Aquinas Institute hosted about 350 people June 29 for a conversation on stem cell research. Find out more about the event and the speaker, review an outline of the presentation (784kb PDF) or study additional resources:
Web Sites
President’s Council on Bioethics
The National Institutes of Health
Genetics, Science and the Church: A Synopsis of Church Teaching on Science and Genetics (PDF document); Catholic Health Association
Articles
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. “Stem Cells: A Bioethical Balancing Act.” America (March 26, 2001) 14- 19.
Callahan, Daniel. “Promises, Promises: Is Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Sound Public Policy?” Commonweal 132: 1 (2005): 12 – 15.
Callahan, Sidney. “Zygotes and Blastocysts: Human Enough to Protect?” Commonweal
129: 12 (2002): 7 – 8.
Cohen, Cynthia B. “Stem Cell Research in the U.S. After the President’s Speech of August 2001.” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 14:1 (2004) 97-114.
Fischbach, Gerald D., Fischbach, Ruth L. “Stem Cells: Science, Policy and Ethics.” The Journal of Clinical Investigation Vol. 114 (10) November 2004: 1364-1370.
Garvey, John. “The Stem-Cell Sell.” Commonweal 128: 14 (2001) 5 – 2.
Walters, LeRoy. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Intercultural Perspective.” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 14:1 (2004) 3-38.
Books
Snow, Nancy E. ed. Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics.
Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.