Posts Tagged ‘science’
Rethinking the brain
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: February 15, 2011
A boy without a cerebellum is forcing medical experts to admit they didn’t know as much about the brain as they thought they did.
Embryo adoption
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: February 15, 2011
This week’s Cross Examine television show looks at embryo adoption. The episode is titled Snow Babies. One of the reasons some churches forbid some fertility procedures is that ‘excess’ embryos are created, many of whom are discarded or donated to be used as research material (which, as one lady notes in the show, is another [...]
Only a handful of cells?
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: September 19, 2009
The Curt Jester notes that higher-ups in the Obama administration seem to follow a strange creed when it comes to very young humans. They also write off those of us with moral concerns as silly. They also seem to not have a firm grasp on science. Read The Curt Jester’s post Creedal Obamians (Sept. 17, [...]
“Is it right?”
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: May 12, 2009
Brian A. Graebe, a seminarian of the Archdiocese of New York, writing at First Things, says: Nor can such absolutists blind themselves to the traps set by the current discourse, steeped as it is in consequentialist parameters. In any discussion over embryonic stem-cell research, for example, one will inevitably hear an informed and articulate pro-lifer mention [...]
Recommended reading
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: March 6, 2009
Vital Signs Ministries has a list of books it bills The Pro-Life Indispensables. Over at his book blog, Denny Hartford (the director of Vital Signs Ministries), also recommends Check with Chip on Stem Cell Research, by Chip Maxwell, Executive Director of the Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research. Over at Lutherans for Life’s “Teaching for Life” page, [...]
Adult stem cells update
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: February 5, 2009
Adult stem cells continue to pile up the success stories.
Running machines with brain signals
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: November 5, 2008
Kim Komando features a 60 Minutes segment that shows that electrodes on a person’s head can pick up signals that let a paralyzed man type out voice messages, and a stroke victim drive a wheelchair. There’s also a monkey who operates robotic arms this way. Amazing stuff. (There is an ad at the front of the video [...]
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