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New Hope for Stem Cell Research
ExE122 writes "A new scientific breakthrough allows scientists to harvest stem cells without harming the embryo. From the article: ''We have shown that we can not only generate stem cells without destroying the embryo, but that the remaining embryo also has the potential to go to on create a healthy blastocyst' said Dr Lanza, whose team's research is published in Nature. Asked if he expected the advance to satisfy President Bush, Dr Lanza said: 'Well, as you know, the President objects to the fact that you would be sacrificing one life to save another, and in this instance there is no harm to the embryo.''"
where's the Left Wing Say-anything-to-get-me-elected-zealot?
Right Wing Right-to-Life Zealot: "Absolutely not!!! I insist they not be murdered, but I'm no charity, go find someone else to raise it!"
Some people really do think that a microscopic clump of cells is a baby. Perhaps there exists an untapped market in teeny tiny baby supplies for these really small children. A playpen made out of a ring of hydrogen atoms and an amoeba for a pet.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
The President objects to things he doesn't understand.
That's not true. The President does not object to a great many things that he doesn't understand.
Perhaps you meant that he objects to things that he is aware he doesn't understand.
> The President objects to things he doesn't understand.
Clearly untrue! The President has always been an avid supporter of the war in Iraq.
"Uh, we're not killing death row inmates because they have nowhere else to go..."
Well, we are not colonizing distant lands with convicts any more, are we?
Where were you when the voynix came?
How about "disenfranchised"?
Allow me to use the newly redefined word in a sentence: "We disenfranchised a single cell from the embryo to create a stem cell line that will allow us to grow extra nose tissue for Michael Jackson."
Anonymous Coward wrote: I flush viable human genetic material away all the time.
There is such a thing as TOO MUCH INFORMATION.
There's no use. If one can't distinguish an embryo in a petri dish from a human child, how are they supposed to grasp the finer details of embryonic development.
Having more kids cheapens life all by itself. When the supply increases, the price goes down.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!