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Stem Cells Derived from Human Clones
catbutt writes "Wired News reports that South Korean scientists have made a dramatic breakthrough by deriving stem cells from cloned embryos of patients with spinal cord injuries. It shouldn't be long before we can expect have a set of replacement parts ready when our own wear out." From the article: "Researchers must test the cells in animals before they can try the therapy in humans. But embryonic stem-cell researchers were shocked and delighted by the advance, which many had referred to as a distant possibility until they saw this study by Woo Suk Hwang and his colleagues at Seoul National University, which appears in the May 20 issue of Science."
I'd throw some mod points on you but unfortunatly there's no "+1 Sad, but probably true". I wonder how much pressure will be put on South Korea where this is concerned because Jeebus doesn't like stem cells?
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The multibillion dollar drug industries who do this research seem to be doing just fine off of their own capitalistic powers at the time.
Good trade. No stem cell research in the U.S. for the twin towers, the Pentagon, and four airplanes. I am glad you can blame bush for the idiocy of president clinton. If he had of kept his secretary at her desk instead of under his maybe Bin Laden would be dead by now.
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Animals are purely physical, just as angels are purely spiritual. Humans are "amphibians" and both physical and spiritual.
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