Human Based Stem Cell Culture Medium Developed

ubersonic writes "A new culture medium for growing human stem cells -- that contains no animal products -- is offering researchers a cleaner and therefore safer environment for performing the cutting-edge technology. The discovery means that stem cells developed for therapeutic use can be transferred directly to human subjects. By using this medium all of the concerns about contaminating proteins in existing stem cell lines can essentially be removed."

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Re:Interesting Discovery

[TubeSteak]

Could this totally remove the argument about stem cell research?

Nothing can remove the argument about stem cell research.

The measures taken by Pres. Bush only placate some of the critics.

There will always be a group of hardliners who think any stem cell research is bad, in the same way that some people think any abortions are bad, irrelevant of the circumstances.

For some people, the issue is about where the stem cells came from, for others, the issue is about what can be done with the stem cells.

Re:Interesting Discovery

[heatdeath]

No, they're able to produce Stem Cells without using animal proteins, which means that they don't have to remove the contaminating proteins after it's cultured. This doesn't change anything wrt the debate about if it's right - which is primarily over the fact that the most useful stem cells still come from aborted fetuses, which nearly all anti-abortion advocates think is immoral.