blog.bioethics.neta Nature Top 50 science blog from The American Journal of BioethicsPlaying Nice with Mr. Egg Man...- August 5, 2008 The debate continues over on Secondhand Smoke as Wesley Smith and I continue to discuss whether selling eggs for research is acceptable. After he buttered me up, I replied with slightly less sarcasm but just as much fervor! -Summer Johnson,...http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/08/playing-nice-with-mr-egg-man/ Peeling the Egg...- August 5, 2008 Wesley J. Smith over at Secondhand Smoke is grousing that I took aim at his argument about banning egg donation of any kind, including paid donations of eggs for stem cell research. As he says in his blog post of...http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/08/peeling-the-egg/ Suzanne Somers: Stem Cell Master- August 1, 2008 In case anyone still has any misgivings about the promise of stem cell therapy, rest assured, for a new expert voice has emerged the eminent scientist Suzanne Somers. Yes, she of Threes Company fame is the new spokesperson for...http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/08/suzanne-somers-stem-cell-master/ Discovered Sort Of: Personalized Not Quite Therapeutic Cell Stuff- August 1, 2008 The latest achievement in the stem cell research community was announced yesterday in ScienceXpress finding that iPS cells can be generated from ALS patients which then can be used to create healthy motor neuron cells. As the authors of study...http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/08/personalized-stem-cell-therapies-on-the-way/ The Egg Man- August 1, 2008 Wesley Smith writes on Second Hand Smoke that there ought to be an outright ban on the a woman's ability to sell her gametes all together--for fertility treatments, stem cell research, or any purpose at all. He makes this claim...http://blog.bioethics.net/2008/08/the-egg-man/ |