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What Happened to Global Warming? - blogorithm Oct 11, 2009, 11:03 am
Yesterday, as Al Gore spoke in Madison about the "inconvenient truth" of global warming, Wisconsin experienced one the the earliest snowfalls in recorded history. Enthusiasts continue to enlist the government to mandate social behavior consistent with their belief in models that appear to have failed.... what happened to global warming:
This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998.
or the last
*Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Successful in Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes - blogorithm Jun 30, 2007, 6:25 am
Amazingly, stem cell treatments using umbilical and adult stem cells continue to show great progress.
By Hilary White
CHICAGO, June 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new US study offers insights into the way stem cells from umbilical cord blood can be used to successfully treat diabetes. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine studied twenty children aged between two and seven with type 1 diabetes, seven of whom were injected with cord blood cells. The researchers conclud
Diabetes Risk Factors - blogorithm Mar 27, 2007, 9:25 pm
The top nine are published here.
*Adult Stem Cells Treat Eye Disease - blogorithm Mar 17, 2007, 3:43 pm
British experts are pioneering a treatment using stem cell therapy to improve the sight of people born with a rare genetic eye disorder. Stem cells taken from dead donors, living relatives or even the patients themselves are grown in a laboratory until they form sheets and then transplanted on to the surface of the cornea. - more here
Yes, chalk another one up for adult stem cells, the kind that don't involve the destruction of a human life.
Five-fold increase in Diabetes - blogorithm Mar 16, 2007, 3:33 pm
Investigators in the UK report that the incidence of diabetes among children under the age of five has increase dramatically in recent years:The number of British children under five diagnosed with a specific type of diabetes has risen five-fold over 20 years due to unidentified environmental factors, a study said on Friday.
his could either mean that we are being exposed to something new, or that we now have reduced exposure to something that was previously controlling our immune responses," s
Hoax of Dodos - blogorithm Feb 8, 2007, 7:14 am
*Pro-Life Legislation Reduced Abortion Rates - blogorithm Feb 7, 2007, 9:10 am
Between 1985 and 1999 the abortion rate among minors has fallen by 50% and yet has received relatively little attention. According to a new study published by the Heritage Foundation, pro-life legislation is a contributing factor leading to the observed decline in abortion among minors.
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Global Cooling was a Myth - blogorithm Oct 28, 2006, 3:40 am
It took 31 years, but Newsweek magazine admitted it was incorrect about climate change. In a nearly 1,000-word correction, Senior Editor Jerry Adler finally agreed that a 1975 piece on global cooling "was so spectacularly wrong about the near-term future."
Degrading Science - blogorithm Oct 5, 2006, 9:21 am
Check out Wesley Smith's insightful commentary on the de-evolution of science:WHEN CRITICS BEMOAN the politicization of science, they usually point a bitter finger at the Bush administration. Their condemnation should actually be aimed in the opposite direction. Increasingly, it is the scientists themselves--or better stated the leaders of the science sector--who are devolving science from the apolitical pursuit of knowledge into a distinctly ideological enterprise.
new 527 advocacy PAC called
Neil Armstrong said 'a' - blogorithm Oct 1, 2006, 8:56 am
The 40+ year debate has apparently ended with speech recognition software confirming what Neil Armstrong maintained all along:High-tech detective work apparently has found the missing "a" in one of the most famous phrases ever spoken.
mstrong's first words from the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, now can be confidently recast, according to the research, as, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."Houston Chronicle
The Population Crisis - blogorithm Jul 20, 2006, 11:33 pm
No, not overpopulation, which some labeled as the most daunting challenge mankind faces. The Population Research Institute explains:
The idea that the world population experienced a dramatic boom in the proportion of young people after World War II due to decreased childhood mortality and other improved living conditions, necessitating population control measures that saved us
from an unsustainable infestation of rugrats, is not true. “At the world level, the population in 1950 was relativel
*Attacking CPCs - blogorithm Jul 18, 2006, 8:56 pm
For decades pregnancy centers have sustained waves of attacks from abortion providers and proponent groups who routinely seek to discredit their competition. These groups have tried to limit women from accessing comprehensive information on abortion risks and alternatives, which is provided through the free and confidential services offered by the doctors, nurses, and professional volunteers at pregnancy centers.
The latest coordinated string of attacks began late in December 2005 with a repor
Federal Judge Dismisses Case Challenging National Motto - blogorithm Jun 13, 2006, 3:16 pm
A California federal trial judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed by Michael Newdow challenging the constitutionality of our national motto, “In God We Trust. ” Newdow is the atheist who achieved national attention in his previous unsuccessful attempt to remove the Pledge of Allegiance from public schools because it includes the words “one nation under God. ”
The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, had filed a friend of the court brief see
Religious Mystics - blogorithm Jun 10, 2006, 7:21 pm
It is characteristic of mysticism that it makes its appeal to the feelings as the sole, or at least as the normative, source of knowledge of divine things. That is to say, it is the religious sentiment which constitutes for it the source of religious knowledge. Of course mystics differ with one another in the consistency with which they apply their principle. And of course they differ with one another in the account they give of this religious sentiment to which they make their appeal. There are
Jesus: Divine or Da Vinci? A Biblical Response to 'The Da Vinci Code' - blogorithm May 4, 2006, 11:07 am
Is Jesus the Divine Son of God as recorded in the New Testament? Or is Jesus a mortal man as identified in the popular book The Da Vinci Code? Mahoney Media Group Inc. presents “Jesus: Divine or Da Vinci? ”, an invaluable resource and powerful defense of biblical Christianity. The “Jesus: Divine or Da Vinci? ” DVD can be found in Christian bookstores nationwide and is also distributed internationally.
*True Evolution has not been Observed - blogorithm Apr 18, 2006, 1:51 pm
True evolution, in the macro-sense, has never been observed, only inferred. A population of moths that changes from light to dark based upon environmental pressures is not evolution -- they are still moths. A population of bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics does not illustrate evolution -- they are still bacteria. In the biological realm, natural selection (which is operating in these examples) is supposedly the mechanism by which evolution advances, and intelligent design theory cert
*The Gospel (of Judas?) - blogorithm Apr 10, 2006, 5:43 pm
The National Geographic is all agog over a newly discovered "Gospel of Judas." It totally changes our view of history's greatest traitor, or so goes the TV promotions. It's almost funny. When was the last time the Geographic crowd found scripture inerrant? This latest farce comes at the same time as the media hype for Dan Brown's beach blanket bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. It's yet another production in the theater of the absurd. So, we are now supposed to believe that Judas betrayed Jesus on o
Henry Morris Passed Away - blogorithm Feb 28, 2006, 1:43 pm
A great hero of the faith:Concerned Women for America (CWA) mourns the loss of a good friend, an influential Christian leader, and the founder of the modern creationist movement, Dr. Henry Morris. Dr. Morris passed away in California on Saturday, February 25, 2006, at the age of 87, having led a full and accomplished life.
blessing to all who were privileged enough to know him," said Beverly LaHaye, CWAâ € ™s Founder and Chairman. "He has left a lasting legacy of faithfulness, intellect, dil
Darwin's 'Missing Link'? -- Tiktaalik Raises Unanticipated Problems for Evolution - blogorithm Apr 10, 2006, 12:41 pm
Scientists have recovered 375-million-year-old fossils of a shallow-water fish in sediments in the Canadian Arctic near the North Pole.
Evolutionary biologists believe that this creature, dubbed Tiktaalik roseae, documents the transition that animals made from the sea to land. Tiktaalik is being touted as one of the most important fossil finds in history —Darwin's “missing link. ”
Men are Monkeys? - blogorithm Sep 1, 2005, 12:40 am
According to the Washington Post, the completed mapping of the chmpanzee proves the monkey is "humankind's closest cousin."
As predicted by preliminary studies, the human and chimpanzee genetic codes are essentially 99 percent identical, a testament to how fundamentally similar the two species remain.Similarity among diverse species has always existed and led Darwin to assume morphological commonality was indicative of common ancestry. In the same manner, genetically similarity between species
*Adult stem cells attack Alzheimers - blogorithm Feb 17, 2006, 4:10 pm
Canadian researchers said Friday they have uncovered a natural defense mechanism to Alzheimer's disease. Not surprisingly, it involves ADULT stem cells -- those derived from bone marrow... more.
Ohio Censors Science Options - blogorithm Feb 17, 2006, 10:41 am
“Last Tuesday, the Ohio Board of Education took a giant step backwards by sterilizing Ohio public school science standards of any critical analysis of the theory of evolution, ” says Finn Laursen, Executive Director of the Christian Educators Association. “The result is inevitably a chilling effect upon intellectual inquiry. ”
The Ohio state board voted eleven to four to delete teaching material that would allow students to be able to “describe how scientists continue to investigate and cri
*Hwang Researchers Never Cloned Embryonic Stem Cells - blogorithm Feb 17, 2006, 10:43 am
Seoul, South Korea (LifeNews.com) -- Government prosecutors investigating the faked embryonic stem cell research supposedly conducted by Hwang Woo-suk and his colleagues have confirmed that his team never created patient-specific embryonic stem cells that would supposedly overcome rejection issues.
Park Han-cheol of Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, who is leading the Hwang probe, told the Korean Herald newspaper, "there is no possibility that NT-1 is a cloned somatic stem cell."
"There is n
Intelligent Design and an Intelligent Creator - blogorithm Feb 10, 2006, 9:03 am
Your local newspaper's commentary on "Intelligent Design" in public schools expose the misguided attempts of Christian conservatives to repel the state-mandated atheism and humanism of our public education system. We rightly abhor our public institutions teaching things we despise to our children at our expense. It was Thomas Jefferson who said, "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagations of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." But we h
*Astronomer, Biochemist Say Creation Can Be Science - blogorithm Jan 31, 2006, 9:02 pm
We've been silent for a while but plan to begin blogging more regularly in the near future. The following press release caught our eye:Recent court judgments have declared that creationism (Intelligent Design) is not science and has no place in the public school classroom. However the team of scientists at Reasons To Believe (RTB) has demonstrated creation can be formulated and tested as a scientific theory. Over the past twenty years researchers at RTB have developed a verifiable/falsifiable m
*City Rejects Intelligent Design - blogorithm Nov 11, 2005, 11:35 am
In Dover, PA, the school board attempted to introduce an alternative orgins theory to evolution. They failed.
What's more, all eight incumbant board members were defeated - voted out of office - in Tuesday's elections.
700 Club Founder Pat Robertson responded in a most irresponsible manner, stating, "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city."
HT: Oh How I Love Jesus
Creation Expeditions - blogorithm Nov 7, 2005, 6:01 pm
This is not your average family. The family business name gives it away. The name is "Creation Expeditions," and you can take that literally.
What the DeRosa family doesn't have in paleontology degrees, it makes up with some other crucial elements: knowledge and field skills on the subject, Christian faith and a mission to find and present evidence to support the theory of creationism -- plus results from fossil digs that some university paleontologists would envy.
Irreducible Complexity - blogorithm Oct 21, 2005, 3:33 pm
Life cannot exist without many numerous interdependent complex systems, each irreducibly complex on their own, bringing about a grand pageant for life to exist.
Doctors Decry 'Scientific Inquisition' Against Intelligent Design - blogorithm Oct 18, 2005, 3:47 pm
Criticizing a "Scientific Inquisition" aimed at squelching debate over exclusively teaching the theory of evolution, the Christian Medical Association (www.cmda.org) today called for fair and open consideration of the scientific merits of intelligent design theory.
Dr. David Stevens, Executive Director of the 17,000-member CMA, noted, "It's hard to reconcile the scientific principles of freedom of exploration, testing hypotheses and evaluating evidence with the tyrannical rhetoric coming from
Astonishing 88% of Americans Believe in Creation or God-Directed Evolution - blogorithm Oct 17, 2005, 7:41 pm
Yet it is illegal to teach in publicly funded schools ... LifeSiteNews.com has the story:
PHILADELPHIA, October 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll reveals that 88% of the US population believes that God had at least some hand in the creation of life. The poll also shows a distinct educational bias towards the atheistic view that God could have had nothing to do with the creation of life. This supports complaints by many that most institutions of higher learning are heavil
Deadly Flu Virus Pandemic is Inevitable - blogorithm Oct 15, 2005, 3:37 pm
The next human pandemic is "inevitable" and the world must prepare now against bird flu and other potentially deadly viruses, a top U.S. government scientist said on Saturday. [more]
"It's been over 30 years since we've had a pandemic, so inevitably we are going to have a pandemic within a reasonable period of time," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The virus does have the potential to affect large population centers in which there
World's Oldest Noodles Alter View of Ancient Diet - blogorithm Oct 13, 2005, 2:01 am
Archeologists continue to uncover that ancient man was technologically advanced. An excavation of an ancient Chinese settlement revealed a small pile of well-preserved noodles inside a clay bowl.
The bowl was buried beneath 10 feet of sediment in Lajia, a small community located by the Yellow River in northwestern China that was destroyed by an earthquake about 4,000 years ago.
The finding pushes the development of the noodle 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.
*Blood Cord Stem Cells - blogorithm Oct 8, 2005, 12:58 am
Several bio-ethics bills, dealing with the controversial issues of cloning and embryonic stem-cell research which involve the destruction of human life, are bogged down in the U.S. Senate.
But another more ethical bill, involving federal funding for cord-blood research, a proven and non-controversial source of stem-cells, is also caught up in the delay. The Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Therapy and Research Act (S1317) would fund an additional 150,000 units of cord-blood and establish cord-blood
*Adult Stem Cells Enhance Cardiac Function in Preclinical Study - blogorithm Sep 12, 2005, 6:58 pm
Unlike embryonic stem cell research, the use of adult stem cells do not require the destruction of human life. In addition, the latter continues to show concrete results in clinical trials. Here's the latest:Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. today announced preclinical results that support therapeutic opportunities for adult stem and regenerative cells derived from adipose, also known as fat tissue, in the treatment of cardiac injury following acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). These data, al
*Embryonic stem cells trigger immune rejection - blogorithm Aug 30, 2005, 9:30 pm
Scientists from Stanford University in the States and Hannover Medical School in Germany have found that embryonic stem cells are rejected by the recipient's immune system after being implanted. Previously researchers have speculated about the possibility that embryonic stem cells may have an immune-privileged state, but new research shows that any future use of ESC is likely to require the use of systemic immunosuppression. This is a major disadvantage. Adult stem cells by contrast do not requi
*Fetal Pain Scandal - blogorithm Aug 25, 2005, 10:45 am
Recently the news media began reporting on a "study" (actually, a re-interpretation of existing medical literature) published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors claim that there is no substantial reason to believe that unborn humans feel pain before the third trimester (after 29 weeks gestational age). Most of these stories have failed to report important information about the study "investigators" [more from NRTL].
The lead author, Susan J. Lee, is a me
*Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Sloppy Science - blogorithm Aug 24, 2005, 8:43 pm
"The most recent scientific evidence shows the use of human embryos for therapeutic stem cell research to be ineffective and unnecessary," says Dr. Fazale Rana, one of the world's top three leading experts in origin of life research.
Internationally respected biochemist Dr. Fazale Rana calls embryonic stem cell research "sloppy science" and says that the most recent origin of life research shows stem cells derived from alternative sources hold more promise than those taken from human embryos.
*DDT Ban Led to 50-80 Million Deaths - blogorithm Aug 16, 2005, 9:10 pm
Some supporters of ban view mosquitoes and malaria as “a natural population control ”
August 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Communism and fascism, as horrifically bloody as their legacy has been, have a lesser death count attributed to them than the misguided worldwide ban on DDT enforced by the World Health Organization, international aid organizations and others. So reports John Jalsevac in the LifeSiteNews.com Special Report, Green Hands Dipped In Blood: The DDT Genocide.
Rachel Carson's b
*Frist's Support of Embryonic Stem Cell Research - blogorithm Jul 30, 2005, 12:05 am
Majority Leader William Frist (R-Tennessee) has followed Sen. John Kerry's dialectical pattern by supporting embryonic stem cell research and yet claiming to be pro-life. ... more
*Frist No Longer Pro-Life - blogorithm Jul 29, 2005, 12:57 pm
The New York Times reports that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is scheduled to announce his backing of a embryonic stem cell bill that would increase federal funding for ESC research.
Frist claims, "I am pro-life... I believe human life begins at conception."
However, he now supports killing the very lives he claims to support in his statement "I am pro-life."
HT: ProlifeBlogs.com
*Multiple Sclerosis Researchers Use Adult Stem Cells - blogorithm May 27, 2005, 3:44 pm
Multiple sclerosis researchers are investigating how hormones and proteins can be used to trigger the body's own stem cells into producing myelin, the protective sheath around nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that is destroyed by the disease. [more]. "It's really taking a different view of how you can use stem cells. Rather than growing them and transplanting them, we're actually trying to get them to be part of a self-repair, an intrinsic repair," said Samuel Weiss, director of the uni
*Leading Biochemist Calls Embryonic Stem Cell Research 'Sloppy Science' - blogorithm May 26, 2005, 3:24 pm
Recent Scientific Discoveries Support President's Ban on Funds for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
"The most recent scientific evidence shows the use of human embryos for therapeutic stem cell research to be ineffective and unnecessary," says Dr. Fazale Rana, one of the world's top three leading experts in origin of life research.
News Advisory, May 26 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Internationally respected biochemist Dr. Fazale Rana calls embryonic stem cell research "sloppy science" and says that
*Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Parkinson's Disease - blogorithm Nov 5, 2004, 1:40 am
This is an older study from 2001 but remains relevant to the current debate on embryonic stem cell research [hat tip: Back of the Envelope via Prothesis] A carefully controlled study that tried to treat Parkinson's disease by implanting cells...
*Another Adult Stem Cell Success Story - blogorithm Oct 27, 2004, 3:33 am
A Canadian-led research team has shown it is not only possible, but relatively easy, to harvest stem cells from human eyes that could help fight blindness and degenerative eye disorders. [article - subscription required]. More of the article is quoted...
*Bioethicist is Put to the Test, Comment on Stem Cell Research - blogorithm Oct 24, 2004, 12:40 am
Kelly Hollowell is is a scientist, patent attorney and adjunct law professor of bioethics. She recently wrote a must read article about a phone that changed her life and put her faith and training to the test. Her credibility, in...
*Adult Stem Cell Research Continues to Progress - blogorithm Oct 12, 2004, 4:46 am
Adult stem cells are used regulary and are increasingly showing substantial potential for treating additional diseases. For example, The possible discovery of adult stem cells in the pancreas could offer hope for diabetics who take insulin shots to make up...
*Adult Stem Cell Research - blogorithm Oct 10, 2004, 2:32 am
"Adult stem cell research is the best science and is thoroughly moral at the same time," says FRC's Dr. Prentice Washington D.C. - Senator Brownback (R-KS) will be sponsoring hearings today to discuss the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cell research....
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Deadly Flu Virus Pandemic is Inevitable (32 hits)- blogorithm Oct 15, 2005, 3:37 pm
The next human pandemic is "inevitable" and the world must prepare now against bird flu and other potentially deadly viruses, a top U.S. government scientist said on Saturday. [more]
"It's been over 30 years since we've had a pandemic, so inevitably we are going to have a pandemic within a reasonable period of time," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The virus does have the potential to affect large population centers in which there
*Leading Biochemist Calls Embryonic Stem Cell Research 'Sloppy Science' (32 hits)- blogorithm May 26, 2005, 3:24 pm
Recent Scientific Discoveries Support President's Ban on Funds for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
"The most recent scientific evidence shows the use of human embryos for therapeutic stem cell research to be ineffective and unnecessary," says Dr. Fazale Rana, one of the world's top three leading experts in origin of life research.
News Advisory, May 26 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Internationally respected biochemist Dr. Fazale Rana calls embryonic stem cell research "sloppy science" and says that
*Adult Stem Cell Research (29 hits)- blogorithm Oct 10, 2004, 2:32 am
"Adult stem cell research is the best science and is thoroughly moral at the same time," says FRC's Dr. Prentice Washington D.C. - Senator Brownback (R-KS) will be sponsoring hearings today to discuss the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cell research....
*Adult Stem Cells Enhance Cardiac Function in Preclinical Study (29 hits)- blogorithm Sep 12, 2005, 6:58 pm
Unlike embryonic stem cell research, the use of adult stem cells do not require the destruction of human life. In addition, the latter continues to show concrete results in clinical trials. Here's the latest:Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. today announced preclinical results that support therapeutic opportunities for adult stem and regenerative cells derived from adipose, also known as fat tissue, in the treatment of cardiac injury following acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). These data, al
*Astronomer, Biochemist Say Creation Can Be Science (29 hits)- blogorithm Jan 31, 2006, 9:02 pm
We've been silent for a while but plan to begin blogging more regularly in the near future. The following press release caught our eye:Recent court judgments have declared that creationism (Intelligent Design) is not science and has no place in the public school classroom. However the team of scientists at Reasons To Believe (RTB) has demonstrated creation can be formulated and tested as a scientific theory. Over the past twenty years researchers at RTB have developed a verifiable/falsifiable m
Creation Expeditions (29 hits)- blogorithm Nov 7, 2005, 6:01 pm
This is not your average family. The family business name gives it away. The name is "Creation Expeditions," and you can take that literally.
What the DeRosa family doesn't have in paleontology degrees, it makes up with some other crucial elements: knowledge and field skills on the subject, Christian faith and a mission to find and present evidence to support the theory of creationism -- plus results from fossil digs that some university paleontologists would envy.
*Adult stem cells attack Alzheimers (29 hits)- blogorithm Feb 17, 2006, 4:10 pm
Canadian researchers said Friday they have uncovered a natural defense mechanism to Alzheimer's disease. Not surprisingly, it involves ADULT stem cells -- those derived from bone marrow... more.
*True Evolution has not been Observed (29 hits)- blogorithm Apr 18, 2006, 1:51 pm
True evolution, in the macro-sense, has never been observed, only inferred. A population of moths that changes from light to dark based upon environmental pressures is not evolution -- they are still moths. A population of bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics does not illustrate evolution -- they are still bacteria. In the biological realm, natural selection (which is operating in these examples) is supposedly the mechanism by which evolution advances, and intelligent design theory cert
*Embryonic stem cells trigger immune rejection (28 hits)- blogorithm Aug 30, 2005, 9:30 pm
Scientists from Stanford University in the States and Hannover Medical School in Germany have found that embryonic stem cells are rejected by the recipient's immune system after being implanted. Previously researchers have speculated about the possibility that embryonic stem cells may have an immune-privileged state, but new research shows that any future use of ESC is likely to require the use of systemic immunosuppression. This is a major disadvantage. Adult stem cells by contrast do not requi
*City Rejects Intelligent Design (28 hits)- blogorithm Nov 11, 2005, 11:35 am
In Dover, PA, the school board attempted to introduce an alternative orgins theory to evolution. They failed.
What's more, all eight incumbant board members were defeated - voted out of office - in Tuesday's elections.
700 Club Founder Pat Robertson responded in a most irresponsible manner, stating, "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city."
HT: Oh How I Love Jesus
*Multiple Sclerosis Researchers Use Adult Stem Cells (27 hits)- blogorithm May 27, 2005, 3:44 pm
Multiple sclerosis researchers are investigating how hormones and proteins can be used to trigger the body's own stem cells into producing myelin, the protective sheath around nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that is destroyed by the disease. [more]. "It's really taking a different view of how you can use stem cells. Rather than growing them and transplanting them, we're actually trying to get them to be part of a self-repair, an intrinsic repair," said Samuel Weiss, director of the uni
*Frist No Longer Pro-Life (25 hits)- blogorithm Jul 29, 2005, 12:57 pm
The New York Times reports that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is scheduled to announce his backing of a embryonic stem cell bill that would increase federal funding for ESC research.
Frist claims, "I am pro-life... I believe human life begins at conception."
However, he now supports killing the very lives he claims to support in his statement "I am pro-life."
HT: ProlifeBlogs.com
*Blood Cord Stem Cells (25 hits)- blogorithm Oct 8, 2005, 12:58 am
Several bio-ethics bills, dealing with the controversial issues of cloning and embryonic stem-cell research which involve the destruction of human life, are bogged down in the U.S. Senate.
But another more ethical bill, involving federal funding for cord-blood research, a proven and non-controversial source of stem-cells, is also caught up in the delay. The Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Therapy and Research Act (S1317) would fund an additional 150,000 units of cord-blood and establish cord-blood
Irreducible Complexity (25 hits)- blogorithm Oct 21, 2005, 3:33 pm
Life cannot exist without many numerous interdependent complex systems, each irreducibly complex on their own, bringing about a grand pageant for life to exist.
*Another Adult Stem Cell Success Story (24 hits)- blogorithm Oct 27, 2004, 3:33 am
A Canadian-led research team has shown it is not only possible, but relatively easy, to harvest stem cells from human eyes that could help fight blindness and degenerative eye disorders. [article - subscription required]. More of the article is quoted...
*Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Parkinson's Disease (24 hits)- blogorithm Nov 5, 2004, 1:40 am
This is an older study from 2001 but remains relevant to the current debate on embryonic stem cell research [hat tip: Back of the Envelope via Prothesis] A carefully controlled study that tried to treat Parkinson's disease by implanting cells...
*Hwang Researchers Never Cloned Embryonic Stem Cells (24 hits)- blogorithm Feb 17, 2006, 10:43 am
Seoul, South Korea (LifeNews.com) -- Government prosecutors investigating the faked embryonic stem cell research supposedly conducted by Hwang Woo-suk and his colleagues have confirmed that his team never created patient-specific embryonic stem cells that would supposedly overcome rejection issues.
Park Han-cheol of Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, who is leading the Hwang probe, told the Korean Herald newspaper, "there is no possibility that NT-1 is a cloned somatic stem cell."
"There is n
Doctors Decry 'Scientific Inquisition' Against Intelligent Design (23 hits)- blogorithm Oct 18, 2005, 3:47 pm
Criticizing a "Scientific Inquisition" aimed at squelching debate over exclusively teaching the theory of evolution, the Christian Medical Association (www.cmda.org) today called for fair and open consideration of the scientific merits of intelligent design theory.
Dr. David Stevens, Executive Director of the 17,000-member CMA, noted, "It's hard to reconcile the scientific principles of freedom of exploration, testing hypotheses and evaluating evidence with the tyrannical rhetoric coming from
*The Gospel (of Judas?) (23 hits)- blogorithm Apr 10, 2006, 5:43 pm
The National Geographic is all agog over a newly discovered "Gospel of Judas." It totally changes our view of history's greatest traitor, or so goes the TV promotions. It's almost funny. When was the last time the Geographic crowd found scripture inerrant? This latest farce comes at the same time as the media hype for Dan Brown's beach blanket bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. It's yet another production in the theater of the absurd. So, we are now supposed to believe that Judas betrayed Jesus on o
*Bioethicist is Put to the Test, Comment on Stem Cell Research (22 hits)- blogorithm Oct 24, 2004, 12:40 am
Kelly Hollowell is is a scientist, patent attorney and adjunct law professor of bioethics. She recently wrote a must read article about a phone that changed her life and put her faith and training to the test. Her credibility, in...
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