“President Bush DID NOT ban stem cell research.”
I had this ‘discussion’ with a co worker when he insisted that it was great that Odumbo was lifting the stem cell ban.
I said , no the only thing that Odumbo was lifting was a ban on the feds non funding of FETAL stem cell research. That ADULT stem cell research has been going on all the time. Even then private funding could be used for studies using fetal cells. He kept insisting that NO stem cell research had been done since Bush banned fetal research. sigh.
I do think I may have gotten some of the facts inserted into his cranium when I told him that even in that time I knew that Adult stem cells were being used for many BMT patients in the clinic we work for who have had their own stem cells used in their transplants. (I had talked to a family in hospital who’s family member was going to have such a transplant done) Since I moved internally a few times since I met that family I have no idea if this person is still a survivor, but at that time I thought it was a great concept, using the bodies own cells to fix the errors.
I being me, also had to inform him that so far there hasn’t been a research project using fetal cells that has not resulted in tumors developing, instead of the hoped for remission/cure of the problem, but there have been successes in using adult cells.
I think in the end this has to be a project of informing people one at a time on exactly what Bush banned and exactly where the successes are occurring.
Thanks for trying. Willful ignorance is a barrier difficult to surmount.