Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

BBC: Today Programme, March, 2009 Stem Cell Research and Religion Hosted by Edward Stourton Guests: Dr. Omar Sultan Haque, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Harvard Medical School Dr. Richard Land, President, Public Policy, Southern Baptist Convention; Member, US Commission on International Religious Freedom Go here to see the original: Stem Cell Research, Ethics and Religion … Continue reading →

A section from Sam Harris' talk at the Beyond Belief 2 conference. Harris argues that religion obscures moral intuitions, using the case of stem cells. Check out The Science Network at thesciencenetwork.org More: Sam Harris - Stem Cells and Morality … Continue reading →

Judy Roberson sat down with CIRM at the World Stem Cell Summit to discuss the role patient advocates play in driving stem cell scientists and making the goals a reality. Judy is the past president of the northern California chapter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America. Original post: Judy Roberson: Patient advocates drive stem cell scientists … Continue reading →

(Part 2 of 5) Mark Genovese, MD, spoke at the "Spotlight on Arthritis," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on January 30, 2009. See the article here: Arthritis: Spotlight on Stem Cell Research - Mark Genovese … Continue reading →

Health Center researcher, Caroline Dealy, is interviewed by NBC Connecticut's Yvonne Nava about StemCONN 2011. Dealy has developed a technique that converts human embryonic stem cells into cartilage cells which may someday lead to a therapy for osteoarthritis. Visit link: StemCONN 2011, The Latest in Stem Cell Research … Continue reading →

Dozens of medical researchers from all over the world are in Austin today to share information about stem cell research. Go here to read the rest: Stem cell symposium … Continue reading →

Presented by O. Carter Snead, JD (Notre Dame) at the Notre Dame Inaugural Workshop on Adult and Alternative Forms of Stem Cell Research: Public Lectures, 2011: law.nd.edu Stem Cell Initiative: adultstemcell.nd.edu Excerpt from: Legal and Public Policy Dimensions of Stem Cell Research … Continue reading →

discussion about stem cell research via Sam Harris' points in Letter to a Christian Nation. the rest of the book I disliked but this was a good point of his. Go here to see the original: Ethics of Stem Cell Research (1) … Continue reading →

They are among the best in their scientific fields. With the series "Brilliant Minds," DW-tv introduces top-notch young researchers from all over the world who live and work in Germany.Rajkumar Thummer does his research at the Life and Brain Center at the University of Bonn, one of the Germany's leading institutes for stem cell research. The 30-year-old Indian is working on ways to transform human cells back into stem cells See original here: Brilliant Minds - Stem Cell Research | Tomorrow Today … Continue reading →

Macular degeneration is a disease associated with aging that gradually destroys sharp central vision, making it impossible to see faces, to read, or to drive. See the original post here: Stem Cell Research: Macular Degeneration … Continue reading →