Tag: stem cells

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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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 2, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, “consensus science”, adult stem cells, anti-science, blood, bone marrow, cancer, chemotherapy, diseases, embryonic stem cells, gold standard, HIV, media, mutations, Politicians, settled science, stem cells, The New England Journal of Medicine}

Adult Stem-Cell Cure for HIV?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 2, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine

3}

A “consensus science” that seeks to stifle open scientific inquiry and heterodox advocacy harms the scientific quest for truth. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, death, diversity, Douglas Axe, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, material mechanisms, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, periodic table of elements, phenotypic plasticity, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theistic evolution, thermodynamics}

Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 2, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 9, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, abortions, babies, birth defects, chromosomes, egg cells, fathers, human experimentation, humans, infertility, mice, mother, procreation, skin cells, stem cells, The Guardian, women}

Mice Born with No Mother, Two Fathers: What Next?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 9, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

3}

Ostensibly the purpose would be to help with rare forms of infertility in women. But these are dual-edged technologies. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, BioEdge, biotechnology, Brave New World, dystopia, egg cells, embryos, experimentation, illness, lifestyle, medical professionals, medicine, public opinion, selective reduction, stem cells, The Guardian, United Kingdom}

“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 30, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

3}

Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, Aldous Huxley, Bioscience, clones, egg, fertilization, human experimentation, human life, Israel, mice, mouse embryos, organ harvesting, skin cells, sperm, stem cells, synthetic embryos, The Guardian, unborn, uterus, utilitarianism}

About Those “Synthetic Embryos”

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Technology

4}

I have no problem with this work in mice. But the scientists want to take this technology into human experimentation. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood cells, cells, Charles Darwin, chromatin, daughter cells, DNA, evolution, genome, histones, industry, intelligent design, kidney cell, liver cell, muscle cell, Nature Communications, Neil Thomas, neutrophils, stem cells, UC Riverside}

Cell Fate: Another Hurdle for Evolution

_{David Coppedge
May 6, 2022

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

When a stem cell divides, one daughter cell must maintain its stemness while the other specializes. Therein lies another truckload of requirements. Read More ›

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Date
July 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, adaptive mutations, biologists, biology journals, bioRxiv, Darwin Centennial, E. coli, evolution, hybridization, intelligent design, natural selection, Nature (journal), Neo-Darwinism, paleobiology, peer review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibrium, punk eek, random mutations, redundancy, Scopes Monkey Trial, stem cells, Stephen Jay Gould, sunflowers, University of British Columbia, University of Southern California}

Five New Biology Papers Show Cracks in Darwin’s Foundation

_{Evolution News
July 30, 2020

Evolution

8}

Are there rumblings of discontent? Is it getting safer to question the claims of conventional neo-Darwinism? Read More ›

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Date
June 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ants, bacteria, bacterial cell division, bed of nails, biofilm, butterflies, cicadas, dragonflies, Drexel University, entomology, insects, intelligent design, Nature Communications, PNAS, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sea skater, stem cells, U.C. San Diego, University of Bristol, University of Illinois, water strider}

Intricate, Optimized Designs in Insects Beg a Question

_{Evolution News
June 29, 2020

Intelligent Design

8}

The ingenious inventions found in insects summon us to ask: How did these small organisms get them? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 10, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, BBC, beef, cows, flatulence, global warming, hormones, methane, pollution, safety, stem cells, taste}

Oh No: It Turns Out Lab-Grown Meat Causes Global Warming Too

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 10, 2019

Life Sciences

3}

Getting billions of people to stop eating meat isn’t very realistic, so some have put their hopes in lab-grown steaks made from stem cells. Read More ›