veterinarian-in-protective-clothing-tending-to-a-pig-on-a-fa-1822913635-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 7, 2026 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine 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 Bioethics, Medicine 5 Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Read More ›
Grim good Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 29, 2017 CategoriesLife SciencesMedicineScience Tagged , __cedited, activists, animal research, animal rights, anthropocentrism, human exceptionalism, monkeys The “Grim Good” of Animal Research Wesley J. Smith March 29, 2017 Life Sciences, Medicine, Science 2 Futuristic medicine is here. A paralyzed man was able to move his own arm using electrodes implanted in his brain and arm. Read More ›
Rhesus macaque Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date November 10, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __cedited, animal research, anthropocentrism, monkeys, News, Research, science The Importance of Research on Monkeys Wesley J. Smith November 10, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 Scientists have demonstrated that paralysis caused by spinal cord injury might be overcome with brain implants. Read More ›
Lab mice Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date October 27, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsTechnology Tagged , __cedited, animal research, artificial cell, cloning, News, reproductive cloning, Research, science Artificial Eggs Used to Make Living Animals Wesley J. Smith October 27, 2016 Bioethics, Technology 2 New technologies could have a huge impact on perceptions of what it means to be human. Read More ›
NIH campus Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 4, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __cedited, animal research, bioethics, Health & Wellness, human research, News, NIH, Research, science NIH Can’t Be Trusted to Regulate Animal/Human Research Wesley J. Smith August 4, 2016 Bioethics 2 We have to be careful how we react to stories like this and not assume that all such work is, by definition, unethical. Read More ›
