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Veterinarian in protective clothing tending to a pig on a farm, emphasizing animal care and health management

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, animal experiments, animal research, animals, bodily systems, brain, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, dialysis, Edward Taub, federal funding, human organs, human research, Jesse Gelsinger, kidney, Make America Healthy Again, medicine, monkeys, organ transplant, pigs, plasticity, primates, Research, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., surgery, Towana Looney, World War II}

For MAHA’s Sake, Don’t Eliminate Animal Experimentation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

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Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Read More ›

Operation room surgery in hospital, blurred figures. Professional treatment and professional conduct concept.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Donation after Circulatory Death, euthanasia, lethal injection, lethal overdose, mental illness, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Netherlands, Ontario, organ harvesting, organs, statistics, suicidal people, suicide, terminal illness, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

Bringing a Moral Horror to America: The Assisted-Suicide Movement Wants It

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

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Conjoining organ harvesting with assisted suicide or euthanasia gives society a “stake” in sick people being made dead. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
January 2, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, air, biochemistry, body, breathing, cardiac cycle, cycles, dust, human body, information, Krebs cycle, medical research, medical school, nasal cycle, nose, nostrils, olfaction, physicians, Popular Science, respiratory function, scientists, turbinates}

Olfaction in Three Dimensions: Introducing the Nasal Cycle

_{Howard Glicksman
January 2, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Besides the nose helping the mouth to bring in air, it also screens out dust and pollutants, while warming and adding water to prepare it for the lungs. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 4th of July, americans, atheists, blueberries, Christof Koch, CNN, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, faith and science, fireworks, Gaza, Independence Day, Israel, journalists, July 4, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Scripture, Seattle, skeptics, Sunday Times, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

No. 7 Story for 2025: World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
December 26, 2025

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Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Read More ›

Alfred Nobel Prize. Two medals standing on red fabric.

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 24, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autoimmune diseases, blood-clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body}

No. 9 Story for 2025: Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

_{David Coppedge
December 24, 2025

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The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for 2025 was awarded to three immunologists who discovered regulatory T cells. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, China, crime, Daily Mail, Falun Gong, human organs, kidney, murder, Nigeria, organ-harvesting, political prisoners}

Purchasers of Black-Market Human Organs Often Complicit in Murder

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 8, 2025

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The black market in human organs does not receive nearly enough attention. China is probably the worst offender. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, C. S. Lewis, closed-mindedness, COVID-19, freedom, government, ID the Future, intolerance, John West, natural world, pandemic, physical science, podcast, privacy, public health, science, scientism, scientists, technocracy, The Magician’s Twin}

From C. S. Lewis, Prophetic Warnings on Science and Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2025

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What happens when science leaves human values behind? Or when governments become beholden to scientists? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, church, conscience, freedom, Ontario, private schools, Quebec, religion, religious schools, synagogue, theocracy}

In Medicine and More, Canada Blazes a Trail to Authoritarianism

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 4, 2025

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Some worry about theocracies. But Canada is demonstrating that a secularocracy can be just as suppressing of comity and human freedom. Read More ›

Drunk homeless man covered his face with his hands and sits on the stairs in the underpass, black and white photo.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 12, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Executive Order, feces, harm reduction, HIV, human dignity, medicine, mental illness, overdose, personal autonomy, San Francisco, The New England Journal of Medicine, Trump Administration}

“Harm Reduction” Harms the Homeless

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 12, 2025

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San Francisco was allowing harm reducers to give away “starter kits” to people so they could begin injecting drugs! Read More ›

Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 12, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, confusion, Daily Mail, endorphins, geometry, hypoxia, jesus, ketamine, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, oxygen, Pam Reynolds, psychology, soul, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 12, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›