http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0701/articles/condic.html
Mighty interesting reading on your favorite topic. Note that the author does such research at a high power University and knows the literature cold. That makes this indictment all the more compelling.
Frank
Sorry, I don’t buy it. Even if everything Dr. Condic says is true, it means nothing. I believe embryonic stem cells should be available for study and the government shouldn’t limit funding to research facilities that use embryonic stem cell lines. Individual scientists and the organizations they represent are best equipped to determine research direction. If embryonic stem cell research proves fruitless, oh well. However, Dr. Condic doesn’t get to make the call.
At least be honest about the real reason you oppose embryonic stem cell research – and I don’t think it has to do with the saving money. Ultimately, it is the morality and not the feasibility that concerns ordinary Americans. That’s fine. We can have a nice debate on that. But don’t try and muddy the water by throwing in some poorly conceived argument about the utility of research. That’s a concern for the scientific community in which Dr. Condic is just one voice of many.