Rescuing the Human from Human Nature

Human nature theologically and philosophically viewed

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Rescuing yeast mutants with human genes.

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have, in addition to being extensively studied themselves, both been utilized for the last quarter century as experimental systems for the isolation of genes from other organisms. Mutations conferring growth defects in either of the two yeast strains have frequently been complemented by expression of cDNA...

Rescuing human embryonic stem cell research: the Blastocyst Transfer Method.

Despite the therapeutic potential of human embryonic stem (HES) cells, many people believe that HES cell research should be banned. The reason is that the present method of extracting HES cells involves the destruction of the embryo, which for many is the beginning of a person. This paper examines a number of compromise solutions such as parthenogenesis, the use of defective embryos, geneticall...

The Human Nature Review

This is a strange and ultimately unsatisfying book. It is an examination of the self-image created by the slogan “It’s all in the genes.” One reason that the analysis is ultimately unsatisfying is due to Graham’s decision to focus his philosophical analysis on popular expositions of genetics and biotechnology and the way in which these expositions shape a popular understanding of the implicatio...

The uniquely human in human nature