As for my own thoughts and at the same time remaining
within the confines of good science we must remain guided
by the truth and facts only. If this falls outside
the “Religiosity” of those who would have us do science in
our courtrooms, then we have not only ruined our science
but our religious truth also.
My mind is open to the possibility that at some point ESCs might yet
be shown to be a great “miracle cure” for many hideous diseases/conditions.
And the ethical/moral questions are an issue that should be discussed
before this might happen.
But, as a pragmatist, I was only mentioning to my acquaintances
that are hot for ESCs that they should take a couple of minutes away
from the lab-bench and notice that “the BIG money” wasn’t going whole-hog
with venture capital for ESCs.
And that ONLY adult stem cells have been found to effect cures/therapies
without causing unwanted “collateral damage” to patients, such as tumors.
But I know that these ESC-pimping friends of mine are now gnashing
their teeth.
After the Stowers spent millions to buy an amendment to protect
cloning in Missouri, these cry-babys are now threatening to pack up
and leave Missouri because a few state legislators dare to still question
the direction of stem-cell research.
We’ve learned to see that money-bag fat-cats that can buy an election
can even be “Sore Winners”.