[OldDeckHand]

I was watching Oprah sometime last fall (yes, I don't know why either), when that Dr. Oz was on. The subject of stem cells came up during a panel discussion and Oz made the point that adult stem cells are preferable to embryonic stem cells because the adult stem cells can be screened. The way he explained it is the embryonic stem cells have more opportunity to mutate into something cancerous, whereas the adult stem cells are already a known quantity.

His explanation was more detailed, but I'm not a physician, so it was lost on me. But, the SHOCK from Oprah was palpable. She was stunned the good doctor didn't think that embryonic stem cells were of much or little scientific value, at least with respect to providing cures for illness.

[boop]

Totally true by Dr.Oz. Embryonic cells mutate into ANYTHING. Since they are so non-specific for the intended disease, it’s the equivalent of injecting live cancer cells into a person.

[maica]

The Left play the semantics game better than anyone else, because they control mass media.

“Embryonic” stem cells are the beginning of an entire human being after it starts with only two cells.

By the time a fetus has existed for nine months his cells have differentiated into organs, bone, skin, etc. Even though the cell expansion has only been happening for up to nine months, the stem cells are now known as “adult” stem cells.

But people think “grown-up” when they hear “adult” so they can be persuaded to believe that the “embryonic” cells are superior for lab manipulation.

However the truth is the earliest cells which have all the knowledge necessary to help that human being live for 100 years, not having been differentiated yet, cannot be controlled in a laboratory. They have more power to change than a lab scientist can stop. Hence, they grow as cancers.

It is kind of like people believing that human endeavor can change the climate of the earth, when they know that we cannot control tomorrow's tornado or drought.

Magical thinking based on incomplete facts.