This Blog considers assisted suicide/euthanasia, bioethics, human cloning, biotechnology, radical environmentalism, and the dangers of animal rights/liberation. My views expressed here, as in my books and other writings, reflect my understanding that the philosophy of human exceptionalism is the bedrock of universal human rights. Or, to put it another way: human life matters. (The opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of any organization with which I am affiliated.)
This could be very exciting if it truly pans out: Scientists have used patients' own white blood cells, genetically engineered, to apparently place melanoma into remission. Scientists think the procedure might also be effective on other types of cancer. There is great hope here, and it is perfectly ethical. Here's hoping!
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 8:05 PM
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I am a Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the Discovery Institute and the author of 12 books, including A Rat Is A Pig Is A Dog Is A Boy, which is relevant to the issues considered by this blog.
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Is this technically an adult stem cell success? It looks like it. But I'm not sure. The AP story running in the Reno Gazette Journal does not call it an adult stem cell success.
Credit where credit is due - yes, you have convinced me that ASC is underdeveloped and probably would be more effective than ESC (outside the SCNT context anyway.
That said, I strongly disagree that ESC of leftover embryos from IVF is unethical. If it's ethical to harvest the dead for science and medicine, then it's ethical - if not morally mandated - to harvest the leftover ESCs.
Royale: Reasonable people can disagree about that. Thank you for your contributions to Secondhand Smoke.
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