Please do not allow yourself to be misled into thinking that the only hope for your grandson lies
with embryonic stem cell research.
Not exact matches
The fundamental impediment to our acceptance of
embryonic stem cell research has to do
with destruction of the human embryo.
Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing of human embryos, for instance, and the selective abortion of medically implanted embryos, together
with pre-implantation diagnosis,
embryonic stem -
cell research, and attempts at human cloning.
For instance, a strong resolution opposing
embryonic stem cell research, which destroys human lives, passed
with 97 percent support.
research; since most of the reports have concentrated on justifying the creation of cloned human embryos for
research into and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, «
stem -
cells» has become synonymous
with «
embryonic stem -
cells» in the public imagination.
The author says the moral cost involved is the reason why she believes
embryonic stem cell research is not consonant
with Christian faith.
In all likelihood, soon after he is sworn in, federal dollars will start flowing toward
research on new
embryonic stem -
cell lines, bringing
with it new battles to fight.
In «
Stem Cells: A Political History» (November 2008), Joseph Bottum and Ryan T. Anderson make a plausible sounding case that the errors manifest in politicizing the science of embryonic stem - cell research will cause people to be more prudent in the future about mixing science with politics in gene
Stem Cells: A Political History» (November 2008), Joseph Bottum and Ryan T. Anderson make a plausible sounding case that the errors manifest in politicizing the science of
embryonic stem - cell research will cause people to be more prudent in the future about mixing science with politics in gene
stem -
cell research will cause people to be more prudent in the future about mixing science
with politics in general.
In fact, when the 2007 paper came out, the commentaries in most scientific publications were quick to point out that, despite the success
with adult
cells, there was still a need to continue embryo - destructive
research and that it would be critical to the advancement of science that
research on
embryonic stem cells continue.
In 2005, before a Congressional hearing in the U.S., Prof. George Q. Daley of Harvard spoke forcefully and influentially about the necessity for
embryonic stem -
cell research to go ahead, and dismissed suggestions that one could work instead
with «induced pluripotent
stem cells» («iPS», i.e.
stem cells reprogrammed from some
cells of a living adult).
Since
embryonic stem -
cell research systematically kills thousands of unborn babies, a practice that only orcs would contemplate in Middle - earth, it is clear that Jackson and Walsh have sided
with the Dark Lord.
Example in point: Opposition to
embryonic stem cell / human cloning
research: It isn't anti science to oppose treating nascent human life like a corn crop or manufacturing embryos, anymore than it is anti science than the Animal Welfare Act the proscribes what can and can't be done in scientific
research with some mammals.
He decreed that the case brought by researchers Drs James Sherley and Theresa Deisher, along
with a number of Christian groups including the Christian Medical Association, should be heard; and ordered an injunction temporarily blocking federal funding allocated for human -
embryonic -
stem -
cell research.
Advocates of
embryonic stem cell research were thought to be in a long line of pioneers fighting the restraints of religious doctrine to push forward
with scientific
research.
Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner, talked about Catholic dissent from the Pope's hardline, intolerant opposition to liberation theology, women's rights, gay equality, contraception, fertility treatment,
embryonic stem cell research and the Pope's collusion
with Holocaust deniers and appeasers.
Breaking ranks
with the Bush administration, Pirro said she favors
embryonic stem cell research and argued the federal ban on assault weapons should not have been allowed to expire.
Faced
with an often - hostile Congress, Obama enacted many of his signature policies by executive order — from reversing restrictions on
research with human
embryonic stem cells to helping communities prepare for climate change.
For example, a consortium of
research groups called the London Project to Cure Blindness aims to test RPE transplants from
embryonic stem cells in patients
with macular degeneration this year.
Many scientists credit it
with providing a safe harbor for
embryonic stem cell research, which has often come under political attack, and boosting
stem cell research more broadly.
Collins and others argue not just for a permanent removal of the injunction to resume
research with confidence, but also for an extension of the number of
embryonic stem cell lines available to federally funded researchers.
Also participating in this
research were Prof. Jacob Hanna, who assisted
with growing the
embryonic stem cells, and
research student Aditya Kshirsagar in Prof. Reiner's group.
«The title [Congress on Responsible
Stem Cell Research] was what put me off, and I thought this isn't an open discussion at all; this is going to be all about proponents for adult stem cells, and the people working with embryonic stem cells will be the bad guys,» she s
Stem Cell Research] was what put me off, and I thought this isn't an open discussion at all; this is going to be all about proponents for adult
stem cells, and the people working with embryonic stem cells will be the bad guys,» she s
stem cells, and the people working
with embryonic stem cells will be the bad guys,» she s
stem cells will be the bad guys,» she says.
Scientists anticipate that they'll be able to use iPS
cells for much of the
research they have been planning
with human
embryonic stem (ES)
cells.
Another approach to regrowing the hair
cells is to use
embryonic stem cells,
with research in this area led by Stefan Heller and colleagues at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, US.
The
research team used mass spectrometry to compare phosphorylation of proteins from mouse
embryonic stem cells with fully functioning GSK - 3 to
cells in which the gene encoding GSK - 3 had been deleted.
The final guidelines on
research with human
embryonic stem cells issued on Monday by the National Institutes of Health set out criteria for determining which ES
cell lines can be used in federally funded experiments and give NIH discretion to approve old lines that don't meet stringent modern ethical requirements.
The bill was put forth to loosen the restrictions Bush placed on human
embryonic stem cell research on August 9, 2001, when he banned federal funding for work
with any
stem cell line created after that date.
Working
with mouse
embryonic stem cells (mESCs), scientists at the IBS Center for RNA
Research have come one step closer to understand how to control induced pluripotent
stem cells.
The 2012 platform also repeats previous calls for expanding federal funding «for the
stem -
cell research that now offers the greatest hope for many afflictions —
with adult
stem cells, umbilical cord blood, and
cells reprogrammed into pluripotent
stem cells — without the destruction of
embryonic human life.»
If dealing
with the public relations nightmare over its on - off - on funding of Planned Parenthood wasn't enough, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer charity last week also got entangled, somewhat bizarrely, in the debate over human
embryonic stem (ES)
cell research.
A U.S. appeals court today upheld the legality of federally funded
research on human
embryonic stem cells (hESCs)-- the latest in a string of wins for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a 3 - year legal battle
with groups that for moral reasons want to block the use of these
cells.
The two researchers analyzed nationally representative surveys collected between 2002 and 2010
with the goal of better understanding how the U.S. public came to form opinions in the debate over human
embryonic stem cell research.
Advocates for
research with human
embryonic stem cells are worried by the latest twist in the
cells» political story.
They don't require the use of embryos, so they avoid some of the ethical and legal issues that have complicated
research with embryonic stem cells.
Regenerative medicine has made remarkable progress due to
research with embryonic stem (ES)
cells and induced pluripotent
stem (iPS)
cells.
He predicts that the small but potent
research community of universities and biotech companies centered in St. Louis and Kansas City will benefit from passage of the amendment — which prevents lawmakers from barring work on
embryonic stem cells while criminalizing cloning
with the goal of reproduction — as will patients.
Research led by the Babraham Institute
with collaborators in the UK, Canada and Japan has revealed a new understanding of how an open genome structure supports the long - term and unrestricted developmental potential in
embryonic stem cells.
And yet again, when presented
with the case for
embryonic stem cell research primarily on the grounds of curing disease, the respondents expressed support.
In The Language of God, Collins included an appendix in which he explicitly dealt
with the morality of human
embryonic stem cell research.
Almost 40 % of those who claimed some knowledge about the
research in the earlier question believed, incorrectly, that
embryonic stem cells had yielded therapeutic results, compared to only 23 % of those who said they were unfamiliar
with the
research.
Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing of human embryos, for instance, and the selective abortion of medically implanted embryos, together
with pre-implantation diagnosis,
embryonic stem -
cell research, and attempts at human cloning.
With which of the following opinions regarding
embryonic stem cell research do you agree more?
In 2002, when George W. Bush announced the names of his appointees to the President's Council on Bioethics, there were liberal bioethicists who complained that the President had «stacked» the council
with «religious conservatives» who shared his views on questions of
embryonic stem cell research and «therapeutic cloning.»
Most important are two chapters on ethics and two chapters
with patientsâ $ ™ perspectives focusing on
embryonic stem -
cell research.
But for well over a decade now, ethically contentious human
embryonic stem cell research (hESCR) has notably failed to live up to all its hype,
with promises of miracle cures within «five to 10 years» remaining unfulfilled.
The third and most recent round of grants awarded earlier this year for
stem cell research by the state of Minnesota tracks a pattern established
with the two earlier rounds of grants: a noticeable lack of support for human
embryonic stem cell research.
Daley, the associate director of the
stem cell programme at Children's Hospital Boston, decried his opponents» portrayal of human
embryonic stem cell research as replaceable
with adult
stem cell research or work on induced pluripotent
cells.
Specter on Monday introduced a bill that affirmatively states that it is legal for the government to fund human
embryonic stem cell research — a bill highly similar to the one introduced in the House in March by Diana DeGette (Democrat, Colorado),
with one important extra: Specter's bill states that the government should fund the
research «notwithstanding any other provision of law, including [the Dickey - Wicker amendment].»
This investigation reveals that the Maryland Commission is keeping
with the trend of investing more money in ethical
stem cell research as opposed to
embryonic as it is this route which is providing demonstrable results.
Henk Stunnenberg, leader of one of the
research groups that carried out the study and coordinator of both Heroic and the recently started High Impact Project BLUEPRINT, said: «The epigenetic make - up - a layer of regulatory instructions on top of the genome - of the pure
embryonic stem cells shows remarkable and unexpected features, in particular
with respect to developmental genes.