Category Archives: Stem Cells

So Can I Sue for More Grant Money?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Suing for funding? Not a good decision.
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Egg Donation, Stem Cell Research, and Lady Bits

Posted on July 22, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

The ethics and ickiness of egg donation.
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Posted in Lady Bits, Stem Cells | 6 Comments

Stem Cells and the Politics of the Ethics of the Few

Posted on December 3, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Overestimating the case against embryonic stem cell research.
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I’m Feeling Good About an Obama Presidency Already

Posted on November 10, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve been hoping that somewhere there are a bunch of smart people figuring how to unfuck all the stuff that Little Lord Pontchartrain has fucked up using the power of the Executive Branch. Obama’s ahead of me.
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Posted in Democrats, Environment, Global Warming, Healthcare, Stem Cells, The War on Science | 3 Comments

Abortion, Stem Cells, In Vitro Fertilization, and Tribalism

Posted on December 2, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

The ‘pro-life’ position on embryonic stem cell research has nothing to do with ethical reasoning and everything to with tribalism.
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Posted in Authoritarianism, Blastocyst Liberation, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Stem Cells | 2 Comments

Amniotic Stem Cells Used to Grow Heart Valves

Posted on November 16, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Every year in the U.S., thousands of children are born with heart valve defects. Researchers have developed a way to grow heart valves from stem cells in amniotic fluid.
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