Entries Tagged as ‘stem cell’

July 11, 2006

Worthy of investigation

Time Magazine has a book review of , The Language of God by Francis Collins.  The reviewer notes how Collins maps his arguments for a middle ground between atheists and neo-christian conservatives on the issue of evolution.
I think Collins’ approach is a way to reasonably engage in debate on the science and tech issues which [...]

May 24, 2006

Stem Cells and Moral debates

John Leo, in this week's USNEWS, decrys a full page ad by DEFCON in the New York Times which names James Falwell, Pat Robertson, and James Dobson as America's most influential stem cell scientists.  Mr. Leo says the efforts by the Religious Right are about the moral debate on stem cells and not the voracity [...]

April 1, 2006

Down the Rabbit Hole, Part 2

Remember I said things dont' appear as they seem.  Voic.us reports that SB 596, the Stem Cell bill, passed.  Well, it did pass the House at 11:26 pm on the 40th day.  However, the House made changes to the bill, thus requiring the Senate to agree to those changes.  And, according to the Legis web [...]

March 9, 2006

Umbilical Stem Cells vs. Embryonic Stem Cells

Column for Wired takes Christian Right groups to task for not telling the whole story on the “success rate” for non-embryonic stem cell research.

February 25, 2006

Reading Assignment

I have been working for the past week and a half on some legislation that will affect stem cell research in Georgia. Below is some reading material, I will comment more later
Stem Cells
Legislation

SB 537 - Search for the Cure - Adleman, David (D)
SB 596 - Delivering the Cure - Shafer, David (R)

News

Bill may stop some [...]