Stanford Researchers Urge Lifting of NIH Funding Restrictions on Chimeric Research [Luke 17]

Citing the "tremendous potential" of research on human stem cells in nonhuman embryos, scientists and a bioethicist from the Stanford University School of Medicine have co-authored a letter urging the removal of funding restrictions imposed on such research last month by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers believe that work on what are called chimeric embryos is vital to advance our understanding of early human development, further our ability to accurately model devastating diseases and facilitate drug testing to ensure that potential therapies are safe and effective. "Currently, it is impossible to accurately recapitulate human development in vitro, and there is no ethical method to obtain post-implantation stage human fetal tissue for isolating tissue and organ stem cells for regenerative medicine," they wrote.

The seven Stanford authors of the letter include Irving Weissman, MD, who directs Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and David Magnus, PhD, director of Stanford's Center for Biomedical Ethics. The letter also was co-authored by four prominent scientists from other research institutions across the country. It will be published in Science Nov. 6â€”the same day a workshop will be held at the NIH to discuss the restrictions and deliver new research guidelines. "By eliminating federal funding for all aspects of this research, the NIH casts a shadow of negativity toward all experiments involving chimera studies regardless of whether human cells are involved," said assistant professor of medicine Sean Wu, PhD, MD, one of the senior authors of the letter. Weissman is the other co-senior author. "The current NIH restriction serves as a significant impediment to major scientific progress in the fields of stem cell and developmental biology and regenerative medicine and should be lifted as soon as possible..."

The ancient Greeks had myths of bullmen, birdwomen, and many other part animal, part men called chimeras. Some scholars think that these mythical stories may date back to the days of Noah. In the days of Noah before the deluge, the human genetic code had become "mixed" with the angelic realm. The offspring of the crossbreeding we called Nephilim; giants, men and women of renown, mighty. Imagine if a normal person had capabilities of the angelic realm. Part of the reason that God sent the flood was to protect humans from genetic contamination. He only knows the downstream impact of such activities. Today we are once again back in the days of Noah.

Jesus foretold that the days prior to his return would be like the days of Noah (genetic mixing and violence), and the days of Lot (codified homosexuality and pederasty). Are we close?

Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat , they drank , they married wives , they were given in marriage , until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came , and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

We have 30 years and HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars of research which prove the lie of “tremendous potential” for embryonic stem cell research.

If the potential were remotely believed we would see the same level of PRIVATE FUNDING and research that has been applied to ADULT stem cell research, which HAS proven medical benefit.

The government wants to fund ESM research to pretend there is a medical benefit to abortion.

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