Organ Donation - Medical Miracles for Monetary Gain
Organ donations go back as far as 1954, when a kidney was successfully transplanted from one healthy body to a diseased one. Today, most parts such as skin, cartilage, lungs, intestines, corneas, nerves, bones, and skin are being used. read more
Organ donations go back as far as 1954, when a kidney was successfully transplanted from one healthy body to a diseased one. Today, most parts such as skin, cartilage, lungs, intestines, corneas, nerves, bones, and skin are being used. read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Science > Controversial Topics
Development of Induced Pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells
On March 1, 2009, researchers announced they had finally found a way to eventually eliminate the need for human embryos for stem cell research, replacing them with the process of transforming ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells. This read more
On March 1, 2009, researchers announced they had finally found a way to eventually eliminate the need for human embryos for stem cell research, replacing them with the process of transforming ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells. This read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Science > Controversial Topics
Ins and Outs of Human Cloning
There are two types of cloning—therapeutic and reproductive—with each one having its own group of supporters and anti-cloners behind it. There are fifteen states having laws which pertain to both types of cloning, with the very first law read more
There are two types of cloning—therapeutic and reproductive—with each one having its own group of supporters and anti-cloners behind it. There are fifteen states having laws which pertain to both types of cloning, with the very first law read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Science > Controversial Topics
Re: The Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2009
Quite recently President Obama made an announcement to our country stating he felt that human cloning was not only dangerous, but profoundly wrong and has no place in society. Better yet, a major question is how human cloning can be justified read more
Quite recently President Obama made an announcement to our country stating he felt that human cloning was not only dangerous, but profoundly wrong and has no place in society. Better yet, a major question is how human cloning can be justified read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Science > Controversial Topics
Invisible Cloak of Harry Potter Becoming a Scientific Reality
When we watch the movies of Harry Potter, the cloak he wears to become instantaneously invisible makes his movies not only fascinating but "way-out there" for the majority of viewers. But researchers are developing what we pay to see at the Potter read more
When we watch the movies of Harry Potter, the cloak he wears to become instantaneously invisible makes his movies not only fascinating but "way-out there" for the majority of viewers. But researchers are developing what we pay to see at the Potter read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Science > Controversial Topics