Search results for "stem-cell"
-
7.7KIssuesExpert issues warning about ‘synthetic’ embryos made without sperm or egg
Scientists at Cambridge University and the California Institute of Technology announced they have created so-called “synthetic” human embryos without the use of...
-
9.4KAnalysisBioTech firm plans to create human embryos from stem cells… to harvest their organs
A biotech firm has created mouse embryos using only stem cells and has kept them alive long enough (with the use of...
-
2.0KIssuesInvestigation into UPitt’s research using aborted children finds ‘full compliance’ – but ethical issues remain
A Washington, D.C., law firm hired by the University of Pittsburgh concluded that the institution’s research practices involving aborted children are “fully...
-
10.3KGuest ColumnHow to respond to the pro-abortion ‘It’s just a clump of cells’ argument
(Secular Pro-Life) “It’s just a clump of cells, not a baby.” Most pro-lifers won’t go more than a month or two without...
-
2.6KAnalysis
Doctors, bioethicists question rule change on embryo experimentation
On May 26, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) issued new guidelines which called for lifting the prohibition against growing...
-
1.4KInternationalInternational group wants to scrap restrictions on human embryo experimentation
New guidelines issued by the world’s largest stem cell research group call for the scrapping of the restriction that prohibits labs from growing...
-
14.6KNewsbreakSenate votes against legislation to ban creation of human-animal hybrid embryos
The U.S. Senate voted on May 27, to kill a Republican amendment to a technology bill that would have prohibited disturbing and...
-
2.4KIssuesResearcher grew mouse embryos in artificial womb and hopes humans will be next
According to an MIT Technology Review commentary on a research article published in the journal Nature, researchers at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel...
-
6.3KIssuesEthically problematic Crispr gene-editing technology causing unexpected problems in embryos
Researchers behind a study published Thursday in the journal Cell found that using the Crispr gene-editing technology in human embryos caused unintended and...
-
2.1KIssuesPro-life members dominate NIH board examining ethics of research using aborted children
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has named the members of an advisory board which will examine the ethics of research using the...
-
2.1KHuman RightsCreating life for destruction: NIH approves 70 new embryonic stem cell lines for research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has approved 70 new embryonic stem cell lines for use in research federally funded by the...
-
2.8KGuest ColumnExpert: The controversial gene editing of preborn children must be stopped
(National Review) When a scientist in China proudly announced the birth of the first germ-line genetically engineered babies — meaning the alterations would...
-
2.0KIssuesHouse members debate fetal tissue in government research: ‘We can stop’
At the center of a heated debate of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee is the use of fetal tissue in...
-
4.5KGuest ColumnTrump administration to fund ethical, pro-life alternatives to fetal tissue research
(The Daily Signal) The Trump administration is investing up to $20 million for the next two years to determine effective alternatives to using...
