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Stem Cells - The Hope and the Hype
zer0skill writes to mention a CNN summary of a Time cover story. The Truth about Stem Cells deals with an increasingly politicized area of scientific inquiry, and likens the fight to those over global warming and evolution. From the article: "Five years after Bush announced that federal money could go to researchers only working on embryonic stem cell lines that scientists had already developed, Democrats hope to leverage the issue as evidence that they represent the reality-based community, running against the theocrats. States from Connecticut to California have tried to step in with enough funding to keep the labs going and slow the exodus of U.S. talent to countries like Singapore, Britain and Taiwan."
I don't see how or why it's a federal issue to fund science. It's just another way for the feds to bully everybody. Let the states choose to fund or not fund it.
"people of faith" SHOULD have a bad name.
anyone who values gut feelings or scraps of papyrus over logic, evidence and demonstratable consequences when making decisions (especially decisons that effect other peoples' lives) deserve to be thought of negatively.
Bush is not to blame. He was elected by people who knew exactly what he was like, and no-one is prepared to stand up to his ripping apart of the constitution (he has enough money for curches but none for medicine).
if the American public want to deride scientists then they can go fuck themselves. no cures for you!
for all I care you can do like the last Christian with great political power did - ban secular medicine altogether, go back to prayer and leeches and have another 1000 years of Dark Ages. just don't drag down the rest of the world with you.
I'm sure Europe will gladly accept any US scientists who wish to flee from state persecution.
and from what i understand, we have made more progress with adult stem cells than we ever did with embrionic research
Your understanding is flawed. Under Bush's law, Universities and other research institutions that try to use non-federal money to do stem cell research with embryonic cells (other than old lines) lose all Federal funding for any other research. So, tell me again, what University and other research institution is going to accept non-federal money?
You cannot use adult cells to generate the diversity of cells stem cells provide. It is a fallacy propagated by the extremist right. It is difficult not to conclude these people do not care if other people die from diseases stem cell research might cure just so they can pretend to save embryos. Fertility clinics already dispose of millions of embryos every year, so nothing is being saved. In other words, the entire issue is fake.
early onset Parkinson's disease, one of the several disorders doctors and medical scientists are now fairly sure that they can treat with embryonic stem cells, based on results from overseas
If it shows so much promise, why then don't you and all of the people who agree with you invest your own money in it. After all, if it's such a no-brainer then you'll all become incredibly rich and will be able to fund other types of research that you believe in.
If that's true then why doesn't he work to outlaw all ECS research ("murder"), instead of letting it happen with private funding? He's caught between his own rhetoric and a hard place.
It's because he's the president, not a king. He can't unilaterraly declare something illegal. It must be voted upon by the House and Senate. It should be quite clear that he doesn't have the votes.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
On the topic of the fertility clinics that are providing the stem cells, do women actually volunteer for abortions, or do they have to be forced by others?
blah blah blah blah blah blah nobody gives a shit about moderation abuse. The handful of times I've had mod points, I've spent them to penalize people who disagree with me. Get the fuck over it. But thanks for the five-paragraph essay, rain man.
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