induced pluripotent stem cell human trial–that is, ethical stem cells made from skin or other tissues–is about to begin. Like the two (or is it three?) existing embryonic stem cell trials, it has to do with eye disease. From the Nature...

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Skin Cells Become Beating Heart Tissue

By Wesley J. Smith Good ethics and good science are an unbeatable combination.  For example, I believe that in part due to President Bush’s keeping the focus on the value of human embryonic life, scientists looked for ways to get the hoped for benefits of embryonic...

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