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| Republicans Toughen on Embryonic Research. Will McCain Follow?by Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesAugust 28th, 2008The Republican party platform, to be unveiled next week, will take a much harder line than before against research that uses embryos. And John McCain has left himself enough wiggle room to move to the right. |
| Stem Cell Research and the Presidential Candidatesby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesAugust 19th, 2008Over the weekend, the presumptive presidential candidates of the major American political parties each described their positions on embryonic stem research, although the issue is unlikely to feature during the campaign. |
| Dutch Cabinet Crisis Averted... For NowJust a storm in a test tube?by RNW's Dutch service, Radio Netherlands WorldwideMay 31st, 2008Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet has narrowly avoided its first internal crisis caused by the domestic practice of carrying out tests for certain genetic defects on embryos during IVF treatment. |
| UK's Prime Minister Brown vs. scientistsby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesMay 22nd, 2008Like so many writings advocating cloning-based stem cell research, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's recent op ed drifts to distortion and hyperbole. |
| One gene, two genes; Red genes, blue genesby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 14th, 2008The cover of a recent issue of New Scientist conveniently captures almost all that is wrong with media coverage of genetic discoveries. |
| Doubts on ScienceDebate2008 from Natureby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 8th, 2008The journal Nature has raised serious apprehension about the proposal for a presidential candidates' debate on science. |
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