Editors
SHOCK: Obama Signs Bill Banning Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cells
3/13/2009 1:20:00 PM
President Obama signed H.R. 1105, the “Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (aka omnibus appropriations bill) on Wednesday which included a hidden provision that explicitly bans federal funding of any "research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death."
This bill is counter to the claims of Obama made just Monday where "sc...
Editors
Sensationalized: AP Says Fetal Stem Cells Trigger Tumors in Boy
2/18/2009 8:10:00 AM
The Associated Press has sensationalized an old stem tourism case where Russian stem therapy from 2002-2004 went horribly wrong.
An Israeli boy with a fatal brain disease developed tumors after receiving stem cell injections created from multiple fetal stem cells (some were from a female).
Doctors say his brain disease wasn't conducive to stem cell therapy in the first place.