Rebecca Taylor on GM Babies
Rebecca Taylor of Mary Meets Dolly discusses the recent sensationalized report, featured in the British paper Daily Mail, about the birth of the “world’s first genetically modified babies”: “Many...
View ArticleWilliam Oddie on Medicine and the Sanctity of Life
William Oddie writes at the Catholic Herald: “A BMJ editorial is now saying that our law should pay less attention to the sanctity of human life, and that lives not worth living should be ended: what’s...
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Stem Cells Regenerate Heart Tissue in Lab Tests
A report from the American Heart Association says that researchers were able to use adult stem cells obtained from elderly heart failure patients to rejuvenate heart tissues. A team led by Dr. Sadia...
View ArticleTCT on Ethical Stem Cell Research
“The Path to Ethical Stem Cell Research“, an essay by Chuck Donovan and Nora Sullivan of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, is up today at The Catholic Thing.
View ArticleStem Cell Debates
“What Can We Learn from the Stem Cell Debates?” asks Brendan Foht at Public Discourse, writing about a new report from The Witherspoon Council which argues that “that even the noblest aspirations of...
View ArticleVatican Stem Cell Conference Announced
The Pontifical Council for Culture, together with NeoStem, the Stem for Life Foundation, and STOQ International have announced next year’s Vatican-hosted conference on adult stem cell research. From...
View ArticleMaureen Condic Says: Let Science Shape Politics
At Public Discourse: “Egginton dismisses what he sees as a disingenuous attempt to use neurobiological data to extend legal personhood to a fetus, because “science does not and should not have the...
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Monday Links
Gene therapy cures diabetes in early dog-based trial; and Francis Phillips argues that virtuous atheism is not enough; and the University of Queensland is still performing the world’s slowest...
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Upcoming Vatican Stem Cell Conference
The Vatican Information Service reports: “Vatican City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning in the Holy See Press Office, a press conference was held to present the Second International Vatican Adult...
View ArticleDoctor to Mother Teresa
At the World Science Festival, Dr. George Lombardi describes a phone call and trip, early in his career, to Calcutta, India, to help a unique patient. H/T Joseph Pearce.
View ArticleMandatory Organ Donation?
I came across this op-ed recently, and Rebecca Taylor at Mary Meets Dolly takes a closer look. Organ donation is, in principle, moral and even laudable, but it comes with some serious ethical concerns...
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Royal: Medicine as if Catholicism Mattered
Today at The Catholic Thing, Robert Royal writes about his recent visit to the conference of the Catholic Medical Association. To say that Catholicism has a role to play in medicine is to say a number...
View ArticleJaclyn Duffin on Medical Miracles
At the BBC, Professor Jaclyn Dufflin (a self-described atheist) discusses her research into the Vatican’s investigation of alleged medical miracles, including her own role in the investigation...
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