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Carmen Sorrentino
Coordinator of the World Congress
21-07-2011
A closer look at stem cell frauds is needed

I have recently been forwarded an article by Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, commenting the negative effects of fraudulent uses of stem cells: “Stem cell clinics ripping off patients, bullying scientists” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43760409/ns/health-health_care/.

stem cells
Filomena Gallo
vice Secretary of Luca Coscioni Association
12-07-2011
ECHR condemns Poland for treating a woman inhumanely by denying her a prompt diagnosis and abortion

On the 26th of May 2011, the the European Court of Human Rights [ECHR] condemned Poland in the first degree with a six to one majority, because it stopped a pregnant woman from having a prompt amniocentesis after tests that showed malformations in her foetus: due to the obstacles posed by the doctors, the woman was unable to have an abortion (Application no. 27617/04).

Abortion
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan and School of Science and Engineering, LUMS, DHA, Lahore
25-06-2011
Arab Spring and scientific revival

The upheaval in multiple Arab countries, known as the "Arab Spring", is certain to lead to new political structures in a part of the world hitherto dominated by monarchies and dictatorships. But this revolution against autocratic stability and despotism, which are largely responsible for keeping the Arab world in darkness, does not by itself guarantee that a scientific revival is around the corner. An Arab renaissance will happen only if appropriate cultural and attitudinal changes follow the political changes.

Arab world
Barbara Forrest
professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana
19-05-2011
The Non-Epistemology of Intelligent Design: Its Implications for Public Policy - A comment by Barbara Forrest

In April 2009, my article, “The Non-Epistemology of Intelligent Design: Its Implications for Public Policy,” was published online in a special issue of the journal Synthese (see http://www.springerlink.com/content/w76403r4w2226v34/). I examine the epistemological problems of intelligent design creationism and their implications for public policy, chiefly analyzing the writings of philosopher Francis Beckwith. Beckwith argues that teaching ID is not only constitutional but may even be required in American government schools.

Creationism
Andrea Boggio
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Bryant University
10-05-2011
NIH funds for HESCs research - A comment by Andrea Boggio

Research with human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs) faces challenges not only in labs but also in courts. During the summer of 2010, a US federal court barred the NIH from distributing money to fund research with hESCs. The case, Sherley v. Sebelius, revolved around the claim that the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, which prohibits using of federal fund for research with embryos, forbids funding research with hESCs.

Embryonic stem cells
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