[wagglebee]

"We conduct our research in an ethically and scientifically responsible manner," the statement said.

No, you have decided to kill babies to protect rats.

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[silverleaf]

well, the rats can breath a sigh of relief another life form is taking their place

[a fool in paradise]

We acknowledge the considerable debate and take very seriously the ethical and societal issues associated with research using stem cells derived from embryonic or fetal tissue.

How does this make it more "ethical"?

IF there is nothing wrong with abortion, then why skirt the issue?

And mark my words, if fetal tissue returns results one day, they will need to farm fetuses to produce enough materials for wide use.

Cloning would also be "preferred" so you'd be more aware of what you were likely to "get".

But it'd still be genetic cannibalism. Nothing will change that.

[a fool in paradise]

Wonder what GE-NBC’s take on this issue will be. < /sarc >

[Cicero]

Hitler would be proud of them. And Obama will give it his stamp of approval.

[Technogeeb]

General Electric has announced that it will use embryonic stem cells provided by Geron Corporation for the purpose of testing toxic effects of drug treatments.

I guess they ran out of Jews?

[blueyon]

OK this calls for a national BOYCOTT of GE and any of their other Co.. I am doing it any one else?

[freekitty]

Exactly.

[Cicero]

I think they assume they will get less trouble from pro-lifers than PETA. I contacted them through the link above, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea for as many as possible to do the same. The longer we wait, the deeper they’ll be into implementing this changeover.

No doubt they’ll sell their rat cages and invest in a few good abortion clinics to supply them with stem cells.

[facedown]

General Electric to Use Embryonic Stem Cells for Testing, Phase Out Lab Rats

Until the first drug that they tested exclusively with cells kills a few hundred people and they get their butts sued.

[Cheetahcat]

GE AKA The Soylent “Green” Company

[Pining_4_TX]

GE’s new corporate slogan:

“GE: We Bring Good Things to Death”

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[exDemMom]

This does not make sense.

There are already multitudes of cell lines. Not a single one of them is adequate for toxicology testing. There is no reason to think cells from embryos or fetuses would be adequate, either.

You can tell if a potential drug is cytotoxic using cell lines, and determine what the LD50 is for the specific cell lines being used in the testing. But there is no way to test every cell type to verify non-toxicity of a protodrug.

Furthermore, some deadly toxins are not lethal to cells. No amount of testing using cell lines (of any type) is going to catch a non-cytotoxic but still toxic protodrug. That’s why animals are used in toxicity testing: there simply is no alternative.

The use of cell lines is great for reducing animal use, but it cannot replace it.