Stem Cells Cure Paralyzed Rats

An anonymous reader writes "According to an article on Forbes as well as other sources, 'Scientists have used [embryonic] stem cells and a soup of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually regrow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk.'"

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Important political debates

[amightywind]

Really, this exemplifies the sort of research we've been talking about when it comes to stem cells. Unfortunately, the actual scientific possibilities were overshadowed by a bunch of political bullshit.

The source of stem cells is a profoundly important debate. Do we really want to breed and sacrifice a race of sound humans to fix broken bodies already deselected by nature?

Stem cells, biology (evolution!), global warming...The subjection of science to political considerations has to stop.

The debate over evolution will end once the science starts getting a better defense. Global warming is political by nature. It is a scientific growth industry which obtains venture capital by spreading fear. Its track record of prediction is among the worst in all of science. It is also the primary tactic of a "green movement" whose real motive is to foist a weird, agrarian, impoverished ideal on prosperous industrial society.