SETI Communication Only Outward So Far
May 19, 2016
...are too prone to atomic and electrical forces to have free will. Cells are extremely diverse, and they communicate profusely, yet only over limited areas, and without sentience as far...
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Tinkering with Human Embryos More Brazen than Ever
May 5, 2016
...in growing stem cells into embryo-like structures, it could be difficult to determine whether the structures count as embryos, and thus are subject to the 14-day rule. “It’s an interesting...
Life as the Communication of Information
April 28, 2016
...receive information from the DNA library. Colonies of cells transmit and receive molecular signals to each other. Sperm communicates with egg. Tissues communicate with organs, which communicate with bodies and...
Body Wonders You Didn't Know You Had
April 26, 2016
...Science Daily says. These on/off switch positions are heritable, so that the next generation can be prepared for stressful situations. Custom facial: Skeletal stem cells lay the foundation for development...
Who Knows the Evil that Darwinians Do?
April 16, 2016
...humdrum news item where progress is made from time to time. (Note that there is an ethical difference between killing embryos for their stem cells and implanting stem cells into...
Humans Could Be Much Healthier
April 15, 2016
...on stem cell therapies, including ones that take the mother’s stem cells and transplant them to the growing fetus in the womb. Hopes are rising that stem cells from the...
Humans May Have Lost Beneficial Traits
April 6, 2016
...a new way to reprogram body cells into “induced multipotent stem cells” (iMS), scientists can extract fat cells and dope them with AZA, a compound known to induce cell plasticity....
Blindness Reversed with Adult Stem Cells
March 21, 2016
...to their embryonic state. Who needs embryonic stem cells? This is great news, and more may be coming. We’ve already seen rapid advances with adult stem cells and iPS cells....
Secular Science's Meat Market: Abortion and Embryos
March 13, 2016
...do anything to stop scientific progress. Strangely, the article ends with someone worried about “more concerning forms of germline editing.” Breakthrough in generating embryonic cells that are critical for human...
The Crawling Eye: Cells as Lenses
February 10, 2016
Certain bacteria can respond to light be turning their whole bodies into eyeballs. The cells are round anyway; why not focus light? Scientists have wondered why certain cyanobacteria in “pond...
Smart Money Is on Adult Stem Cells, but Some Scientists Still Lust after Embryos
January 19, 2016
...adult. Adult stem cells (AS) reside in different tissues of adults, where they can regenerate the cells of that particular tissue. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) are tissue cells that...
Intelligent Design Is Leading Biology's Golden Age
January 12, 2016
...Made up mostly of stem cells, it seems to be immortal. A researcher at Pomona College is intrigued; could we learn the secrets of aging by studying this little creature?...
Were Our Bodies Created for Self-Repair?
October 30, 2015
...cells from embryos (ES cells) could provide a wealth of new cells but spark ethical objections. Stem cells produced from adult cells (so-called induced pluripotent stem [iPS] cells) avoid the...
Scientific Ethics: A Reader Digest
October 25, 2015
...differentiation is enough to give cells ‘stemness’ (PhysOrg): A new shortcut to stem cells, from research on adult stem cells. Cardiac muscle cells as good as progenitors for heart repair...
Adult Stem Cells Outpace Embryonics
October 8, 2015
...article pits adult stem cells against embryonic stem cells by discussing “Muse cells” found in a variety of tissues, including bone marrow, fat tissues and skin. “Muse cells are unique...