Whether it is people or cells, how much control do we really have over their behavior? Very little. The Secret Service is at the center of a huge international scandal involving prostitution and potentially compromised nationally security. Clearly, the Secret Service failed to do their incredibly important job of protecting the President and national security, […]
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I have a Plumeria plant in my office in my lab. When I came in today (Monday), I found the Plumeria in bloom. The flowers were giving off a very beautiful scent reminiscent of Hawaii. (update: note you may enjoy my “Scientist in the Garden” series). Wow! Holy cow, how did that happen? Ok, back
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What are the sins of scientists? It’s not all that bad in the grant scheme of sins. Still, some scientists do really rotten things, often to each other, a topic I’m exploring in a seven part series on what I call scientific sinning. I started my series on the sins of scientists a few weeks
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I have to say that Nutella is yummy. But it is also incredibly unhealthy in contrast to their advertising, particularly their promotion that Nutella is part of a healthy breakfast. It was a very successful campaign as one of my daughters every now and then eats Nutella for breakfast now but never did in the
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Dr. Zannos Grekos has administered so-called stem cell-based treatments to patients, at least two of whom have died following treatment in the last couple years. It is an understatement to say that Grekos is in serious hot water with various authorities at the state and federal levels. In the case of a 77-year old man
Is Obama bailing out on support for embryonic stem cell research (ESCR)? As even casual readers of this blog easily surmise, I am a supporter of President Obama. I believe he has done a good job in his first term and deserves re-election. I also believe Romney would not be a good president, particularly as
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Lately the urban myth that there are embryonic stem cells in Pepsi has been spreading like wildfire. I’ve been doing some mythbusting part to squelch these flames (and not by pouring Pepsi on them), but it isn’t easy. Why does it even matter if some folks are going around saying there are embryonic stem cells
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The conflict in Ireland over stem cells is still brewing and bubbling this week as I’ve been blogging it. It is remarkable to me that as just one person I have in a few days been able to have a substantial impact in that dialogue via this blog. There has been a rather large push
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I put up a poll recently asking readers how they predicted the federal court would rule on federal funding of human ESC research. Six out of 10 respondents believed that the court would rule against the government, in effect making federal funding of ESC research illegal. In addition, one third of respondents believed an immediate injunction
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The most popular stem cell group on LinkedIn may have turned to the Dark Side with banning and censorship of good citizens of the stem cell community as I blogged about here. I have formed a new stem cell group on LinkedIn in which I, as the leader, will strive to never ban or censor
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