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Science's Stem Cell Scam
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| July 19, 2006
| Michael Fumento
Posted on 07/20/2006 4:55:28 AM PDT by 13Sisters76
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To: Deut28
The problem is that the stem cell lines are very limited and only a fraction of them were viable for research and the rest are slowly deteriorating. Personally, if these embryos are going to be thrown in the trash, I would at least try to get some good out of it.
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:52:52 AM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: arthurus
Many have made the same claim. The left idolizes eugenicists such as Sanger and Singer. If there is no "divine spark" in humans, then they can be used for the greater good- yes?
I liked the Eloi reference btw...
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posted on
07/21/2006 5:55:44 AM PDT
by
13Sisters76
("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
To: doc30
Well, that didn't exactly address your gross statements about ESC research being restricted to the private sector.
What is telling is that there is not overwhelming demand for what IS available.
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:16:21 AM PDT
by
Deut28
(Cursed be he who perverts the justice)
To: 13Sisters76
Many have made the same claim. The left idolizes eugenicists such as Sanger and Singer. If there is no "divine spark" in humans, then they can be used for the greater goodand "the greater good" always is ultimately the good of the ruling class, always a small portion of the population.
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:14:07 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(It is better to fight them OVER THERE than here.)
To: doc30
The point is...Money flows to the promise...
Adult stem cells have private funding because it has attracted investors.
ESC's have not attracted investors because there doesn't seem to be any way to make it profitable in the short term.
Hence they stick their grubby paws out to the government for tax dollars.
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:20:38 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: arthurus
"For the greater good" is a phrase that has been used to slaughter millions.
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:23:14 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: 13Sisters76; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; ...
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posted on
08/30/2006 10:48:16 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
To: 13Sisters76
THE SCORE HAS CHANGED !!!
Check the Score
Updated July 16, 2006
Benefits of Stem Cells to Human Patients - Do No Harm
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posted on
08/30/2006 10:50:09 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
To: Coleus; nickcarraway; narses; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
Please let me know if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.
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posted on
08/30/2006 11:06:06 PM PDT
by
cpforlife.org
(A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available at KnightsForLife.org)
To: doc30
Not only should government funding not be used, but experimenting on human life should be outlawed, as well as abortion.
What have we become?
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posted on
08/31/2006 2:10:23 AM PDT
by
Sun
(Hillary had a D-/F rating on immigration; now she wants to build a wall????)
To: Laserman
"You seem to assume that lack of Federal funds means NO funds." You are correct. Howard Hugues Medical research is awash in $$, not because Howard was into medical reasearch, Howard was looking for a TAX break. Anyhow they do reasearch on stem cell. It hasn't produced a cure for all ills yet.
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posted on
08/31/2006 2:17:04 AM PDT
by
DeaconRed
(We have a war going on within America and we must put a stop to the liberal idiots! !)
To: Coleus; cpforlife.org
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posted on
08/31/2006 2:46:15 AM PDT
by
.30Carbine
(May God Be The Glory)
To: 13Sisters76; Alexander Rubin; An American In Dairyland; Antoninus; Aquinasfan; BIRDS; Bellflower; ..
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:11:56 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: doc30; 13Sisters76
Regardless of where one stands on the issue, this statement is ridiculusly[sic] illogical. If the research isn't funded, then there never will be applications for ESC. So to compare it with ASC is like comparing apples to oranges, but before the oranges have grown. I wish these writers would not abuse science and simply say ESC research is immoral rather than misusing science as propaganda.
The research has been funded for a long time in one way or another. The reason that ASC research and therapies as a result have been so successful is not because ESC has had no research or funding. It's because ASC has worked and ESC have not.
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:25:15 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: wagglebee
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:54:06 AM PDT
by
Notwithstanding
(OEF vet says: I love my German shepherd - Benedict XVI reigns!)
To: doc30
If the research isn't funded, then there never will be applications for ESC.ESC research is funded in other countries. I hope you trust that there are capable scientists in other places than the US,
EU funding for stem cell research continues
The EU research ministers have reached a political agreement on the FP7, backing EU funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Here's another interesting article
Embryonic Stem Cells Have Never Been Used to Treat Anyone and no Plans Exist to do so
Modern stem-cell advancements in umbilical cord blood have rendered human embryonic stem-cell research unnecessary according to a prestigious UK researcher, who calls cord blood the “realistic future of stem-cell technology.” In this second part of an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews.com, Dr. Peter Hollands, the Chief Science Officer of the UK Blood Bank and early pioneer of embryonic stem-cell research, explains that embryonic stem-cell researchers will keep their public mandate unless a vast media campaign educates the public about the superior benefits and proven cures of cord blood.
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posted on
08/31/2006 3:16:13 PM PDT
by
syriacus
(Why wasn't each home in New Orleans required to have an inflatable life boat?)
To: doc30
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