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- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. // Hill;6/28/2007, Vol. 14 Issue 79, p28
The author reflects on the stand of U.S. President George W. Bush concerning stem cell research using surplus embryos. He notes that Bush has vetoed a bill that would allow federally funded scientists to use surplus embryos in research into treating a host of otherwise incurable disease. He...
- Prometheus, Pandora, and the Myths of Cloning. Van Gend, David // Human Life Review;Summer/Fall2006, Vol. 32 Issue 3/4, p15
The author discusses issues related to the implications of stem-cell research and cloning for the medical field in the U.S. According to the author, cloning is redundant because research on using embryonic stem cells to develop treatments has encountered problems where adult stem-cell research...
- Therapeutic cloning research and ethical oversight. Spriggs, M // Journal of Medical Ethics;Aug2003, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p207
Cloning Trevor, a story about therapeutic cloning research, appeared in the June issue of The Atlantic Monthly. The story gives a human face to the people whom therapeutic cloning could benefit. It presents an argument for government funding and it puts the usual calls for a moratorium on...
- The Frankenstein Factor. Glueck, Michael Arnold; Cihak, Robert J. // Orange County Business Journal;5/23/2005, Vol. 28 Issue 21, p51
The article authors comment on the decision of the California electorate to vote for 3 billion dollars in bonds to support stem cell research. California has put itself on the cutting edge of a controversial, and often confusing, scientific inquiry. To see how baffling the issues can be, one can...
- AMERICA'S STRUGGLE TO DEVELOP A CONSISTENT LEGAL APPROACH TO CONTROVERSIAL HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTIC CLONING: ARE THE POLITICS GETTING IN THE WAY OF HOPE? Burchell, Melissa S. // Syracuse Journal of International Law & Commerce;Fall2004, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p133
Discusses the struggle of the U.S. in developing a consistent legal approach to human embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning. Factors that led people across the U.S. to discuss the scientific and ethical aspects of human embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning;...
- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Its Regulation. Smith, Anthony J. // Journal of Dental Research;Mar2007, Vol. 86 Issue 3, p197
The author discusses the ethical debate over human embryonic stem cell research (hESC). It is stressed that there is considerable disparity between the nations of the world with regard to regulatory control of hESC research and its public funding. It is noted that support for hESC research...
- The King is Dead, Long Live the King: Entering A New Era of Stem Cell Research and Clinical Development. // Journal of Translational Medicine;2011, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p218
The author reflects on the development in the stem cell research and clinical development. He states that for more than 10 years the public image of all stem cell research has been equated with embryonic stem cells. He mentions that in parallel to efforts in embryonic stem cell research and...
- Speaking of Stem Cells�. Hoffman, Michelle // Drug Discovery & Development;Nov2006, Vol. 9 Issue 11, p8
The author reflects on the stem cell research as an election issue as well as on the reasons against funding such research in the U.S. She highlights the most common argument concerning the morality of creating life just to destroy it. The author also notes that the cells are not just useful for...
- Stem Cell Therapy in a Pill? Faloon, William // Life Extension;Dec2006, Vol. 12 Issue 12, p7
The author reflects on human embryonic stem cells research in the U.S. He argues that the government's prohibition of stem cells research restricted the availability of therapies for millions of Americans. He highlights the role of nutrients, including vitamin D3, blueberry, green tea and...
