The Vatican has reportedly killed its planned upcoming stem cell conference. What’s the scoop? Last year the Vatican had an invitation only stem cell conference at which embryonic stem cell researchers, who are presumably going to Hell, and discussion of embryonic stem cell research were banned. I did a number of posts on this 2011 …
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What’s wrong with Romney? Romney is quoted today as saying it would take an “act of God” for him to lose the GOP nomination. A miracle, I guess? Perhaps, but I say that if he is the GOP nominee it would take a miracle for him to beat Obama. Last night Mitt Romney, the GOP …
How should we all handle cyber safety issues? Could someone be stealing your work-related or personal data while you travel? If you have recently traveled outside the U.S., particularly to China or Russia, I have bad news for you because you may have already been hacked. Check out this article in the NY Times about how dangerous …
Reportedly, a second, new federal indictment against 4 men including fake doctors Morales and Stowe today indicates 24 more additional charges. The group took as much as $1.5 million from patients and their families for dubious stem cell treatments. It is unknown if any of the patients were harmed physically by the treatments, but surely …
Who is the stem cell fugitive? When I was a kid I loved re-runs of that program The Fugitive. I always knew that Dr. Richard Kimble was innocent. Then in 1993 Harrison Ford starred in a movie based on the TV show, which was a fun one. Now we have a real life fugitive story …
There was another federal indictment just handed down that alleges that one Francisco Morales (aka Dr. Frank Morales) broke the law with stem cells. Allegedly he took umbilical cords (telling patients that they would be used for medical research), facilitated isolation of stem cells, and shipped them out of state to be used in dubious …
Indicted alleged stem cell predator Morales & Margolis: any links? Read More »
There are many stories in the news about stem cells right now. Some of the stories are positive and some are negative in terms of the actual news. A separate issue is that some of the stories do a good job, while others are very inaccurate or use the news to confuse and push their …
Stem cells in the media today: the good and the ugly Read More »