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Coast to Coast - April 19 2017 - US-Russia Relations - Regenerative Medicine
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More Info............: http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2017/04/19
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DATE: Wednesday - April 19, 2017
HOST: George Noory
GUESTS: Stephen F. Cohen, Sheldon Krimsky
In the first half, Stephen F. Cohen, a Professor of Russian Studies and History
Emeritus at NYU, offered analysis of the currently volatile state of US-Russia
relations, the accusations that President Trump and/or associates colluded with
the Russians on the election, and the implications of the recent US attack on
Syria. Charges that Trump is somehow a puppet of the Kremlin, or he's complicit
with Putin in ways that are detrimental to America's security, may be related to
the Clinton wing of the Democratic party that is committed to this narrative, as
it enhances their candidates going forward into the 2018 elections, he opined,
noting that there's actually no solid evidence for these contentions about
Trump.
Regarding Trump's tomahawk missile attack on a Syrian airfield, it's possible it
was done for political rather than strategic reasons to deflect away from the
Russian accusations, and to show that he was willing to go up against the
Russians who are backing Syria, Cohen postulated. No forensic evidence has been
presented yet that Assad actually used chemical weapons on his people, so it's
possible this whole situation has been misrepresented, he added. Cohen also
commented on the unstable situation in North Korea. If people want to have an
alternative source of news analysis, he recommended EastWestAccord.com.
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In the latter half, Tufts University Professor Sheldon Krimsky discussed the
emerging field of regenerative medicine and how in the future, damaged tissue
and organs might be repaired through personalized stem cell therapy as easily as
the body repairs itself, revolutionizing the treatment of numerous diseases.
However, he advised caution with new forms of biotechnology such as GMOs, which
have been foisted upon the public with little health testing, or testing
performed mainly by companies that have a vested interest in the product.
If there's damage to a particular part of the body such as in the heart or brain
where cells can't be repaired on their own, these are the ones we need to
replicate and reproduce, he remarked. There are various social and ethical
controversies surrounding stem cells, said Krimsky, such as the use of embryos,
as well as stem cell tourism, in which people travel to different countries to
get treatments that are not approved in the US. Another promising technology on
the horizon is gene editing, he reported, a more precise method for altering
cells in the lab.
News segment guests: John Curtis, Lauren Weinstein
WEBSITE(S):
jordanrussiacenter.org
emerald.tufts.edu/~skrimsky
BOOK(S):
The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives
The GMO Deception
Science in the Private Interest
Stem Cell Dialogues
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