[Coleus]

Embryonic stem cells have been shown to be very useful, but many object to their use on ethical grounds. >>

that is NOT true,  embryonic stem cells: have never successfully cured a person, have been rejected by patients just as they do when receiving a donor organ and have also killed people by growing teratomas (tumors), they grow uncontrollably like cancer cells,   read on for the truth on how adult/non-embryonic  stem cells have helped people:

Spinal Cord Patient Speaks out: Embryonic stem cell helps patents not patients

Canadian tries Russian stem cell treatment

Adult Stem Cell Research Treats Spinal Cord Injury Patient

REGENERATING HOPE FOR A PARALYSIS CURE (macrophages are injected into the spinal cord)

Doctors in Russia Prove that Non-Embryonic Stem Cells can be Used in Treating Spinal Cord Injuries

Adult stem cells work there is NO need to harvest babies for their body parts.

Benefits of Stem Cells to Human Patients - Do No Harm 

[el_texicano]

I was almost hoping this meant there's hope for some spineless Republicans congress critters...

[King Prout]

biotech

[Pharmer]

Professional bump...will comment on later

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[Larry Lucido]

My cat would love one of those.

[Kaylee Frye]

We injected these hair follicle stem cells into the area where the nerve or the spinal cord is severed… [and] found that the nerve or spinal cord could be regenerated because we injected these hair follicle stem cells

Wow, that's simply incredible. From hair of all things. Makes sense though. How many hairs do I lose every time I brush my hair and yet they keep coming back (thank goodness or else I'd be bald).

[strategofr]

They better hurry up if they expect to get any hair from me!

[Pharmer]

OK FReeper as a professional cell biologist and pharmacologist I am offering my opinion on this matter:

In all fairness, the discovery of green and yellow fluorescent protein (GFP and YFP) and the knowledge of how to transfect it into cells and into rodent models is the stuff of real Nobel prizes. The ability to to fluorescently tag proteins allows us to visually see their biological behavior using microscopic fluorescent imaging systems (both of which I am a known expert ;>) and we all know what we think as the MSM goes "experts tell us". But trust me, I know my shit it this area.)

In this area too many liberals are seeing this as "STEM CELL RESEARCH!!!!!!!!" and not for it really is... This technology allows us to track the development of the nervous system from zygote to adult but understand how various neurons form and how they truly effect our behavior

GFP is the the greatest tool for drug discovery since the use of tritium (3H, yes radioactive!!!!) labeled drugs. This stuff has many uses as our industry gene jockeys can tag this protein on receptor genes and make cells that don't normally show a drug receptor of interest but make that receptor glow!. We can then study through image analysis, the physiological effects of the drug/receptor interactions.

As for what that leads to... Maybe a cure for Alzheimer's, stroke, spinal cord injury, ALS.