embryonic stem cells

Liquid Nitrogen bank containing suspension of stem cells. Cell culture for the biomedical diagnostic

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June 4, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Scientists Kill Embryo Research Time Restrictions

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 4, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

It was all such a con. During the Great Embryonic Stem Cell Debate, “the scientists” promised to restrict embryo-destructive research to 14 days. They said that was because the neural system begins to form after 14 days. Read More ›

Embryos frozen in liquid nitrogen for IVF procedure close up

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April 16, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Scientists Make Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryos

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April 16, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

They said they wouldn’t do it, but of course they did. Scientists working in China — where else? — have constructed embryos that are part human and part monkey. Read More ›

Cells division process, Cell divides into two cells

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July 1, 2002
Human Exceptionalism}

Cloning and Congress

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 1, 2002
Human Exceptionalism}

WHAT’S LESS BAD: enacting a ban on so-called “reproductive” human cloning that explicitly authorizes cloning for research purposes, or passing no law at all prohibiting cloning in 2002? That is the seeming conundrum facing cloning opponents, since neither side in the great cloning debate apparently can muster the 60 votes needed to pass either a complete or partial cloning ban Read More ›