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Scientists use stem cells to create models of pre-embryos

by | Dec 3, 2021 | , , , , , , , | 0 |

Scientists are using human stem cells to create a structure that mimics a pre-embryo and can serve as a research alternative to a real one. They say these “blastoids” provide an efficient, ethical way to study human development and pursue biomedical discoveries in fertility and contraception. The latest effort was […]

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New stem cell research guidelines a ‘shifting goalpost’ for embryo safeguards. ethicist says

by | Jun 8, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

A British bioethicist is warning that extending a 14-day limit on experimenting on human embryos will “strip away one of the few remaining limits to injustices committed against embryonic human beings.”

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Ending limit on culturing human embryos called ‘affront’ to value of life

by | Jun 2, 2021 | , , , , , , | 0 |

Lifting a long-standing prohibition on the ability of scientists to culture human embryos in the lab past 14 days shows “an utter disregard” for the value of human life and is “an affront to the sanctity of human life,” said two Catholic members of Congress, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind.

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Ending limit on culturing human embryos called ‘affront’ to value of life

by | Jun 2, 2021 | , , , , , , | 0 |

Lifting a long-standing prohibition on the ability of scientists to culture human embryos in the lab past 14 days shows “an utter disregard” for the value of human life and is “an affront to the sanctity of human life,” said two Catholic members of Congress, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind.

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Bioethics questions emerge from experimental drug used in COVID-19 treatment

by | Oct 11, 2020 | , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

The treatment that President Donald Trump has received to fight COVID-19 has turned the focus on an experimental drug that shows promise in combating the coronavirus but is raising ethical questions about the cell line that helped researchers develop the medicine.

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Will the Cure Be Worse Than the Disease?

by | May 15, 2020 | , , , , , , | 0 |

Great hopes and boundless resources are being poured into global efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a unique moment of unity and solidarity when humanity has mobilized to save lives. Billions of people are making sacrifices like staying home and shutting down events and businesses to keep others safe. This moment is particularly […]

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