Bioethical Wrangling
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- Time for state debate on stem-cell research. // Crain's Detroit Business;9/18/2006, Vol. 22 Issue 38, p8
The article comments on stem-cell research. There is a need for a debate on the existing laws in Michigan that restrict embryonic stem-cell research. The research could lead to the discovery of new treatments and cures for injuries and diseases. It has become a political issue because recovering...
- 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...
- Payment of egg donors in stem cell research in the USA. Klitzman, Robert; Sauer, Mark V. // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;May2009, Vol. 18 Issue 5, p603
Arguments have been put forth as to whether women who donate oocytes for human embryonic stem cell (HESC) research should be compensated, but data regarding this issue have been scant. Recently in the United States, several States have begun funding HESC research, and patient recruitment efforts...
- The EU will probably fund stem cell research. // Reproductive BioMedicine Online;Sep2006, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p320
The article focuses on the debate over the assisted human reproduction. The Roman Catholic Church leads the opposition to preparing human embryo stem (ES) cell lines from individual human embryos. This follows earlier votes in the United Nations and the decision by U.S. President George W. Bush...
- Attack of the Clones. Guterl, Fred; Miller, Karen Lowry; Underwood, Anne; Edry, Sandy L.; Hastings, Michael; Nadeau, Barbie; Rosenberg, Debra; Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia; Endt, Friso // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);1/13/2003, Vol. 141 Issue 2, p40
Focuses on reports of newborn human clones, and the political implications for human cloning in the U.S. Claims of Severino Antinori that he would clone a human being; Announcement of the Raelian cult that it had cloned a human; Moral and ethical aspects of human cloning; Topic of stem-cell...
- Attack of the Clones. Guterl, Fred; Miller, Karen Lowry; Underwood, Anne; Edry, Sandy L.; Hastings, Michael; Nadeau, Barbie; Rosenberg, Debra; Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia; Endt, Friso // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);1/13/2002, Vol. 141 Issue 2, p38
Focuses on reports of newborn human clones, and the political implications for human cloning in the U.S. Claims of Severino Antinori that he would clone a human being; Announcement of the Raelian cult that it had cloned a human; Moral and ethical aspects of human cloning; Topic of stem-cell...
- Is a consensus possible on stem cell research? Moral and political obstacles. Brock, D. W. // Journal of Medical Ethics;Jan2006, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p36
The article discusses moral and political obstacle in human embryonic stem cell research (HESC). The first obstacle to consensus is that HESC research typically requires the destruction of human embryos in order to develop stem cell lines on which research can be done. The second obstacle to...
- Surplus embryos in Switzerland in 2003: legislation and availability of human embryos for research. Puorger, U. P. S. Koeferl; Buergin, M.; Wunder, D.; Crazzolara, S.; Birkhaeuser, M. H. // Reproductive BioMedicine Online (Reproductive Healthcare Limited;Dec2006, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p772
Legislation influences the availability of embryos for research. The law in Switzerland, and in some other European countries, is restrictive concerning medically assisted reproduction and stem cell research. Swiss law prohibits the creation of embryos for research purposes. It permits the...
- CALIFORNIA SCHEMING. // New Scientist;12/10/2005, Vol. 188 Issue 2529, p7
The article reports that Californian voters may have authorised the spending of $3 billion of public money on stem cell research over the next decade, but opponents of the plan are determined to make it as hard as possible to spend the money. Activists who oppose research on human embryonic stem...
