Source ETHICS | 08.03.2011 German Ethics Council votes in favor of test-tube embryo screening Screening could save heartache for couples predisposed to disorders Genetic screening of test-tube embryos has been the subject of hot debate for months in Germany. The German Ethics Council has narrowly voted in favor of allowing the test a week before parliament…
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Bébé du double espoir
France’s First Baby Born To Treat Siblings With Genetic Disorder Umut Talha’s name means “our hope” in Turkish, and his birth brought some much needed good fortune into the lives of his siblings. The infant, born January 26th of this year, is France’s first reported case of a child being conceived with in vitro fertilization…
Germany bans pre-screening of an embryo via Deutsche Welle
Christian Democrats vote in favor of embryo screening ban The CDU voted to oppose the pre-screening of an embryo in order to check for diseases Chancellor Merkel’s CDU party has voted to ban pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, which could detect serious illnesses in embryos. The party also wants to introduce stricter rules for foreigners who…
“Death is not the opposite of life. Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.”
“Death is not the opposite of life. Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.”~Eckhart Tolle
Six years ago today
6 years ago today Andy received Sofia’s stem cells. Thank you list: To the people that took care of Andy while in the hospital (more or less in a chronological order): – Gracias Vero por estar ahí con nosotros el día que nació Andy. – Dr. Maya, gracias por enseñarnos que algunos doctores simplemente están muy saturados.– Dr. Maulen,…
Sofia – Cañon del Sumidero
Stem cell research at Children’s Hospital Boston
A YEAR SINCE OBAMA’S LIFTING OF BAN ON STEM CELL FUNDING, BOSTON TEAM READY TO DISTRIBUTE LINES WORLDWIDE BUT OBSTACLES REMAIN. NEW WEBSITE TO END PUBLIC CONFUSION AND PUSH SCIENCE FORWARD Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston Aim to Demystify Science and Share Potential for Treatments and Cures on Range of Diseases from Diabetes to Parkinson’s…
Go to the source
Just go to the source to produce compatible cells to help people with devastating diseases. Science was trying to take a shortcut trying not to deal with moral issues. There’s no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs! Induced pluripotent cells are cool but why spend all this time checking them out when…
Snow… travel alert
Our flight was cancelled! Found a cool feature from Google voice: The ability to embed voice mails.