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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 5th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Geron Corp. will provide General Electric with human embryonic stem cells, from existing lines permitted under the Bush Administration, in order to test drug toxicity. The human embryonic stem cells will allow researchers to replace lab rats in experimentation.
Shares of lab rat stocks fell precipitously on the news.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 5th, 2009
The brilliant and one-and-only Mr. Sowell strikes gold by asking, Why is there alarm about American medical care? Although you should read the entire piece, including the comparisons between American care and care in other lands, Sowell concludes:
The great haste with which the latest government expansion into medical care is being rushed through Congress suggests [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 5th, 2009
National Right to Life reporting:
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today [June 22] defeated on a party-line vote an amendment offered by Senator Michael Enzi of Wyoming, the ranking Republican member to the pending health care restructuring bill that would have prevented the use of “comparative effectiveness” [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.