bioethics - stem cell research

Dignified arguments

Michael Cook | 27 June 2008 | comment 3

Has the world's leading science journal abandoned the ideal of human dignity?

Consternation in Barad-dûr

Michael Cook | 04 April 2008 | comment 3

An ethical development could make embryonic stem cell research obsolete and derail plans for California's $3 billion institute.

Stem cell breakthrough: ethical science is good science

Michael Cook | 23 November 2007 | comment 3

As forecast, therapeutic cloning is well and truly on the skids. But how did it happen so quickly?

Is therapeutic cloning on the skids?

Michael Cook | 17 November 2007 | comment 5

Two big stories this week could signal the end of therapeutic cloning. 

Crossing the species boundary

Margaret Somerville | 08 November 2007 | comment 16

The possibility of creating a bewildering variety of human-animal combinations requires profound ethical reflection.

Adult stem cells still trump embryonic

Monica Rafie | 16 October 2007 | comment 8

An exclusive interview with an Iowa scientist who is promoting adult stem cell research.

A new challenge for human dignity

Michael Cook | 08 September 2007 | comment 16

Britain's fertility regulator has just approved the creation of human-animal embryos for research. What's next?

Is therapeutic cloning obsolete?

Michael Cook | 16 June 2007 | comment 10

After years of urging the public and governments to support the destruction of embryos, scientists may have led them up a blind alley.

Playing politics with science

Michael Cook | 01 May 2007 | comment 2

The world's leading medical and science journals have taken to dabbling in politics.

Health trumps ethics in mid-term elections

Michael Cook | 11 November 2006

In the US and Australia this week, doors were opened to therapeutic cloning. In a few years' time, voters may come to regret it.

A hard cell on TV

Michael Cook | 18 October 2006

Using TV ads to present the truth about embryo research is an uphill slog.

Light at the end of a stem cell tunnel

Michaela Kingston | 31 August 2006

There was good news and bad news about human embryo research last week. As usual, everyone ignored the good news.

Hoping against hope in Missouri

Michael Cook | 27 August 2006

In November Missouri voters will decide whether their state should legalise therapeutic cloning. Are they being told the whole truth?

Harvard’s stem cell misstep

Michael Cook | 29 June 2006 | comment 2

Harvard University has given the cause of therapeutic cloning the backing of its immense prestige. A stem cell scientist tells MercatorNet that this is based on inflated hopes and bad science.

No more business as usual for stem cell research

Michael Cook | 12 January 2006

Revelations of fraud and unethical conduct in the world’s leading embryonic stem cell lab could lead to a rethink of stem cell ethics.

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