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US Finalizes Stem Cell Research Guidelines
An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from Cosmos Magazine, to wit: "The US government unveiled final rules for embryonic stem cell research, laying out ground rules for 'ethically responsible, scientifically worthy' studies eligible for federal funds. The new rules, which go into effect today, follow President Barack Obama's March 9 executive order lifting a ban on embryonic stem cell research, an order that went into effect under his predecessor, George W. Bush. ... The US National Institutes of Health's (NIH) guidelines are slightly less restrictive than those outlined in a draft document released in April in that they allow the use of existing stem cell lines, in addition to new ones derived from IVF procedures. ... The NIH received some 49,000 comments from patient advocacy groups, scientists, medical groups, and other interested parties before issuing the guidelines."
If you actually understood the opposition, then you would be neither a Slashdotter nor a sensible person.
Finally US scientists will be able to use the newest tools in their search for a cure for Republicans!
"BTW: Far better research is being done with adult stem cells and there are actual cures and treatments in testing or completed. "
Completely false. Pulling the federal funding has left us about a decade behind the rest of the world.
And removing federal funding is often effectively banning something. There are a lot of political ramifications when federal funding is pulled. Ca took a lot of political heat for funding it. Neo-Cons are all about states rights until the states don't follow step with you magic man in the sky dogma.
You go ahead and let your group mind religious leader continue to brain wash you and spoon feed you facts. It must be nice to use bullet points and prejudice replace thinking.
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The site is full of lies and misinformation.
The whole thing is one large logical fallacy.
People stopped doing research. on embryonic stem cells, continues on adult stem cells.
SO OBVIOUSLY MORE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON ADULT.
Of course, if you bothered to read and think for yourself you would now about the serious flaws we have with adult stem cells at the moment, and you would also understand the political realities of banning federal funding on a project.
So get you mother fucking beliefs out of my science, you poor excuse for a limp wristed cum stain.
People of your ilk are way there was a dark ages.
You absolutely should not. They only age it so that you rubes can't tell what it's supposed to taste like. Then they pump it full of carbon monoxide so you don't know what it's supposed to look like either.
But who am I... I'm just a guy who thinks Cabernet is an atrocious joke of a wine, mozzarella tastes better than cheddar, yoghurt is gross, olives should be eaten off the vine, and pheasant shouldn't be eaten at all. You go chow down on your road kill like a good little garbage processor if you want.
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
The site linked there is clearly an extremely biased site, masquerading as real science, designed to further the religious agenda.
Keep your sky fairy out of my science please.
do you believe that evil doctors are going to harvest shit-tons of eggs from unknowing women during IVF treatments in order to create stem cells?
cause that's what the GP was referring to. that fear is irrational and only morons would believe it as some reason to go after stem cell research.
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Is this the MPAA? Is this the RIAA? Is this the DMCA? I thought it was the USA!
That the opposition to stem cell research will continue even after horrible diseases are cured. But once a cure for baldness or some other cosmetic application is found most of the opposition will dissappear.
Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
You are nothing but a hypocrit. We know that at the very early stages of "life" a human embryo is almost equal to others, such as the chimp or the pig, but even a chicken embryo is almost identical. You justify this by adding a bullshit constant to the equation, the human embryo has a "soul". This complete and utter bullshit "allows" you to isolate "humans" (I put humans in citation marks because "humans" severely differ genetically, up to 12% of the genome) entirely from animals and plants. This bullshit of yours prevents important research to develop safer and more advanced medical treatment. I don't want to be forced to leave my child fatherless one day just because you're a selfish asshole. So you know what? Go fuck yourself.
I am the lawn!