Back to School Insanity and Japanese iPSC Trial

School is upon us. With two now in high school, I am beyond swamped. Senior pictures, registration, try outs...oh my!To focus on the coming year and get a good start, I will be taking a couple weeks off of blogging.In the meantime, peruse this excellent article on the iPSC human trial starting in Japan. Yours truly is quoted throughout. From Catholic News Agency:Quest for ethical stem cells prompts moral questionsThe first human trials for the treatment of blindness using induced pluripotent stem cells has brought the hope of creating stem cell therapies that do not rely upon destroyed embryos back in the public eye.However, moral and medical questions surrounding the research on “iPSCs” have raised questions about whether the process is living up to its hopes of providing an innovative advance in biotechnology without relying on the destruction of embryos.“Morally, there is no doubt that iPSC technology is a huge improvement over destroying IVF embryos or cloning embryos to gain pluripotent stem cells,” Rebecca H. Taylor, a clinical lab specialist in molecular biology and author of the Catholic bioethics website “Mary Meets Dolly,” told CNA, “but they are not totally free from ethical issues.”Continue reading at CNA >>
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Source Type: blogs