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Monday, January 30, 2006

Ethical and Unethical Stem Cell Research
James P. Kelly, "a paralyzed American research advocate," is a writer who makes sense of this issue.

Most recently, he examines the case of Hwang Mi-sun, a paralyzed woman who received a spinal injection of umbilical cord stem cells and was for the first time in 19 years able to move her legs: Adult Stem Cell "Failure" — A Closer Look. Mr. Kelly exposes the distortions of this promising case made by some advocates of embryonic stem cell research.

Here is an earlier piece by Mr. Kelly, written in the wake of the Prof. Hwang scandal: Cloning, Stem Cell, and Bioethics: Another Look.