http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/research/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:42:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420548/posts Some say they hold the potential for medical miracles. Others claim they are a moral abomination. Either way, human embryonic stem cells captured headlines during the past decade in a way few areas of scientific research have before. There is no question that embryonic stem cells have remarkable properties. They can grow indefinitely in the lab, and they can turn into any cell type in the body. But to obtain them, a human embryo must be destroyed. Scientists first showed that it was possible to grow embryonic stem cells in 1998. Under normal circumstances, other scientists would have rushed to... NPR online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420548/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:42:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410617/posts This week, the nations of the world are wrapping up a massive global conference on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark. During the opening ceremony, a powerful video was presented to the conference delegates. In it, a young girl has a horrifying nightmare. In her dream, she awakes to a dusty, deserted, barren wasteland. As she explores, she comes upon an abandoned swing set. Suddenly, the ground cracks beneath her feet. She drops her stuffed animal as she sprints from a burgeoning earthquake, only to turn and see the sky covered in darkness, and a swirling tornado heading her way. She... HeadlineBistro.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410617/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:15:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410281/posts The scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU), and the people who funded them, did not know how utterly useless CRU was. All the research done at CRU made no difference whatsoever to the "science" of global warming. Just ask other scientists and global warming alarmists. Heck, ask CRU. You think CRU was the only source of raw thermometer data going back 150 years? Nope there are two others. So who cares if CRU "lost" theirs? You think CRU did science that showed warming trends? So what? Their conclusions were the same as everyone else's. Phil... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410281/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:40:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408756/posts A climber who was warned he faced the amputation of a limb has had his leg saved by a new stem cell technique. Andrew Kent broke his leg so badly while rock climbing in the Lake District that traditional surgery failed. For the first time in Britain, doctors then used his own stem cells to heal the bones in a technique they believe could revolutionise orthopaedic operations. "I've got a good prognosis. I'm very pleased with the way things have turned out," Mr Kent told Sky News. He and his son were climbing in the Langdale Pikes earlier this year... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408756/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:56:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400870/posts Patients are having their eyes fitted with an artificial lens that allows them to see in high definition. Surgeons begin the process by implanting the lens into the eye using the standard procedure for cataracts. Then, for the first time in Britain, they can fine-tune the focus of the lens several days later. The technique gives patients vision so sharp that it is even better than 20/20 - the best an adult can usually hope for. Bobby Qureshi, the first ophthalmic surgeon in the UK to use the lens, described it as "a hugely significant development". It can correct both... Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400870/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399474/posts (ANSA) - Rome, November 27 - A pregnant woman carries stem cells that could be used in critical medical treatments for her baby, either in the womb or later in life, a team of Italian scientists has announced. These cells, found in the womb during pregnancy, can be removed during a simple antenatal test and stored for future use, concluded the study, which appears in next week's edition of the Cloning and Stem Cells journal. They could then be used to generate tailor-made organs and tissues or even to treat the woman's baby while still in the womb, said Giuseppe... ANSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399474/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:50:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393635/posts The Best Videos in the world of our Unborn Neighbors   Fr. Frank Pavone       It's light years beyond ultrasound and will make you practically fall off your chair when you see it.We at Priests for Life are now promoting and distributing to every sector of the Church and the pro-life movement the most vivid, powerful, and striking videography of the unborn child that exists. Obtained through a rarely used technique called embryoscopy, in which a video camera the size of a pen-point is inserted abdominally or cervically, this video footage has been incorporated into a 42-minute... priestsforlife.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393635/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:00:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383447/posts Researchers have engineered artificial penises in rabbits, using cells from the animals, who then used their new organs to father baby rabbits.The work takes scientists closer to making other complex solid organs such as livers using a patient's own cells, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday. It provides a tailor-made transplant, said Dr. Anthony Atala of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, who led the study. NewsDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383447/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:51:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378279/posts The latest airport security trend is the backscatter x-ray machine, touted as a powerful way to virtually frisk a traveler for contraband without the embarassment of a strip search. Though touted as completely safe because the level of radiation is so low, travelers have been nervous about the devices -- and not just because it shows off a nice outline of their privates to the people manning the machines -- but because they remain scared of the health problems they might propose. Looks like a little healthy paranoia might have been a good thing. While the conventional wisdom has held... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378279/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:43:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376000/posts (CNSNews.com) – In Ansonia, Conn., $2.3 million in federal stimulus funds is being used for insect research, specifically the “rearing [of] large numbers of anthropoids” which includes the “Asian long-horned beetle, the nun moth and the wooly adelgid,” the New Haven Advocate reported. Duluth, Minn., rarely known for its high temperatures, received $6 million in economic stimulus funds for a snowmaking facility, even though it is the 15th snowiest city in America, according to City-Data.com. CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376000/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:54:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374176/posts Brent Rooney: Superfreakenomics Co-Author Should Leave Medical Matters Alone Steven D. Levitt's LAUGH-IN / Freakonomics Fried by Brent Rooney (MSc) * On Oct. 2009, Univ. of Chicago Prof. Steven D. Levitt debuted Superfreakonomics as a sequel to his best-selling book Freakonomics 2005). Perhaps Levitt is correct about Global Cooling, in his 2009 book, but nothing Levitt writes about medical matters can be believed. If a young Milton Friedman (PhD, Nobel Prize winner) had opined that “strong increased consumer demand for IPODs or Ivory Soap leads to DECREASED prices”, the loud guffaws would have shattered ears and the business press would... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2374176/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360685/posts While searching for the context of a surprising and fragmented presidential quote I came across this database. It had the full quote in the full context. It appears to be extensive in documenting all kinds of written and spoken presidential remarks. "The American Presidency Project is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database: • The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913) • The Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-1993) • The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Clinton - Obama (1993-2009) • Our archives also contain... The American Presidency Project, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360685/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:14:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358968/posts Obama Admin Sued to Stop Tax-Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC -- A coalition of pro-life advocates including two scientists, two families, an adoption agency and the Christian Medical Association have banded together to file a lawsuit against the Obama administration in an effort to stop the expected taxpayer funding of abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/bio2980.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358968/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:31:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351729/posts The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders. The work is done at home and abroad. For instance, The Defense Department partners on AIDS prevention with African forces, and the Army worked on an experimental AIDs vaccine tested in Thailand, announcing a breakthrough in the vaccine on Thursday. Though military research has also benefited the civilian world, the main reason for the huge effort is to protect the U.S. armed forces as they are exposed to disease and injury while deployed around the world. "If half of... Medical News Today - Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351729/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:28:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348742/posts how dragon boating can help cancer survivors; how canoes can help cultural identity; how snorting cocaine creates anxiety. Click here for photos. In a letter to NIH director Francis Collins, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) on Thursday demanded to know the screening procedures and review criteria used to approve $1.6 billion in stimulus grants and another $20 million in grants Click here to see video. FOX News identified more than a dozen suspect studies, many of which were funded by stimulus dollars, and compared them... FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348742/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:36:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347949/posts •The Honduran Congress appears to have acted properly in deposing President Manuel Zelaya. Unlike in the United States, the Honduran Congress has the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution. Although there is no provision in Honduras's Constitution for impeachment as such, the body does have powers to disapprove of the president's official acts, and to replace him in the event that he is incapable of performing his duties. Most importantly, the Congress also has the authority to interpret exactly what that means. •The Supreme Court was legally entitled to ask the military to arrest Zelaya. The high... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347949/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331070/posts The people of the United States find themselves in the midst of a severe recession, with unemployment higher than it has been in many years, housing prices cratering, retirement plans collapsing, and their lifestyles constricting. The financial industry collapsed. We had to come to the rescue, pouring our own futures into saving the banks, brokerages, and insurance companies from their own greedy foolishness. The stagnant American automobile industry was imploding, and the people had to bail them out too, further mortgaging the future of their children. Our politicians responded to this catastrophe by spending our future for us, and then... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331070/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:13:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327447/posts (Posted 08/28/09 www.RemnantNewspaper.com) They weigh less than 3 pounds, usually, and are perhaps 15 inches long. But “they can remember,” reports Jennifer Harper of The Washington Times (July 16, 2009): The unborn have memories, according to medical researchers who used sound and vibration stimulation, combined with sonography, to reveal that the human fetus displays short-term memory from at least 30 weeks gestation – or about two months before they are born. "In addition, results indicated that 34-week-old fetuses are able to store information and retrieve it four weeks later," said the research, which was released Wednesday. These findings were obtained... The Remnant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327447/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2319098/posts Civilisation would most likely be finished in the event of a zombie outbreak, claim Canadian mathematicians who have calculated the possible devastation caused by an attack by the fictional monsters. Using models developed to calculate the effects of more plausible pandemics, the team from the University of Ottawa have discovered that unless man struck back quickly and aggressively then they would be doomed. The scientific paper, which is published in a book “Infectious Diseases Modelling Research Progress”, looks at an attack by the undead creatures, who infect the living with a bite. In their study, titled When Zombies Attack!, the... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2319098/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:10:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318534/posts FOR generations, we doctors have promised our patients that medical advances will allow us all to live longer, more comfortable lives. Now that these results are finally arriving, "health-care reform" -- or "insurance reform," as they're now pitching it -- could snatch the rug out from under us. Cost-control is central to any health-care "reform" along the lines favored by President Obama and congressional Democrats. But new treatments, while ever more precise and personalized, are also costlier. Anyone who's been saved from cancer by the latest targeted chemotherapy treatment, had a lung or breast cancer diagnosed early by a CT... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318534/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317047/posts Glenn Beck is asking everyone to find and capture audio and video clips of Obama's czars before they are erased from the internet, then send them on to him. His request is on his twitter page. Computer sophisticated FReepers, please help him out! He's taking on a huge battle. twitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317047/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2313470/posts Adi Mor, a student at Tel Aviv University's Department of Neuro-biochemistry, has developed what could be the first tablet-based treatment for children and adults with Type 1 diabetes. Early results show that the compound is effective in restoring insulin production in animal models — which could spell an end to the daily needle injections endured by diabetics. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2313470/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:47:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305600/posts I publish history research papers by secondary students from around the world, and from time to time I get a paper submitted which includes quite a bit more opinion than historical research. The other day I got a call from a prospective teenage author saying he had noticed on my website that most of the papers seemed to be history rather than opinion, and was it alright for him to submit a paper with his opinions? I said that opinions were fine, if they were preceded and supported by a good deal of historical research for the paper, and that... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305600/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:34:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305091/posts “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!” —President Ronald Reagan Life Legal Defense Foundation continues to watchdog the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and in doing so found the latest attempt to promulgate embryonic stem cell research by “educating” children. Let us introduce you to Senate Bill 471. Titled “The California Stem Cell and Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development Act of 2009,” the purpose of SB 471 is purportedly to train up a new generation of... California Catholic Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305091/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:50:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299195/posts We have the best health care system in the world. Most Americans live within an hour's drive of a world-class medical facility filled with expertly trained individuals and state-of-the-art technology delivering medical miracles every day. But today, as our government attempts an overhaul that will significantly restructure and restrict the way in which doctors provide care to their patients, the health care system that so many Americans depend on is at risk. Currently, more than 250 million Americans have health insurance and the vast majority of them are satisfied with the coverage they have... What's more perplexing is the American... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299195/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:07:34 GMT