[Non-Sequitur]

It's interesting that many of the best hopes from stem cells require carrying a baby to term. It's just as interesting that the least promising avenues come from embryos and aborted fetuses.

I don't think that's what they're saying at all. They're presenting evidence that embryonic stem cells can be obtained from sources other than embryos themselves. It's a different source for the same types of stem cells that Limbaugh & Co. keep saying are a waste of time anyway.

[syriacus]

It's a different source for the same types of stem cells that Limbaugh & Co. keep saying are a waste of time anyway.

Nope.

[syriacus]

They're presenting evidence that embryonic stem cells can be obtained from sources other than embryos themselves.

Question of the day: How much amniotic fluid surrounds an embryo?

[kidd]

The entire reason for the push for embryonic stem cell research was to justify abortions.

The embryonic stem cells themselves are still highly carcinogenic, whether they come from a dead human or from amniotic fluid, and still do more harm than good.

Just watch the interest in embryonic stem cell research dry up.

[Trust but Verify]

I would like to see more information on this topic. Are stem cells from cord blood and amniotic fluid embryonic or should they be classified as adult? After all, a fetus or infant is no longer an embryo.

I have done a lot of my own research on this topic and I concur with Rush that embryonic stem cell research is not likely to produce any positive results for many, many years, if ever.

[r9etb]

It's a different source for the same types of stem cells that Limbaugh & Co. keep saying are a waste of time anyway.

Where in the article does it say that these are the "same types" of stem cells?

[Cheburashka]

I don't think that's what they're saying at all. They're presenting evidence that embryonic stem cells can be obtained from sources other than embryos themselves. It's a different source for the same types of stem cells that Limbaugh & Co. keep saying are a waste of time anyway.
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You have a point in that Rush has been pushing for adult stem cell research. But he has been doing it to avoid using fetuses as raw material.

He probably will modify his position now that a technique to harvest embryonic stem cells has been devised that does not mandate killing the fetus.

That won't change his basic position against killing fetuses for research or manufacturing purposes.