The Unproven Stem Cell Industry’s Shameless Profiteering

Caroline Chen / ProPublica May 8, 2019 Alongside scientifically proven treatments, an industry has sprung up in which clinics offer miracle remedies from stem cell products. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

Moral Rights and Wrongs May Depend on Your Geographic Location

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 A Pew study reveals that people in disparate parts of the world responded differently to moral issues; an essential vitamin is found in meteorites; meanwhile, scientists have succeeded in cloning adult stem cells. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

An Inch Closer to a Cure for Diabetes

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 Scientists think they may have moved closer to a cure for the type of the disease that develops in childhood and typically leads to a lifetime of bothersome insulin injections. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mmmm, Test-Tube Hamburgers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2012 Here's a new Frankenfood twist on classic cuisine: A team of scientists in the Netherlands are this close to producing a hamburger made of meat generated from stem cells. Soon, we will be able to enjoy the delicious taste of test-tube hamburgers and other prime laboratory-grade delicacies (but at a price). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Judge Blocks Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2010 A tug of war is playing out in court between the Obama administration and U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth over the issue of embryonic stem cell research, and Lamberth appears to have prevailed in the latest round. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UK Science Squad Hoping to Make Blood

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2009 In a bid to create a vast reserve of universally acceptable O-negative blood, a team of Scottish scientists is heading up a research project that aims to produce synthetic blood from embryonic stem cells. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And Now for the Disillusionment Phase

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2009 His presidency is not yet a month old, but there already are some who are wondering aloud whether Barack Obama is going to make good on his pre-election pledges. What's this -- he's a politician? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FactCheck Presents the Biggest Whoppers of Campaign ’08

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2008 Time to relive the magic that was the 2008 presidential campaign -- one big, outrageous prevarication at a time. FactCheck.org delivers the "Whoppers of 2008," courtesy of both Team McCain and Obama HQ. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s ‘Stem Cell Victory’

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Nov 29, 2007 Scientists may have found a way to grow stem cells without using embryos. The president's people are claiming this as a White House victory, causing a flood of gall on Pennsylvania Avenue. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Obesity Contagious?: Round Two

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2007 It's beginning to look like there's nowhere to hide from the often-referenced "obesity epidemic." First came the news this month that friends may cause each others' waistlines to expand, and now there's a new study out that links excess weight, in certain cases, to a common cold-inducing virus, adenovirus-36. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Former Surgeon General: Gov’t Squelched Health Reports

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2007 In an incendiary report Tuesday to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona (who served from 2002 to 2006) pointed a finger at the Bush administration for prioritizing politics over truth. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Sinks Stem Cell Bill

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2007 President Bush has once again exercised his executive veto privilege, nixing a bill that proposed fewer limits on stem cell research. This latest move brings the president's overall veto total to three -- two related to stem cell legislation and one shooting down a proposed time line to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )