NewsBlog: Senate okays expanded stem cell funding Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 18th July 2006 08:59 PM GMT] In a largely symbolic victory for biomedical research, the Senate today (July 18) approved a controversial bill (HR 810) to extend Federal research funding to newly derived human embryonic stem cells (hESC). The legislation faces a veto from President Bush, who opposes the expansion of funding on ethical grounds. Indeed, on Monday (July 17) the White House reaffirmed the president?s intention to veto the bill. After 12 hours of... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: What do you mean by ?embryo?? Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 16th July 2006 09:53 PM GMT] ?It?s how we describe the thing that almost makes more of a difference than what it is.? These words, from Patricia Alt of Towson University in Maryland, are particularly applicable to hot button issues in bioethics, particularly the ever-raging debate over using embryos for stem cell research. At this week?s conference on ... Click to continue View comments (3) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Civility and civil disobedience Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 14th July 2006 12:48 AM GMT] The Bioethics & Politics conference hosted by the Albany Medical College got off to a bang today, not a whimper. As participants trickled in, networking and finding old friends, another, uninvited group calmly filed in, parked in front of the room, and started shouting at the tops of their lungs. The protesters, around 30 or so, were from Not Dead Yet, a disability rights group that is against legalized euthanasia and... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

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