Stem Cells from Down Under
Awkward? Probably. But, menstrual blood stem cells show some early promise.Posted on November 29, 2007 7:45 AM • 3 Comments •
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Embryonic Stem Cell Debate Over; Thousands of Researchers Now Jobless
The media mangles otherwise interesting and significant stem cell findings.Posted on November 21, 2007 7:54 PM • 22 Comments •
Take Action on CHIP!
Let's get this bill rolling....Posted on July 18, 2007 4:16 PM • 5 Comments •
Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill
President Bush vetoes S. 5 and offers an awful alternative.Posted on June 22, 2007 6:02 PM • 4 Comments •
Loaded Language in Media Coverage of Embryonic Stem Cells
"Destroying human embryos" is not an objective description of stem cell research!Posted on May 9, 2007 5:04 PM • 15 Comments •
"Moderate" Republicans Pander to the Religious Right
As 2008 approaches, many of the Republican contenders for the Presidency will try to paint themselves as moderates. An article in today's Washington Post, though, underlines why we should be weary of their empty rhetoric. Romney, who is expected to...Posted on February 13, 2007 4:30 PM • 0 Comments •
More Trouble for the Schatten Lab, but One Potential Success
The U.S. Office of Research Integrity announced this week that it has found a former postdoc in Gerald Schatten's lab, Park Jong Hyuk, guilty of research misconduct for falsifying images in a manuscript on deriving embryonic stem cells from cloned...Posted on January 12, 2007 7:43 AM • 0 Comments •
House to Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill This Thursday, Amniotic Stem Cells No Substitute for the Real Thing
Yes, that's TOMORROW!!!Posted on January 10, 2007 1:16 PM • 0 Comments •
The Return of "Ethically Sound" Stem Cells
The "ethically sound" stem cell paper resurfaces this week, as it appears in the print version of the current issue of Nature.Posted on November 22, 2006 6:37 PM • 10 Comments •
John Boehner Selected as Republican House Minority Leader
Although painted as a moderate choice, Boehner's record on key science issues borders on appalling.Posted on November 17, 2006 4:22 PM • 3 Comments •
Beyond Victory: What 2006 Means for the Democrats and for Science
As the sun sets on the conservative movement in America, 2006 marks a new beginning for the Democrats, and hopefully for American science.Posted on November 10, 2006 7:39 AM • 0 Comments •
My Election Day Message
There is so much to say about the importance of today's election, but not a great deal that hasn't already been spelled out time and time again. Most importantly, if you haven't already voted, go vote today! Hopefully you'll have...Posted on November 7, 2006 6:39 AM • 2 Comments •
Texas Congressional District 17: Chet Edwards
There's a hot congressional race going on right now deep in the heart of Texas in District 17, which stretches from just north of Houston to just south of Fort Worth and includes my alma mater, Texas A&M University. The...Posted on November 2, 2006 7:39 AM • 1 Comments •
This Is Exactly What I'm Talking About
Wherein the Southern Baptists and I agree... sort of....Posted on September 7, 2006 7:37 AM • 3 Comments •
Five Years, Nineteen Days, One Hour, Forty-Five Minutes, and Fifty-Five Seconds
...since Bush announced his restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.Posted on August 26, 2006 8:45 PM • 2 Comments •
Healthy Skepticism Toward "Ethically Sound" Stem Cells
A new finding has been heralded as a way to generate an embryonic stem cell line without ending the embryo's potential to become a human, potentially appeasing those opposed to current methods of generating stem cell lines. As should be expected, though, some healthy skepticism is needed here.Posted on August 24, 2006 8:45 AM • 1 Comments •
Private Stem Cell Funding Good for Now, Not Forever
Wealthy billionaires, including many Republicans, are picking up the tab for US embryonic stem cell research in the face of restrictive Bush Administration policies. Is this a permanent solution, and does this mean that the Republican Party is now an ally of science? Not likely.Posted on August 23, 2006 4:07 PM • 1 Comments •
Where Do Babies Come From? Find the Answer and More in Coming to Life
Nobel Laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard's Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development is an understated primer that lays out the current state of the art of developmental biology, shocking the reader with just how much we know about how each one of us came to take our unique but fundamentally similar shapes.Posted on August 21, 2006 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Act
After it passed in the Senate on Tuesday, Bush proved he was as stubborn as promised and vetoed HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, on Wednesday. This was another step backwards for science in the US and a...Posted on July 20, 2006 3:33 AM • 1 Comments •
HR 810 Passes in Senate
I'm on vacation right now, but I had to come out of hiding for this one. HR 810 passed in the senate today, 63-37. That was enough to meet the 60 vote mark for passage, but it won't be enough...Posted on July 18, 2006 8:12 PM • 2 Comments •
Stem Cell Drama
As the Senate votes today on HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, this post from the archives describes how the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research has negatively impacted some researchers. In light of these...Posted on July 18, 2006 7:45 AM • 4 Comments •
States Continue to Take Stem Cell Research into Their Own Hands
As debate begins today on HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, this post from the archives describes how some states have had to find their own solutions for supporting embryonic stem cell research in the face of a...Posted on July 17, 2006 7:45 AM • 4 Comments •
HR 810 Senate Debate and Vote on July 17th and 18th - Your Action Needed
It has been announced that the highly anticipated debate and vote in the Senate on HR 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, will take place on July 17th and 18th (next Monday and Tuesday). This is great news, but...Posted on July 12, 2006 7:10 PM • 0 Comments •
Bush to Scientists, Public: Go Fuck Yourselves
Bush hasn't used his veto yet, but he's promised to employ it on, of all issues, stem cell funding. Not surprisingly, this is indicative of the general Republican Party attitude toward the field.Posted on July 12, 2006 8:51 AM • 12 Comments •
Ask a ScienceBlogger: Cloning - Who Cares?
In 2006, cloning for cloning's sake isn't where it's at. Instead, the future of cloning lies in its applications to biomedical research. Today, that means, among other things, the prospect of using cloning to generate unique lines of embryonic stem cells.Posted on July 10, 2006 7:45 AM • 6 Comments •
Progress of Stem Cell Bill, and Its Media Coverage, Still Plagued by Problems
On the 29th of June, the Senate finally announced an upcoming vote on HR 810, a bill which would overturn President Bush's current prohibitions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The progress of the bill still faces many hurdles, and a recent article in the journal Science did little to publicize them and in fact contained several problematic and even inaccurate statements.Posted on July 8, 2006 8:00 PM • 1 Comments •
