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Prosecutors Indict South Korean Cloning Scientist On Fraud Charges

Human Embryos in Britain May Be Screened for Cancer Risk

Why Embryonic Stem Cell Research? It's About Human Engineering, Not Ending Disease

UCSF Resumes Human Embryo Stem Cell Work, Scientists Hope To Generate Lines By Cloning Donated Eggs

Embryonic Stem-Cell Researchers Plot How to Label Opponents

State-sponsored Liberal Eugenics Has Just Begun

California's Embryonic Stem Cell Research Program Awards First Grants

'Designer Baby' Planned To Save Child's Life Through Embryo 'Selection' Process

CBHD Denounces NIH Funding of Genetic Re-Engineering Project

Bone Marrow Stem Cells May be Successful in Treating Parkinson's and MS

Another Example of Medical Progress Using Adult Stem Cells

The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Denounces NIH Funding of Genetic Re-Engineering Project

Babies to Order

Celling Out: Bioethics and the Culture of Cool

Life Without Father

CBHD Disappointed by Blagojevich Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Adult Stem Cell Surgery May Have Teen Walking Again

Missouri: Pro-Life Groups Oppose Pro-Cloning Petition

Stem Cell Research Under Way at UCSC

Canadian Health Research Institute Delays Embryo Stem Cell Experiment Decision

Medicine's Intrinsic Good

Senate May Bypass Funding of Embryonic Stem-Cell Research

Cloned dog celebrates first birthday in S.Korea

American Scientists Announce Intent to Clone Humans for Research

A "Conceptual Revolution"

Fetuses and Pain

Biotech Industry Reminded That Human Dignity Must Remain Paramount

Perdue signs executive order on cord blood banks

Scientists in U.S. to Attempt Human Cloning South Koreans Faked

N.Y. Gubernatorial Candidate Says He Would Seek $1 Billion Bond Funding for Stem Cell Research

Human Nature on Trial

Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Welcomes BIO 2006 to Chicago

Finding the Human in Christian Bioethics

CBS Accused of Giving Embryo Adoption Short Shrift

Better for All the World?

Bioethics Senior Scholar on Stem Cell Research, Cloning

Complete Bladders Grown from Patients' Own Cells

More Good News Showing Embryonic Stem Cells Not Needed

Following the Money

Dolly Cloner Now Says Others Did Most of the Work, Award May be Withdrawn

Menstrual Blood has 30 Times more Stem Cells than Bone Marrow Says Study

Pro-Abortion and Pro-Life Women Join Forces to End Exploitive Harvesting of Human Eggs

IVF Three Times More Likely to Cause Genetic Brain Defects

The Real Lesson of the Korean Cloning Scandal

Cloning Requires Exploiting Women

Stem-Cell Research Plagued by Bogus Claims

Stem Cell Research Funding May Be Derailed Over Political Battle

Disgraced Scientist 'Admits' Faking

Human Engineering Ban Initiative Filed for November Election

S.Korea prosecutors grill Hwang in stem cell fraud

The Biotech Century Dream or Nightmare?

BioEthics and the Pandora's Box of Genetic Engineering

The Pursuit of Enhancement

Experts Speak Out Against Human Cloning

Scientist Used Fake Stem-Cell Findings To Secure $16M Federal Grant

Lupus Patients Respond Well to Stem Cell-Based Treatment

Researchers Identify New Cord Blood Stem Cell

Co. Puts Stem Cells in Failing Hearts

"Blind Orthodoxy Requires Denial of Fetal Pain"

Pontifical Academy for Life Will Address Moral Implication of Artificially Conceived Human Embryos

Franciscan Brother and Medical Doctor Denounces Sliding Scale of Human Value

Concern Over 'Spare Part' Babies

Study: Key Bone Marrow Cells Hide at Edges

Morally challenged cloning research

Mohler: 80-90% of Down syndrome babies killed in push for 'human perfection'

Cloning Expert's Stem Cells Do Not Exist: Prosecutor

Stem cell tensions increase

Groups Urge Iowa Governor to Stick to Cloning Ban Promise

Federal Grant Helps Promote Embryo Adoption

Britain's Junk-Science: Human-Rabbit Hybrid Planned

Coercion Is Cited In New Report On Stem Cell Fraud

Peter Singer Meets Dr. Hwang

Journal To Retract Stem Cell Paper

Ethical Stem Cell Study May Pave Way for Brain Injury Cure

Use Dying People For Embryo Stem Cell Experiments says British Cloning Researcher

Shamed Stem-Cell Scientist Coerced Women For Eggs

Disgraced Korean Cloning Doctor may face Charges of Fraud and Embezzlement

Cloning Expert: Use Embryonic Stem Cells on Terminally Ill

US Journal to Retract Discredited Stem Cell Paper

Another Cloning "Breakthrough": The world's first phony stem cells

Cord-Blood Procedure on Rise

Research of Korean Embryonic Stem-Cell Scientist Declared "intentionally fabricated"

Finnish Study finds IVF Increases Risk of Deformity

Singer Don Ho Says Procedure Saved Him

Sweden to probe dark eugenics history

Australian Report Urges "Therapeutic" Procedure

South Korean Stem Cells Paper Did Not Exist

Second Journal Probing Stem Cell Research

Australia Urged to End Ban on Embryonic Stem Cell Cloning

Embryonic Cloning 'Embedded in Lies,' Says Ethicist

Epoch-Making Korean Cloning Study now Believed Faked

South Korea panel seizes stem scientist's computer

Clone Scandal: 'A Tragic Turn' for Science

Landmark Stem Cell Feat in Question After Research Said to be Faked

Cloning Whistleblower says Korean Cloning Breakthrough "Fabricated"

Deeper and Deeper into the Murky Abyss

Face Off - and Back On

U.S. Scientist Questions Korean Clone Study, S.Korean scientist falsified cloning of human embryo

Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies to Cure Disease is "Pure Folly", Says MIT Prof

Salk Institute Grows Human Brain Cells in Mice; 'Man-Mice' Creations Show How Far Medical Ethics has Degraded

Largest Cord Blood Stem Cell Storage Facility In The World Opens In Tucson

S. Korea stem cell pioneer back in lab, inquiry due

Natural Child Birth

Lutheran Report Gives Biblical Response to Stem Cell, Cloning, In-Vitro Fertilization

South Koreans pledge human eggs to support scientist

How the media quietly gives cloning advocates a pass

Stem cell research to get cash boost

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Mired in Ethics Row

Young Women Have Different Outlook Toward Abortion

Abortions Dropped After Arson, State Rep. plans bill to force taxpayers to buy insurance for abortion clinics

U.K. Investigation of Babies Surviving Abortions

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Offer Hope to MS-Stricken Teen

Ethical Lapses Alleged in Procurement of Human Eggs for Cloning

US Researcher Leaves Korean Cloning Team over Ethics of Ova Donation

In Vitro Fertilization Can Let Parents' Choose Child's Gender

Stem Cell Initiative Cleared For Petition Gathering

Doing the Right Thing and Finding Meaning as a Result

Earlier Screening for Down's Syndrome May Fuel Eugenic Pogrom Against Disabled

Fetal Screenings Can Mean Life-Or-Death Decisions

Med School Ethics Board Okays Embryo Gender Selection Study

Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells To Fix Windpipes

Baylor Medicine College to study controversial sex selection

Stem Selling: Korea to Traffic in Human Remains

Assisted conception ups adverse pregnancy risk

Gene responsible for controlling first 15 minutes of life identified

Sex-Selection by Embryo Screening Approved for US Trial

Fertility clinic in US gets green light for sex selection trial

Alternative 'Ethical' ESCR Approaches Still Present Problems, Says Christian Doc

The Great Stem Sell and Other Mistakes

Two New Studies in "Nature" Raise Hopes, Questions

Echoes of eugenics movement in stem cell debate

You call that 'ethical'?

42 percent of all embryos created in fertility clinics have genetic defects

Alternative Embryonic Stem Cell Procedures Miss the Mark say CMA Doctors

Three-Parent Embryos

Nations United on Bioethics

Pre-natal testing: weeding out society's undesirables?

"New Ethical" Embryonic Stem Cells Not New and Not Ethical

Pro-Lifers Unconvinced About 'Ethical' Embryonic Research

Stem-Cell Survey Challenged

Brits Launch Largest Ever Stem Cell Study for Heart Disease

Frist Stumps for Embryonic Stem-Cell Research

Dr. Frist's Dilemma

South Korea Catholic Church offers $10 Million for Adult Stem Cell Research

Wisconsin Pro-Lifers Hope Governor Sees Cloning Ban's Merits

Adult stem cells restore feeling in paraplegic

Cord Blood Treatment Shows Regeneration of Injured Spinal Cord, When Will Tax Funded Killing of Human Embryos Stop?

Fetal Farming is on the Horizon

Stop Tax Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Illinois

Illinois launches stem-cell research institute without public approval

Aborted Baby Stem Cells in Mouse Experiments a Medical and Ethical Disaster

Leon Kass, a Bioethics Legend, Steps Down

Organ "Harvesting" Policy to Allow Terminal Patients to be Killed for Parts?

Embryo Research Oversight Agencies Ruled by Utilitarian Eugenic "Ethics"

Study Findings Suggest over 6.7 Million Embryonic Children Have Died During IVF

First Human "Clones" Created Without Use of Sperm

Embryo Stem Cells Genetically Unstable after Long Cultivation

Cord Blood Produces Embryonic-Like Stem Cells

The Stem-Cell Conspiracy

"Think fetuses can't feel pain? Try telling them that"

New Study Finds Babies Cry in the Womb - "Even the Bottom Lip Quivers"

Despite Study's Claims, Expert Insists Unborn Babies Do Feel Pain

Christian Group Hails New Ethical Stem Cell Sources

"Fetal Pain:  A Systematic Multidisciplinary Review of the Evidence" Objections

Abortion Fetal Pain Study Authored by Abortion Rights Activists

Fetal Pain Unlikely Until After 28 Weeks' Gestation, Review Says; Critics Claim Authors Have Politically Motivated Bias

Harvard Researchers Seek to Find Ethical Stem-Cell Source

Finding Showing Skin Cells Can Be Reprogrammed Into Human Embryonic Stem Cells Might Have Little Political Impact

Placenta Cells Share Characteristics of Embryo Cells Without Tumor Formation

Dr. Dobson Answers Critics Over Stem-Cell Comments

Irish Designer Baby's Stem Cells a Perfect Match for Ill Brother

Bone Marrow Stem Cells Help Restore Fertility in Sterile Mice

Vatican Official Clarifies Stand On Vaccines From Fetal Tissue

Catholic Church in Australia Offers $100,000 Grant for Adult Stem Cell Research

Why Blagojevich loves embryonic stem cells

Research Technique That Could Produce Stem Cells Without Harming Embryos

Fetuses Exposed to Average of 200 Environmental Pollutants Through Umbilical Cord, Report Says

10 Million Dollar Cloning Fraud by Illinois Governor Blagojevich

Stem Cells Get Complicated

The Moral Retrieval of ES Cells

Chicago Tribune Examines How IVF Could Be Next Target of Some Antiabortion Advocates

Hens, clones, foolish loans

New Home Test That Allows Pregnant Women To Determine Sex of Fetus

Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs Exciting Interest from Private Investors

US Clinical Researcher Supports Pregnancy-at-Implantation Myth

Useful Barbarism

Scientists may Create Human Ova and Sperm from Embryonic Cells

Prestigious British Medical Journal Calls for Caution in Touting Embryo Cures

Scientists Create Brain Cells, Predict Possible Rapid Development of Treatments for Alzheimers and Parkinsons

Italian Referendum That Would Have Loosened Restrictions on Fertility Treatment, Embryo Research Fails With Low Turnout

Cloners in State of Complete Moral Disconnect

Name Games

Scientists Attempting To Create Embryonic Stem Cells Without Destroying Embryos; Could Make Bioethical Issues Moot

Prenatal Screening Leading to Designer Children

Michigan Catholic Conference Objects to Possible Lifting of Cloning Ban

Frozen Embryos: Stem Cell Source or Human Life?

Pharmaceutical Scientists Boast on Adult Stem Cells: "Therapies Without Controversy"

Cloning for Dollars


Sen. Brownback Calls for Limiting Number of Embryos Created During IVF To Reduce Number of Unused Embryos

Leading Biochemist Calls Embryonic Stem Cell Research 'Sloppy Science' -- Recent Scientific Discoveries Support President's Ban on Funds for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Abortion: "The Greatest Killing of Human Life in Human History" Says Supreme Knight

Bipartisan Group of Senators Asks Bush To Reconsider Position on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill; Bush Refuses

Umbilical Cord-Blood Transplants Save Lives of Babies with Rare Genetic Disorder

Stem-Cell 'Advance' is Actually Decline

The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Responds to Cloning Around the World

Adopt Human Embryos, Republican Lawmakers Say

British Scientists Announce the Survival of one of their Cloned Embryos

Israel Tells Parents it's OK to Sort IVF Embryos to Choose Sex of Baby

South Korean Scientists' Creation of Genetically Matched Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Could Affect Legislative Debate in Congress

Don't Clone Humans Like Barnyard Animals says Christian Medical Association Doctors

New Poll: Most Americans Oppose Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research Using Human Embryos

Bioethics Journal: U.S. National Cancer Institute Covers Up Abortion-Cancer Link

Poll: Most Americans Oppose Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

President's Council on Bioethics Report Outlines Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Alternatives

Cloning Around the Nation

Brain, Mind, and Person: Why We Need To Affirm Human Nature in Medical Ethics

Boston Doctor Uses Stem Cells from Amniotic Fluid to Repair Birth Defects

Adult Stem Cells used to Cure Blindness

The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Responds to NAS Report

Adult Stem Cells Do Not Turn Cancerous Studies Suggest

Misleading Scare Headline on Adult Stem Cells: "Adult Cells Cancer Threat"

GE to Pursue Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Children of God for Life Calls for Boycott

Large U.S. Companies Pursuing Embryonic Stem Cell Research; Move May Increase Spending, Acceptance of Research

Bone Marrow Stem Cells can Become Neurons New Research Finds

Harvard University OK's Human Cloning Experiments

Group of Conservatives Drafts 'Bioethics Agenda' in Response to Congressional Failure To Ban, Limit Human Cloning, Embryo Research

Feminist Revolutionary Warns of Exploitation of Women with Cloning Research

Adult Stem Cell Discoveries Could Treat Alzheimer's and Blindness

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