MetaFilter posts tagged with ethics and stemcells

Stem Cells - Rumor vs. Reality

daksya — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:04:08 -0800

Stem cell pioneer does a reality check

Stem cell research guidelines

homunculus — Tue, 03 May 2005 10:14:33 -0800

The National Academies have finally released suggested guidelines for research with embryonic stem cells and chimeras .

The Real Deal on Stem Cells

Gyan — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:31:21 -0800

Stem Cells: Science, Ethics and Politics at the Crossroads

Stem Cell Research

skallas — Mon, 31 May 2004 10:17:05 -0800

The False Controversy of Stem Cell Research. Kinsley: In fact, thinking it through is a moral obligation, especially if you are on the side of the argument that wants to stop or slow this research. It's not complicated. An embryo used in stem-cell research (and fertility treatments) is three to five days past conception. It consists of a few dozen cells that together are too small to be seen without a microscope. It has no consciousness, no self-awareness, no ability to feel love or pain. The smallest insect is far more human in every respect except potential.

Examining Bush's stem cell policy, two years later.

skallas — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 19:52:23 -0800

Examining Bush's stem cell policy, two years later. Kinsley: Put it all together, and the stem cells that can squeeze through Bush's loopholes are far less promising than they seemed two years ago, while the general promise of embryonic stem cells burns brighter than ever. If you claim to have made an anguished moral decision, and the factual basis for that decision turns out to be faulty, you ought to reconsider or your claim to moral anguish looks phony. But Bush's moral anguish was suspect from the beginning, because the policy it produced makes no sense.