Medical research has this fascinating habit of latching onto the next latest "thing" as the saviour of mankind.
Ten years ago cytokines were going to change the way we approached everything from hepatitis C to cancer to anemia. So far their contributions have been extremely limited with toxicity and therapeutic level problems. While many seem to work in vitro few work in vivo. Yet to hear researchers ten years ago cytokines were foing to perform miracles.
Stem cell research has been around for years. Yet anyone who understands how stem celles form and work clearly understands that their medical application is grossly over-rated and undeserved.
Yet the Communist/Socialist/Liberal/Leftist Media Cabal in this country is using misleading propaganda on stem cells to buttress their pro-murder (more commonly referred to as abortion by the Leftist elites} stance on infanticide.
We should kill unborn babies to get stem cells so that a stooge like Reeves who blatantly disobeyed stern warnings from his horse jumping teacher not to attempt such dangerous jumps because he "wasn't ready..." and then paralyzes himself in the process, can walk again is beyond the pale.
Show me the money! Show me exactly how stem cells are going to "regenerate" spinal nerve tissue. It is nonsense. It won't happen because it is not possible. But that will not stop the stories from the Left so get set to conquer Alzheimer's, Cancer, make the paralyzed walk, the blind see, the deaf hear and bones regrow. And if you believe that you probably believe that John Kerry actually married that obese ketchup-stained broad for true love and not money!
Does anyone know what the average life span is for someone after they suffer an injury as devastating as Christopher's? He lived nearly ten years after his accident and that is with the best medical care money can buy.
Very interesting point. In the second debate, Kerry made reference to (in no attempt to be subtle) embryos that are "already" being destroyed by fertility clinics, making the suggestion that --why don't we use those for stem cell research.
Why doesn't someone make the counterpoint that more often than in-vitro fertilization, babies are born everyday.....and why isn't there a movement to encourage use of the umbilical cord (that are also discarded) for stem cell research? Stem cells ARE present in umbilical cords (most people think that "stem cell research" involves killing embryos).
How many children are born in this country, everyday, and how many potential cords could be retained for stem-cell research then? But then again, to promote cord-blood research, the liberals would have to promote LIFE......