World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research the bulletin Number 27, August 2011 Gene Patents Upheld in Myriad Appeal. The new ruling reverses the district court’s decision that Myriad’s composition of matter claims covering isolated DNA molecules were patent-ineligible products of nature under, “since the molecules as claimed do not exist in nature.” Read the
World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research the bulletin Number 26, July 2011 A veiled ban on abortion in Russia. “On the 7th of July, Valery Draganov, a member of the Russian Federation’s Chamber of Deputies (Duma), introduced a bill on the “prevention of abortion and support for a child’s life before as well as
On the 7th of July, Valery Draganov, a member of the Russian Federation’s Chamber of Deputies (Duma), introduced a bill on the “prevention of abortion and support for a child’s life before as well as after birth”. The proposed bill, which includes changes to the law “on the fundamental rights of children in the Russian
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/. No news, I said, since Luca Coscioni Association, who has been advocating for the promotion
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
World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research the bulletin Number 25, June 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
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
If you have trouble reading this, please click http://www.freedomofresearch.org/bulletin-number-24-May-2011 World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research the bulletin Number 24, May 2011 The Non-Epistemology of Intelligent Design: Its Implications for Public Policy – A comment by Barbara Forrest. The New York Times has recently reported about a thorny case of censorship on Intelligent Design in
If you have trouble reading this, please click http://www.freedomofresearch.org/sites/default/files/freedom24.html World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research the bulletin Number 24, May 2011 The Non-Epistemology of Intelligent Design: Its Implications for Public Policy – A comment by Barbara Forrest. The New York Times has recently reported about a thorny case of censorship on Intelligent Design in
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
