Posted on 08/03/2005 6:08:07 AM PDT by JohnnyLawrence4U
What does embryonic stem cell research have to do with the space shuttle? Seemingly nothing. Dig deeper, though. Whatever NASA may claim, there's little the shuttle can do that unmanned spaceships cannot - at much lower costs. But NASA knows what sci-fi writers always have, that we're enamored of manned space flight. The shuttle's main mission is maintaining NASA's prestige and budget.
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I'm sorry, but I agree with Frist. Stem Cell research is important.
Did you read the whole article? It doesn't say that stem cell research is unimportant.
the assertion that ESC have no future by this article is utter bs. As our technology grows, why would you want to restrict its research? Did you believe the moon was made of cheese until our flight to the moon?
When do you volunteer? I have a dog that needs a liver transplant.
Frist is a loser.
It doesn't assert that ESC has no future. What it asserts is that ASC research appears to be starting to produce results, yet isn't getting reserach funds.
ESC is not simply unproven, there isn't even significant evidence that embrionic stem cells can be used to do things that can't be done with adult stem cells.
What ESC research does have is a lot of hype by people looking to make millions off of the research regardless of if that research provides results or not
It also has the support of the abortion at will contingent because they oppose anything that might recognize that an embryo is a living human being.
It's all hype, and no evidence. I understand if there were merely weak evidence that it showed promise by that practical use was a long way off. There isn't even that good of evidence.
Senator Frist’s reasoning on embryonic stem cells (ESC) only obliquely confronts fashionable trends rushing to provide political capital and private profits. However, his stance does genuine harm to tens of thousands who await un-funded follow up stem cell studies, which could bring life and health, because research funding is a zero sum political game. His comments do not reveal that Madison Avenue and Hollywood ethics are trumping medical ethics.
Michael J. Fox, instead of publicizing ESC, should contact Dr. Michel Levesque of the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center to promote the next human study of the already successful cure of Parkinson’s using adult stem cells (ASC). Researchers at University of Washington and in Canada have used ASC to stabilize severe MS cases and cure MS patients in earlier stages. Overall ASC have treated 58 human diseases and ESC zero, but verification on Google follows five pages of ESC hype.
Another orphan is umbilical cord stem cells (UCSC). Dr. Joanne Kurtsburg at Duke Medical Center needs research funds to understand human UCSC cures reversing ALD brain disease, leukemia, sickle cell anemia, and bubble-boy disease. Researchers in Denmark and the Duke Medical Center need confirming studies to prove their work of transforming UCSC into brain, bone, cartilage, liver, and heart cells. Confirmation would render even this murky vision for ESC obsolete.
Senator Frist’s stance assists those peddling a scientific fad and political agenda, when a doctor’s leadership could force a rigorous debate over allocating scarce federal dollars to vital human needs.
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