Mel Gibson, Stem Cell Advocate

Ok, he's not suffering from anything, nor does he have any other personal stake in the matter. But like Michael J. Fox, he is famous. And that seems to be enough for Mel, who shared with Good Morning America's viewers his passion for embryonic sanctity. Debating, well, me (McGee) with a self-described bioethicist by his side, he argued that there's nothing an embryonic cell can do that an adult cell can't. He'll be publishing that finding soon. UPDATE: Already the Southern Baptist Press is joining a growing chorus of conservatives in celebrating the first anti-stem cell celebrity.

German Workplace Genetic Testing

The Germans are well on the way to creating the most comprehensive workplace genetic testing regulations, according to a report in Der Spiegel. Ethics is very much involved in the debate, with a likely outcome a total ban.