[OldFriend]

False premise......there is nothing in the scientific research to indicate a single area where embryonic stem cell research is going to assist in a cure of any disease.

[nina0113]

...there is nothing in the scientific research to indicate a single area where embryonic stem cell research is going to assist in a cure of any disease.

But the doctors who've bet their careers on ESCR have managed to sell the idea to the public, so that truth is irrelevant.

[Lunatic Fringe]

there is nothing in the scientific research to indicate a single area where embryonic stem cell research is going to assist in a cure of any disease.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Embryonic stem cell research has only been going on for 7 years. Given the interminable amount of time for the FDA to approve therapies, it is not surprising that so far there have been zero approved treatments. But to say there is "nothing in the scientific research" that shows promise for this type of therapy is wrong.

Just this morning, a story was published showing that ESS-based vaccines prevented lung cancer in mice with an 80-100% success rate. "Researchers believe that it will be possible to produce cancer vaccines in humans from embryonic stem cells."

[doc30]

False premise......there is nothing in the scientific research to indicate a single area where embryonic stem cell research is going to assist in a cure of any disease.

You are correct. Only research work could elucidate that answer. Ban the research, and you will never know. The lack of research results is not a valid indicator of the potential for embrionic stem cells.