MAF, I just made this New 0cents Stamps last night.
What do you think?
Posted on 01/23/2002 10:31:25 AM PST by Ms. AntiFeminazi
False statement.
Those doing the research have become aware that adult cells can become other cells. Stem cells from bone marrow, for example, have become muscle or brain etc...
Please post any related links on this thread. Good news should always be shared.
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That was the topic of another article posted that would make a good link to this thread. I don't remember if I posted it or if someone else did. One of these days I'll get caught back up on my stop the murders research.
If the success of adult stem cell usage gets out, it may have a significant impact on the profitability of ESCR, which we all know is the motive behind it.
God Bless,
EODGUY
This is a curious piece of misinformation. Last year, there was a similarly optimistic announcement regarding stem cells taken from adult fat tissue. All the major news outlets reported on it.
There would still be reasons, e.g., adult cells are damaged (oxygen damage and other wear and tear), supply (for both therapeutic and research uses), cost. At least one private company has already announced that they will be deriving additional hES cell lines.
Bad news... so some would claim.
Why am I reminded of "The Thing" by this?
From your mouth to God's ear.
When this was a hot topic a few months ago I tried to talk about these aspects of the research as much as I could.
Interestingly, in certain media, intellectual honesty actually existed and the understanding that for actual benefit that may come from clinical implementation of stem cells to people with diseases will be from adult stem cells was acknowledged.
The scientists, even those pro-fetal stem cell research, are usually forthright about acknowledging that, much more so than the mainstream media.
The argument for fetal stem cell research is not that those cells will be used in the ultimate stem cell cures they hope to develop but that having them available for research contributes to the overall understanding of stem cells and will help develop the cures that may arise from adult cells.
Basically the reasoning is, one can get a lot of these fetal derived cells and keep and grow them to a much greater degree than one can obtain the adult cells. They then can be used for basic research on stem cell properties that can be applied to adult stem cells.
That is the argument for fetal stem cell research.
Naw. That "thing" is us.
That's how our bodies work.
Thanks for your link too, Harrison.
If you do decide to threaten the entire world, be sure to ask for -more- than just One Meeeellion Dollars....
Key phrase of article. Let's hope.
But the government hasn't bothered about replicated results in many other matters, as long as the issue is sufficiently empowering to our betters. To them, scientific method exists only to provide a source of sound bites and funding.
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