> Sorry, but science often operates incrementally and if you are going to play games with the wording to keep backing away from statements, then we could have done the same with adult stem cell research.
The science does operate incrementally and not without mistakes. The problem with the publication you cited is not that it was a brief note, but that it has not been followed-up by a full article. I did a search on Scadden and could not find anything relevant. It is, of course, possible that some of his collaborators took it upon themselves to do follow-up research without his participation. That would be highly unusual and would raise another red flag. However, you are welcome to do your own search and prove me wrong.
BTW, that citation link was cool - I did not realize you could embed EndNote links.
This is not my field of study and I am not on top of what is being followed up by whom. My point is simply that many of those against hESC research give a misleading picture. There are advancements, and though there haven't been floods of cures, there hasn't been nearly enough done to claim the research path is not succeeding.
BTW, that citation link was cool - I did not realize you could embed EndNote links.
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I doubt it. Let some poor institutionalized soul be the guini pig.