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Can’t wait to see all the lefty cosmetics protestors start banging down the doors of this company like they do for those who test on animals... [Don’t worry, I’m not holding my breath]

Just so I have my facts straight on this — they are not STILL harvesting cells from embryos, correct? All the harvesting went on during the “perfection” period for the protein if I read the article correctly. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that ANY of this is morally right! I’m just saying they are not STILL using MORE embryos, right? It’s not like (and I know this is a crude way to put it) but it’s not like there’s a baby in every bottle, right? I just think people ought to be really clear about this because if I hadn’t read the whole article, I would still be under the assumption that this was an ongoing “harvest”...

As I said, it doesn’t excuse their actions - this is horrifying, really. Can you imagine finding out the skin creme you use every night was created using an embryo (even if it was only ONE - which I honestly HIGHLY doubt... It takes YEARS sometimes to produce new beauty products, and with something like this I can only imagine it took at LEAST as long, if not longer for them to get the proteins in a form they could use)?

I found an article in Experimental Gerontology (20 Nov. 2008) which notes under ‘Materials and Methods’ that some years ago (not specifically stated), a male fetus in Switzerland that was not viable to be carried to term was aborted. The family agreed to a tissue donation for medical research. This resulted in a line of cells that produces fetal skin cells which were used to create topical treatments for skin cancer, severe burns, deep puncture wounds and other skin trauma. After time, somebody figured out that same material could be used in skin cream. The original cell line begun with the donated tissue continues producing cells which are what’s used in the product.

Looks like some folks might have gone off half-cocked on this one...