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FDA Approves First Brain Stem Cell Transplant
no reason to be here writes "An article at CNN.com is reporting on the FDA granting approval to the first ever transplant of fetal stem cells into human brains. The stem cells will be transplanted into six children suffering from Batten disease, a rare, always fatal, genetic neurological illness, which renders its victims blind and speechless before finally paralyzing them and killing them." From the article: "The stem cells to be transplanted in the brain aren't human embryonic stem cells, which are derived from days-old embryos. Instead, the cells are immature neural cells that are destined to turn into the mature cells that makeup a fully formed brain. Parkinson's disease patients and stroke victims have received transplants of fully formed brain cells before, but the malleable brain cells involved here have never before been implanted."
Natural selection has had its turn. Now it's time for intelligent design to give it a shot.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." -- Hanlon's Razor
EVERY case of embryonic stem cell transplanation into a human has ALWAYS resulted in incurable, terminal cancer.
Meanwhile, thousands of people have been cured by adult stem cell transplants.
Q: Why would the FDA approve a lethal injection of fetal stem cells into children?
A: This is the same FDA that approved killing children to "harvest" the stem cells in the first place.
Tick...tick...tick...the revolution is coming.
Andy Out!