Stem Cell Research

Eric Cantor: Stem Cell Research Just A Distraction From The Economy

The Hill | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's impending reversal of the restrictions on embryonic stem cell research is meant to distract from the economy, House Minority Whip Er...

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Obama To Overturn Ban On Federal Funding For Stem Cell Research

AP | BEN FELLER and LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Reversing an eight-year-old limit on potentially life-saving science, President Barack Obama plans to lift restrictions Monday on t...

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Hope, Science and Tomorrow: Stem Cell Research in 2009

Ryan Mehl | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Embryos, Stem Cell Research, Medicine, Embryonic Stem Cells, Stem Cells, Politics News
Ryan Mehl

The days of cautiously taking care of ourselves will wane as we move medicine, politics and society forward. By embracing stem-cell research, we will see the many troubles of aging and disease disappear.

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LA Times: Liberals Not Pleased With Go-Slow Obama

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington -- Slowly over the last few weeks, some of Barack Obama's most fervent supporters have come to an unhappy realization: The c...

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Axelrod: Stem cell order coming soon from Obama

AP | Posted 03.18.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Expect an executive order soon from President Barack Obama on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. That's the word fr...

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Long Live Science! Now Let's Be Careful!

Lennard Davis | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Dna, Science, Genetics, Obama, Creationism, Race, Stem-Cell Research, Dna Testing, Living News
Lennard Davis

The Right was wrong in banning stem-cell research, but the Left shouldn't over-correct by insisting that science be free to do anything it likes without the input of informed citizens.

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Shirt of Change

Michael DeJong | Posted 03.04.2009 | Style

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Michael DeJong

Obama's brilliant photo of him in a crisp white shirt sans jacket will come to symbolize a new presidential power.

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First Embryonic Stem Cell Study Approved By FDA

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 02.22.2009 | Home

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NEW YORK — A U.S. biotech company says it plans to start this summer the world's first study of a treatment based on human embryonic stem cells ...

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Beyond the Rick Warren Controversy: Two Questions About Love and Justice

Valerie Tarico | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

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Valerie Tarico

The role of the evangelical minister is to help his followers know what is real and how to live. It is about taking our complicated, fast-moving, sometimes scary world and distilling it into Four Spiritual Laws.

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Obama's Stem Cell Policy Should Be Enacted Through Legislation, Not by Executive Order

Ralph Dittman | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Ralph Dittman

Obama guaranteed he would ensure that all research on stem cells is conducted "ethically and with rigorous oversight." Now, how does he implement this change in stem cell policy?

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Executive Vigor Without Executive Arrogance III: Three Steps Away from the Unitary Presidency

Peter M. Shane | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Peter M. Shane

My last two posts focused on whether a newly inaugurated President Obama can move energetically to displace Bush-era policy without embracing a radica...

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The Extremism of Bobby Jindal

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

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Jeff Schweitzer

In spite of evolution's unprecedented success in explaining the living world, creationism has crept into the mainstream of American thought and into public school curricula in several states.

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Rick Warren and the Power of Prayer

Renita Weems | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

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Renita Weems

Sure, Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren for the inaugural prayer proves nothing more probably than that Obama is a consummate politician. Obama wil...

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George Bush's Confession: False Contrition at its Worst

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

Yes, George, we will remember you, exactly as you wish, as a president who came in and left with his values intact.

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A Fly in the Anointment: Bobby Jindal as the Republican Obama

Disgrasian | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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Disgrasian

It's true! Jindal is young, brown, and the child of immigrants. Since we, too, are young, brown, and the children of immigrants, I guess that means we're voting for Jindal in 2012!

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Stem Cell Research Offers Hope to Type 1 Diabetics

Mary Lou Song | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

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Mary Lou Song

When does life begin? I don't know. But I do know that we shouldn't turn our backs on the people who desperately need cures to their diseases; the people who are with us, right here and right now.

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Obama To Use Executive Orders For Immediate Environmental Impact

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush ad...

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Greenspan's Model

Aaron Greenspan | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business

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Aaron Greenspan

After an excruciatingly long wait, we are finally at the end of a dark era in our nation's history.

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Confronting Diabetes In Celebration: Yes to Philly and a New Chapter of Hope

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

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SaraKay Smullens

Once insulin is received, for lucky kids there is a honeymoon period: the pancreas -- so hungry for insulin to break down the sugar and carbs -- begins, almost magically, to produce insulin.

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McCain: They Don't Like Him, They Really Don't Like Him

Paul Jenkins | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The expectations McCain brought to the race were impossibly high to fulfill, thanks to decades of media cheerleading and his ability to believe in his own hype.

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Stem Cell Backers Question Where McCain Stands

AP | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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MADISON, Wis. - Some of the nation's top embryonic stem cell research advocates say they are growing concerned that Sen. John McCain will backtrack on...

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The Dead Core of McCain's Republican Party

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Now that it has thoroughly discredited the market economy it was ostensibly pushing, the Republican Party is left with no clear, logical economic agenda.

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Is a Pig With Lipstick Really Still a Pig?

David Quigg | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

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David Quigg

I don't know why nobody is talking about this. The lunatic controversy over whether Barack Obama called Sarah Palin a pig misses the real point. Look...

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Why I love Sarah Palin

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

The McCain camp has been harshly criticizing the media for its coverage of Palin, signaling that the curmudgeonly nominee's love fest with the press has finally ended, as it should.

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Scientists Create Stem Cells From Wisdom Teeth

AFP | Kyoko Hasegawa | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

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TOKYO- Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethica...

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