By Wesley J. Smith Ethical regenerative medical research–specifically, adult and induced pluripotent stem cell research–keep making great strides forward. Now human skin cells have been transformed into pluripotent stem cells [able to form virtually any cell], and...
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Another amazing stem cell advance that you won’t hear about from the BBC
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members. Here is another amazing breakthrough in ethical stem cell...
Not Wrong to Fund Research Based on Ethics
By Wesley J. Smith The embryonic stem cell and human cloning research debates are not “science” arguments, but rather, disputes over proper ethics in the pursuit of science. Supporters of ESCR think it isn’t wrong to destroy embryos for use in research. Opponents...
University of Michigan Creates induced pluripotent stem cell lines
By Dave Andrusko The University of Michigan and pro-lifers have gone toe-to-toe over the University’s heavy investment in embryonic stem cell research, which includes the creation of three embryonic stem cell lines. However, according to leading state newspapers, the...
Three exciting news stories about ethical stem cell treatments this month
Editor’s note. This appears on the blog of the Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization. Three exciting news stories about stem cell therapies – none of which involves the destruction of human embryos – have been announced this month. Stem cells have...