Harvard and the Brigham call for more than 30 retractions of cardiac stem cell research
You can rely on NCER to report life-giving ethical research successes, and to expose unethical, even fraudulent practices. Stem cell research has been replete with fraud, such as the Harvard Stem Cell Scandal, in which 3 researchers made claims that were unsubstantiated, resulting in thirty papers being retracted. Even more egregious is the common practice of deceitfully labeling aborted fetal tissue as “adult stem cells”.
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By IVAN ORANSKY and ADAM MARCUS…
Designer babies aren’t futuristic. They’re already here.
It is now common and affordable for adults to learn about their genetic make-up and any inheritable diseases their genes may carry. As a consequence, the use of expensive pre-implantation genetic testing to weed out imperfect embryos for family planning is growing rapidly. This trend risks relegating genetic diseases to poor populations, while also discriminating against imperfect but viable embryos that are created and rejected. NCER rejects this disregard for the unborn even those in …
Mom to the Internet: Anybody want to trade my girl embryo for a boy?
Using IVF, a couple decides that they do not want to carry their frozen female embryo to term, so they offer it as a commodity on the Internet to be exchanged for a male embryo. The fact that their embryo is made from their combined DNA is not compelling enough to overcome their disappointment in its gender. This is how the new reproductive technologies turn embryos into economic products instead of human beings. NCER strongly …
Same-sex mouse parents give birth via gene editing
CRISPR cures inherited disorder in mice, paving way for genetic therapy before birth
CRISPR cures inherited disorder in mice
On a very positive ethical note, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have utilized CRISPR to cure mice of a fatal liver disease while in utero! This “proof of concept” trial will pave the way to potentially curing genetic diseases in humans while the fetus is still in the mothers womb. Using a newer form of CRISPR which doesn’t need to cut out damaged DNA to replace it, CRISPR …
WITH EMBRYO BASE EDITING, CHINA GETS ANOTHER CRISPR FIRST
from NCER: In a breakthrough first, Chinese scientists have just boldly used CRISPR to edit diseased genes in viable human embryos created through IVF. Because international ethical guidelines for research are not followed in China, they are comfortable with editing IVF embryos so as to affect future generations, referred to as germline gene editing. Any changes, whether beneficial or harmful, would be inherited by future generations, and therefore would not only violate the rights of …
Alberta woman 1st adult in Canada to be ‘cured’ of sickle cell anemia through stem cell transplant
A stem cell first for Canada! An Alberta woman is the first adult in Canada to be cured of sickle cell anemia with the help of a stem cell transplant from her sister. This is a great example of the Ethical use of stem cells !
· CBC News ·
Revée Agyepong of Edmonton underwent the procedure at Calgary cancer centre with donor cells from sister
An Alberta woman …
Japan to lift ban on growing human organs in animals
Japan has decided to join the US and UK in allowing researchers to implant an animal embryo (a fertilized egg) containing human cells into an animal’s womb and have the animal give birth. The constructive possibilities include growing human organs in animals for transplantation into humans. But they assure us that they will not allow the creation of horrific creatures that “blur the line between humans and other animals”, crossbreeding of created animals or fertilization …
Parenting of the future: Many embryos, each with DNA profile
NEW YORK (AP) — So you want to have a baby.
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