[neverdem]

It would be difficult to obtain equivalent human cells for transplantation, because they would have to come from fetuses in the first or second trimester of pregnancy.

I wonder how many comments will come from that sentence.

But Maclaren says that it may soon be possible to grow the correct retinal cells from adult stem cells or embryonic stem cells.

Versus adult stem cells or umbilical cord stem cells? Once all this stuff is figured out, watch out!

[Coldwater Creek]

I would rather be blind!!

[neverdem]

The hidden cost of 'choice'

U of MN researchers turn cord blood into lung cells

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[chuckles]

The second sentence says they are better after they have stopped dividing. That would be ADULT stem cells. Adult means that cells are finished, not from grown up people. Cord blood cells are considered adult cells. The problem with fetal cells is they aren't finished yet. They have been implanted and grow into tumors that kill the patient in a painful horrific death.

It's time for Fox News or some other channel to have an hour show on this before it gets out of hand. The idea for fetal cells was to grow them in a petri dish. If you have to abort a baby in the 4th month or so, fetal cells have stopped changing and you might as well get them from anywhere. The political angle is "dead babies are good, and even necessary". If they can't kill a baby, there is no political use for this. If it turns out cord blood is as good as it gets, the politics will die out and cures will come forth. The Dems want a trillion dollar boondoggle that gives a science excuse to murder babies.

The reason they want federal money is to put babies in a blender and see what happens without any guilt and have a grant money job for the next 30 years. We pay people to sit in jungles and study animal feces for 20 years. You can go almost anywhere and find these people. They study ozone holes until the money runs out and then call in a panic phone call and get another 5 years to play checkers in Antarctica. We have them on the Texas coast that study crabs and mercury content. They don't do anything but catch crabs, crush them, put the sample in a machine and post the results. They drive BMW's and Hummers to their houses on the beach. Others collect pine needles and cones to check for disease and moisture content. If anyone were to decide the trees have survived for thousands of years without a gubint worker studying them, we might cut some fat from the budget. If you really want to see how this works, look up the studies done after Mt St. Helens. The scientists were all set to retire out in the woods for 20 years, but the Earth healed itself in a couple of years. The animals came back, fish in the lakes, lake cleared of debris, all on its own, without a government dollar to fix it. They had all their answers in 2-3 years, and 100% of their dire predictions were wrong.

The same people that want to grow embryo's in petri dishes and use them for science, call DNA modified vegetables "Franken Food". This is about money and abortion and always will be. It has nothing to do with cures. If there were any promise in fetal stem cells, money would be poured in from Merk, Johnson, and Johnson, etc. They already know it hasn't worked. Just saying "Stem Cells" doesn't mean anything. You need to find out if it is adult cells or fetal.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Bump

[RoadTest]

It isn't enough for them to slaughter babies in the womb; now they're ripping cells out of young children's eyes?

Science and human sacrifice aren't so far apart after all, are they? I hate to hear what they'll do next.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Soon, the blind mice will be voting democrat.

Well, actually, now they're voting democrat, after they can see they might change their minds.