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To: DaveTesla

Ok, I went to the website, and it looks like they actually are convincing people that they know what they are doing. In reading the scientific basis, it seems that they have anticipated the rejection argument and say that fetal stem cells cannot be rejected. I don't believe this for a second. For one thing, a fetus is usually genetically dissimilar from it's mother, and is not rejected. Why? Because it is surrounded by a placenta, not because its tissues are undifferentiated.

I do not believe the argument, and there really is only one way to disprove it, and that is by getting fetal stem cells and injecting them into a person. From the responses I see here on this thread, nobody is willing to disprove this premise. That does not make it fact.

And another thing, they make it sound like these stem cells are little nano robots that go looking for things to repair. I would like to call your attention to the disease known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. To try to sum it up, fetal cells, as they divide from 1 to 2 to 4 to 8 to 16 and so on, move to specific locations where they differentiate and become more specific types of tissues. With FAS, certain brain cells fail to stop at the destination location and continue migrating, causing severe congenital brain problems. Google some CAT scans of FAS brains and you will see what I mean.

Not to mention the possibility that the stem cell might actually survive and take hold somewhere, what kind of cell is it going to become? Is it just going to take on the characteristics of surrounding cells, even though they are not even as closely related as a brother or sister? Come on! More than likely, it would become a cancerous cell, just like most human cancers are caused by cells who are meant to divide but don't know when to quit. I personally wouldn't want any organ tissues like liver or pancreas or epithelium injected into my body.

Finally, one consequence of being outside of the US is that the clinics cannot be punished for using fetal tissue illegally, but I doubt if there are very many laws against it in the US anyway. I mean, most legislation about stem cell research deals with government funding more than actual permission. I think the advantage of being outside of the US for these cretins is that they cannot be prosecuted for fraud, for claiming to inject fetal tissue into people. All they would need is a soup of steroids and Human Growth Hormone to make it look like something was happening.

Anyway, check your BS meter. It may need calibration.


95 posted on 08/09/2006 4:01:31 PM PDT by webheart (Have a nice day!)
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To: webheart
How it BS if there paying Russian women to carry
and abort fetuses and using them for beauty treatments?

I have investigated this years ago and there are many other clinics doing this.
It is not about if it works or not it is the fact that they are doing it.
98 posted on 08/09/2006 4:07:28 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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