Sadly, the ears and attention spans of common people has become accustomed to the sound bite. This makes it easy for "stem cell research" to mean "embryonic stem cell research". It makes it hard to explain that one kind of reasearch has results, the other doesn't. It makes it easy to caricature opponents of life-destroying research.
Many FReepers deride the idea of nuance, but this is a case where it is sorely needed.
4 posted on 01/08/2007 4:11:55 PM PST by Lexinom
(Duncan Hunter 2008 - www.peacethroughstrengthpac.com)
The irony is that adult (including umbilical cord and now amniotic) stem cell research has had incredibly significant success WITHOUT taxpayer funding.
6 posted on 01/08/2007 4:13:50 PM PST by wagglebee
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