Word: petry
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Naturally, microscopic blastocysts in a petri dish do not evoke our reflexive compassion the way those individuals suffering from awful, incurable diseases do. And indeed, if emotion were the sole determinant of one’s position, he or she would undoubtedly favor stem-cell research. But public policy should not reflect a hasty utilitarian calculus born of sentimentality; it should reflect logic flowing from scrupulous moral deliberation. That may seem a callous thing to say, especially given the heartfelt appeals for stem-cell research from the likes of Michael J. Fox, who is afflicted with Parkinson?...
...President Bush impose such harmful restrictions? Quite simply, he associated the harvesting of lab-created embryos with abortion—a dubious stretch, in our view. We find it hard to believe that a dozen undifferentiated cells created in a petri dish—cells that will never develop into a human being—should be protected with such zeal. Especially when they hold promising potential to repair damaged blood vessels or cure Alzheimer’s disease...
...Staff writer Carrie H. Petri can be reached at cpetri@fas.harvard.edu...
...antibody has been proven to disable the virus in a Petri dish and in unpublished animal studies, said Marasco, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School...
...Staff writer Carrie H. Petri can be reached at cpetri@fas.harvard.edu...