Tag: petri dish

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, nonpersons, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, abortion pill, Albert Olszewski, Alberto Giubilini, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, Animal Liberation, aversive action, babies, birth canal, blood samples, brain, curette, developmental biology, dilatation and curettage, dilatation and evacuation, distress, fetal age, feticide, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, gestational age, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, Nik Hoot, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, phenylalanine, phenylketonuria, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, prosthetic legs, Roman Catholic, Russia, Should the Baby Live?, Sopher clamp, tissue, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

13}

Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, Alabama Supreme Court, death, doctors, egg, embryos, fetuses, human beings, human rights, ideology, in vitro fertilization, independence, IVF, Judeo-Christian tradition, newborns, personhood, petri dish, pregnancy, right to life, sentience, sperm, Steven Novella, womb, Yale University}

The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

8}

A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 25, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, biotechnology, blastocyst, cells, CRISPR, embryology, embryonic stem cells, embryos, gametes, genetic engineering, human embryos, human experimentation, implantation, morality, petri dish, pluripotent stem cells, public policy, Science News, synthetic embryos, UCLA}

Scientists Are Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cells

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

5}

Once again, biotechnology is racing ahead of our capacity to intellectually digest what is happening. Read More ›

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Date
December 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beta-lactamase, Cambridge, Casey Luskin, design intuition, Douglas Axe, dragonflies, England, enzymes, intelligent design, petri dish, philosophers, proteins, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

Axe’s Not-So-Secret Guide to Making Cookies and Dragonflies

_{Science and Culture
December 9, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Why do so many academic biologists and other scholars resist the design implications of Doug Axe’s research? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 21, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, abortion pill, Albert Olszewski, Alberto Giubilini, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, Animal Liberation, aversive action, babies, birth canal, blood samples, brain, curette, developmental biology, dilatation and curettage, dilatation and evacuation, distress, fetal age, feticide, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, Francesca Minerva, gestation, gestational age, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, Nik Hoot, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, phenylalanine, phenylketonuria, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy tissue, prosthetic legs, Roman Catholic, Russia, Should the Baby Live?, Sopher clamp, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 21, 2020

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

13}

Peter Singer has argued that animals, like humans, deserve protection because of their ability to suffer. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 16, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, embryos, fertility, gestational carriers, Mexico, npr, petri dish, pregnancy, quality control, Stanford University, United States, William Hurlbut}

Big Fertility Is Fast Becoming a Moral Hazard

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

This “experiment” was very wrong on at least four fronts. First, it created human life for the purpose of experimenting upon it. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 27, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Brave New World, cannabis, CRISPR, genetic engineering, government funding, human embryos, marijuana, National Academy of Sciences, Nature (journal), petri dish, Royal Society, scientists}

A Push for Licenses to Genetically Engineer Human Beings

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 27, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

We can’t trust “the scientists” to do the right thing because over the years too many have proven unworthy. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 1, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, biofilm, Darwin Devolves, devolution, E. coli, education, evolution, Evolution News, Michael Behe, molecules, petri dish, Pittsburgh, polar bears, Richard Lenski, students, textbooks}

Evolution and Bacteria — In the Classroom

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 1, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

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Instead of relying on their textbooks, students are learning about evolution by watching bacteria grow and change. Read More ›