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Baby teeth might be source of stem cells
Science Daily ^
| 17 July 2006
| UPI
Posted on 07/17/2006 12:00:50 PM PDT by Salman
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Bad news for the abortion industry.
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:00:52 PM PDT
by
Salman
To: Salman
Looks like the Tooth Fairy going to have to go up on the price.
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:01:44 PM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: Salman
I think I recall some speculation about this a few years ago... back in the 90s.
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:04:30 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Salman
I guess it's my ignorance, but this seems weird.
Embryonic Stem Cells -- abort the baby, and use the parts to advance science.
Adult Stem Cells -- scrape some cells, send the patient home, and use the cells to advance science.
Baby Teeth? What the selling point? Getting people used to the idea of using babies to advance science??? Is this basically Adult Stem Cells (but from babies)? Are they trying to muddy the water?
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:05:25 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("He hits me, he cries, he runs to the court and sues me.")
To: Salman
Oh, so they don't get to kill anything? Where's the fun in that?
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:06:37 PM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Sometimes those who scream loudest for "justice" are the ones that want real justice the least.)
To: Salman
Let's just hope they chop the baby's head off in order to extract the teeth. We wouldn't want to have a source that didn't require killing.
To: Salman
"Bad news for the abortion industry."
True. Good news for the Tooth Fairy, though.
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:06:47 PM PDT
by
LIConFem
(It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
To: WinOne4TheGipper
It "takes too long" to wait for a baby to be born and then grow teeth and then for the permanent teeth to come in.
They'd rather harvest babies, er cells, in a laboratory.
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:07:58 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Seasons greetings and happy holidays this June-July!)
To: Salman
So the Tooth Fairy will CONTINUE to pay for teeth, and maybe at a higher premium. :>)
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:12:52 PM PDT
by
xzins
( Let's Burn Down the WACOs of America!)
To: Salman
We gonna have toofless clildrens runnin' 'round? I can see it now..."Hey!~grab that kid, he still has teeths in his head!" ;-)
To: ClearCase_guy
I hadn't thought of it that way. I see it as having the baby born alive and well as the only way to see this used. Baby teeth (except the first, maybe) are usually discarded anyway. It's not like a body part. But that's my first response... I could be wrong. I am not in favor of embryonic stem cell research...
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:20:15 PM PDT
by
twigs
To: twigs
I certainly have no problem with making use of teeth which have fallen out of someone's head. But I don't see why baby teeth are "special".
If they are special, then I guess that's good.
If they are not special, then I think there is an agenda to get people used to the idea that babies make a good resource for medical experimentation.
Given the Left's Culture of Death, you just never know.
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:27:16 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("He hits me, he cries, he runs to the court and sues me.")
To: twigs
I have every one of my kids baby teeth.
Bought them at a high price from the Tooth Fairy ;-).
But I will tell you this. My eight year old has only a few more to molars to lose. The six year old has many more, but from this moment forward, I get them before the tooth fairy. I'm gonna throw them into the freezer and see if someday they can use them to grow a new kidney, if need be.
I am not kidding about this. If this baby teeth stem cell thing works out, hopefully any disease they get can be overcome with their own stem cells!
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:27:34 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:30:20 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Satan's greatest trick was convincing people he doesn't exist.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I don't understand the science of it either and I would like to know more. You raise an interesting issue though. And you're right, I think we should always proceed with care with these things.
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:30:23 PM PDT
by
twigs
To: netmilsmom
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:30:57 PM PDT
by
twigs
To: massgopguy
Tooth Fairy stock is up 50% on the news!
To: massgopguy
Looks like the Tooth Fairy going to have to go up on the price. Or else just bring some pliers.
"Mom, mom, I just put one toof under the pillow but the tooffairy took all of 'em."
"Johnny, what did I tell you about sleeping with your head under the pillow?"
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posted on
07/17/2006 12:49:10 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Loose lips sink ships - and the New York Times really doesn't have a problem with sinking ships.)
To: Salman
Geez, this kid will be a researcher's gold mine.
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posted on
07/17/2006 8:21:46 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
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posted on
07/17/2006 10:18:01 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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