Science and language Apr 19, 2008
As an example, the National Bioethics Commission (KBN) consulted the Language Center of the National Education Ministry (Pusat Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan Nasional) to find the Indonesian term (the translation) for the word "stem cell". It has been decided that the term could be translated as "sel punca". (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
McCain Flashes Temper at NY TIMES Reporter... Mar 8, 2008
Why not ask some beefy ones; for example, why is it that Hillary is never asked where she stands on euthanasia, and why did she and Bill agree with head of their Bioethics Commission, who had formerly been on Hillary's defunct health care task force,to the installation of Dr. Peter Singer at Princeton. The fact that our president actually traveled to Europe to check out Singer, the world's best known proponent of utilitarian genocide who has been outlawed from speaking in Germany, Austria, and... (The Drudge Report)
Technology Vindicates Morality Nov 30, 2007
It was one of the most ideologically balanced bioethics commission in the history of this country. It consisted of scientists, ethicists, theologians, philosophers, physicians -- and others (James Q. Wilson, Francis Fukuyama and me among them) of a secular bent not committed to one school or the other. (Townhall.com)
But spokesman says president recognizes potential from adult research lines Nov 2, 2006
WorldNetDaily: Bush firm on no fed funds for embryonic stem cell work. A Free Press For A Free People. (WorldNetDaily)
Energy Security: Bridging The (Energy) Gulf Oct 26, 2006
Notice the wording not "embryonic" stem cell research, but "lifesaving'' research. At the current stage of research, there's a difference. We all share Fox's hope for cures. We also share a healthy respect for the truth, and the truth is that the only limits Bush and Steele support is on federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research involving embryos newly created and destroyed for that purpose. There's no limit on research involving existing embryonic-stem-cell lines and no limit at all on... (Investors Business Daily)
Fox On Stem Cells: Fair And Balanced? Oct 26, 2006
As Robert George, a Princeton professor who sits on the president's bioethics commission, told National Review Online: Adult stem cells "have actually been used to treat people," but no one knows "when, if ever, embryonic stem cells will be used at all.". George notes that while "there are more than 1,000 adult-stem-cell-based therapies in clinical trials" the truth is "not a single embryonic-stem-cell-based therapy is even in stage one of clinical trials.". (Investors Business Daily)
LIMBAUGH: Michael J. Fox Is Not Infallible;He's Just the Latest Victim Used by the Democrats... Oct 25, 2006
Now, at National Review Online has a story on their website today: "Doc Hollywood on the Campaign Trail; What Michael J. Fox learned while on Spin City," and in it she quotes Princeton professor Robert P. George, who sits on the president's bioethics commission, and he says this: "I have great sympathy for Mr. Fox and other victims of Parkinson's and similarly horrible diseases. I understand how desperately he hopes for a cure for what afflicts him and so many others. I have seen members of my... (The Drudge Report)
2nd panel cites Hwang's team for ethics lapses Jan 15, 2006
The stem cell research team led by Hwang Woo-suk failed to inform human egg donors properly about the health risks involved in the donations, the National Bioethics Commission said yesterday in its first briefing to the press on its work. In the most disturbing case, a donor underwent the procedure to remove some of her eggs four times, the commission said, and a significant number of the donors developed medical problems because of their donations. (International Herald Tribune)
Discredited South Korean scientist stripped of honours Jan 11, 2006
Song Sang-Yong, president of the Asian Bioethics Commission, said an apology should also be forthcoming from President Roh Moo-Hyun, an erstwhile champion of Hwang. "If Roh makes a sincere apology and strictly reprimands those responsible...we can turn the scandal into an opportunity, " he wrote in the JoonAng newspaper. (Channelnewsasia.com)
