Posted on 03/22/2005 3:31:47 PM PST by billorites
Otherwise, it has arguably been a bad week for the pro-death movement....
And. . .unless one is trying to fix a defect in a tissue resulting from a genetic problem, in which case one needs a donor, growing tissue from the patient's own stem-cells guarantees no chance of tissue rejection, and no need for anti-rejection drugs. (A technical downside the embryo-harvesting ghouls always overlook when trying to claim for their favored approach the mantle of 'most promising'.)
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That was my first thought as well! :)
It was the nose photo above my post that triggered the memory. Take care...
LOL. I think you're right. I've never seen stem cells drawn from plastic....
You know, I could use some of those hair growth stemcells
right about now.
And to think I have been flicking all those stemcells out
the truck window instead of rubbing them on my scalp really
bums me out.
similar story, different source, earlier topic:
Sweet cell of success
(Major breakthrough in adult stem cell research could end ethical debate)
The Australian | March 22, 2005 | Wayne Smith
Posted on 03/21/2005 7:51:51 AM PST by dead
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1367196/posts
Even though it's been treated as a joke so far on this thread, this one needs to be bumped to the top.
It seems that we replace our sensory cells (smell) through out our lives and so the mucosa is full of stem cells. These easily accessible cells are proving plastic enough to obtain many different types of cells from the 3 major cell lines.
This is news, people! Keep this one bumped, please!
I wonder if this will prove true for smokers?
Many have thought for a long time that adult stem cells show more promise. Research on embryonic stem cells has shown that they can lead to uncontrolled, i.e., cancerous, growth. I've always thought the controversy over embryonic stem cell research would end up being pointless.
When business realizes that adult stem cells and umbilical cord stem cells can be manipulated, banked, and turned into cells needed by whole classes of genetically similar patients (with banks of cell lines matched generically to whole groups of similar genetic characteristics), THEN the cannibalistic zeal will abate and stem cell therapies will become the miracle hoped for. God will not bless cannibalizing embryo-aged humans, but He will bless honest work that defers to moral/ethical behavior.
Hoc, you know nobody's more serious about the cause then me, but I can't resist! Here's the new slogan for promoting adult stem cell research: "Need a medical miracle? Pick your nose!"
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"Choose life, pick your nose!"
That's what I've always heard: you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't rub your friends on your sleeve.
And that brings back another, courtesy of Spider Robinson: If a felon practices felony and a glutton practices gluttony, God is an iron.
Thanks for the bump, Coleus! BTW, some of us are trying to encourage "non-embryonic stem cells" as a catch all counter to "destruction of human research subjects."
Controlling the language and terminology seems to trump science and ethics, these days.
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