Adult Stem Cells and Fracture Putty

February 8, 2012 By
Stem cell

Great news via Glenn Reynolds, who does a great job of keeping us all informed on successful therapies related to stem cells. This time, it’s Fracture Putty: Broken bones can mean weeks of having to wear a cast and the muscle atrophy that comes with that. More severe breaks can take months to mend, result [...]

Filed Under: Medical, Stem Cells

Adult Stem Cells Restoring Sight

June 23, 2010 By

Before and After Stem Cell Treatment/Photo AP (Via) This is fantastic news: Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells — a stunning success for the burgeoning cell-therapy field, Italian researchers reported Wednesday. [...]

Filed Under: "Remaking" Ourselves, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Medical, Stem Cells

Vatican funding Adult Stem Cell Research

April 24, 2010 By

Did you know that 35 craters of the moon have been named for Jesuit scientist-priests? If you are surprised to learn that, it might be because you have trusted the mainstream press when it has told you -mostly based on their own distorted reporting- that “Christians -especially Catholics- hate science and would send us back [...]

Filed Under: Benedict XVI, Critical Thinking, Crooks and Liars, Culture of Life/Death, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Medical, Stem Cells, The Fourth Estate, The Perpetual Adolescents

Flattered & Blushing linkaround – UPDATED

January 17, 2009 By

Amazing footage: US Air Splashdown. Watching those people evacuate is really something. Thank God for good news. As the doorman said, “well, bust my buttons!” It seems Tony Blankley has visited my humble abode and said some very nice things. I’m blushing. No, really. But that was very nice; thanks. I would add that I [...]

Filed Under: Alternative Media, America, Barack Obama, Benedict XVI, Benedictine, Blogs and Blogging, Bush Good, Catholicism, Culture of Life/Death, Dick Meyer, Election 2008, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Faith, Feminism, Free Speech?, It's all about me! Me! ME!, Podcasts, Socialism doesn't work, Stem Cells, The Fourth Estate, The Pelosi, The Perpetual Adolescents, US Military, War on Terror

Some questions from the mailbag

December 4, 2008 By

Q: Anchoress, I notice you’re writing a lot about Advent and nothing about politics. A: Well, you’re very observant! I decided after the election – actually a few weeks before the election, but by then I was in the circuit and had to see it through, so to speak – that I would write about [...]

Filed Under: Advent 2008, Alternative Media, America, Answers & Questions, Barack Obama, Bush Good, Culture of Life/Death, Dumb GOP moves, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Eucharist, Faith, Free Speech?, Monasticism, Stem Cells, The Perpetual Adolescents, US Military, War on Terror, Why can't weeee be ...

Breakthrough: Adult Stem Cells & Parkinson's

June 12, 2008 By

Great – and, for anyone following the stunning medical advances being made thanks to ADULT Stem Cell Research – unsurprising news on the Parkinson’s front. Just as numerous spinal cord injuries are being successfully treated with ASC taken from nasal cavities, it looks there sufferers of Parkinson’s Disease may be helped, too. SYDNEY, Australia, June [...]

Filed Under: Culture of Life/Death, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Medical, Stem Cells

A Chilling Trailer

March 6, 2008 By

Leticia at Catholic Media Review links us to this trailer of Ben Stein’s soon-to-be-released documentary, Expelled. One tends to think his warning to scientists and others about the career risks involved in watching the thing may sound like hype and boilerplate, but we’ve already seen how those scientists who disagree with Al Gore about “man-made” [...]

Filed Under: America, Free Speech?, Stem Cells, The Perpetual Adolescents, Touch of evil