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Senators Hear Alternatives to Embryonic Stem Cells: Adult Stem Cells, Umbilical Cord Blood
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Posted on 06/14/2003 12:35:28 AM PDT by unspun
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To: cgk; unspun; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; ...
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06/14/2003 12:00:56 PM PDT
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Coleus
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To: cgk
I heard a pediatric dentist on the Hugh Hewitt show say that baby teeth contain stem cells.
To: MHGinTN; unspun
Thanks for the ping MHGinTN, and thanks for finding and relaying this good news, unspun. I hope at least the majority of the senators came to this meeting with an open mind.
To: MHGinTN
RJ, why is the research not being conducted on other higher mammaloan models using their embryonic stem cells first?... The goal is to discover how to bring about targeted differentiation, so why not discover how it occurs using the embryos of other higher mammals, then use the techniques to selectively differentiate either the cord blood stem cells or stem cells from the patient? Why kill the mebryos for their stem cells? The organ from which cord blood is harvested was built by the newly conceived embryo, so the stem cells there are from the embryo without having to kill the individual human being.Worth repeating. I've tried to say the same thing, though probably not as well. Granted there will most likely be some (hopefully minor) species differences, but most of the research should be possible with non-human species.
To: cgk; All
My youngest is 8 months, and in the last weeks before she was born, my wife & I got to see a video from a company called Cryo-Cell (now trading at about $1.00 share). We did not have time to call for a cord blood collection kit or other services. I struck me as a very neat "alternative" idea.
To: FairWitness
It is, after all, the process of how stem cells trun into the various tissues and organs that is at research issue. It appears the greed of being first with the 'magic fixes' impels this rush to euthanize embryos for their body parts and encourages the dehumanization/commonditization of embryonic human life.
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06/14/2003 12:24:17 PM PDT
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MHGinTN
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To: unspun
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06/14/2003 8:01:47 PM PDT
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Mr. Silverback
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To: MHGinTN
Thanks for the heads up!
To: HiTech RedNeck
I just got to reading this particular thread. I am doing a debate research paper on stem cell research. One of the things I found in the 2001 is that umbilical and fetal stem cells are the same thing. The cord blood is chock full of fetal stem cells. Why aren't scientists just using the fetal cells in cord blood since most of the time the cords are just thrown out? Hmmmm. Makes me wonder if this isn't just another way to help push for abortion to remain legal.
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