Posted on 11/08/2012 12:54:57 AM PST by neverdem
Here's the link.
Maybe that policy should be reconsidered. I want to know what the enemy is saying. I don't like being blindsided.
Many people spent years in ECR and were made a fool of by people who made real science. It appears they are still pissed. Notice the big con worked.
significant this makes this website all right...stated simply by one who should know...
now to see if the anti-lifers will relent.
When the embryonic stem cell issue came up, I was here on FR posting that I thought embryonic cells would be very likely to cause tumors. Embryo cells are primed to grow, and they are only kept in check by the barrage of control signals all over the embryo's body. As soon as the embryo's body is destroyed to get those cells, the controls are gone. Furthermore, cancer and embryonic cells are very similar. I'm not surprised that trials with embryonic stem cells have caused tumors and other dangerous outcomes.
Though it may strike some as controversial, we must ask ourselves if it were not for the dispute over embryonic stem cell research, would we already have adult stem cell cures for countless diseases and medical conditions?
Without the distraction of embryonic stem cells, all that money that was poured into them could have gone to regular stem cell research. So we would be further advanced in that area. Although our advances so far have been pretty good.
It was always clear that the embryonic stem cell issue was devised as a means to try to legitimize abortion, and not because of promises of medical break-throughs. There was a similar attempt made in the 80s to push fetal tissue transplants, which also didn't work. The hope is that if miracle cures could be derived from murdered babies, people would be more receptive to the idea of killing innocents (and maybe even conceiving babies for the purpose of cannibalizing them for their parts).
I saw an article yesterday about stem cells. The first comment after the article was a rant about how conservatives hold up medical advances because of their radical opposition to abortion. That comment provides a teachable moment, or would if I could find it again (I was at work where I can't comment on public forums). None of the stem cell therapies discussed in the article involved embryos, but the ranter apparently is very uninformed on the issue.
Your post is one of the reasons I love Free Republic. Great info well presented.
When Obama said embryonic research would not include human cloning, I so wanted a reporter to ask him when the life of a human clone begins. LOL
Seems best to use one’s own DNA to make specific medicines, new body parts, etc.
As we lick our political wounds, here's some good news about adult stem cells.
Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts
Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts
Stem Cells Help Md. Boy With Cerebral Palsy To Walk
Stem cells and nanofibers stimulating nerve research
FReepmail me if you want on or off my stem cell/regenerative medicine ping list.
A lot of 2nd terms have been bad news going back to LBJ. I don't think Obama and the rats will avoid that trend since they're either clueless or have evil intentions about the economy and foreign affairs.
Otto von Bismarck is reported to have said, "A special Providence protects fools, drunkards, small children and the United States of America." Say your prayers.
As we lick our political wounds, here's some good news about adult stem cells.
Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts
Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts
Stem Cells Help Md. Boy With Cerebral Palsy To Walk
Stem cells and nanofibers stimulating nerve research
FReepmail me if you want on or off my stem cell/regenerative medicine ping list.
A lot of 2nd terms have been bad news going back to LBJ. I don't think Obama and the rats will avoid that trend since they're either clueless or have evil intentions about the economy and foreign affairs.
Otto von Bismarck is reported to have said, "A special Providence protects fools, drunkards, small children and the United States of America." Say your prayers.
As we lick our political wounds, here's some good news about adult stem cells.
Two Years On, Stem Cells Still Healing Damaged Hearts
Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts
Stem Cells Help Md. Boy With Cerebral Palsy To Walk
Stem cells and nanofibers stimulating nerve research
FReepmail me if you want on or off my stem cell/regenerative medicine ping list.
A lot of 2nd terms have been bad news going back to LBJ. I don't think Obama and the rats will avoid that trend since they're either clueless or have evil intentions about the economy and foreign affairs.
Otto von Bismarck is reported to have said, "A special Providence protects fools, drunkards, small children and the United States of America." Say your prayers.
Just wow.....
Opposition to embryonic stem cell research coming from huff post????
As much as leftist like to dis people of faith and portray themselves as champions of science and rational thought, they sure let their ideology get in the way when it suits them.
Maybe next time you find something at work you want to comment on, you can send yourself a link to your private email to do it later.
lbj didn’t really have a second term.
Bttt
You have no idea how much I wish for stem cells to help heal my nephews who have Huntington’s Disease. I am losing hope.
Honestly, I've seen both sides guilty of that. I haven't critically compared the two sides, but my impression is that pseudoscience is equally accepted by left and right. I initially became conservative because it seemed like a more logical philosophy at the time. I've since had to revise my opinion on that. In any case, conservatism holds the moral high ground.
Maybe next time you find something at work you want to comment on, you can send yourself a link to your private email to do it later.
That's an idea.
No argument from me there.
Good news bump!
Thanks for the ping!
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