Posted on 04/17/2008 8:12:27 PM PDT by Flavius
THE Pentagon is joining with universities and hospitals in $US250 million ($267m) research to discover how to help wounded soldiers regenerate skin, muscle and even limbs from their own stem cells.
The army's surgeon-general said he envisioned the day when adult stem cells would be harvested before a soldier goes into the battle and then used to regrow new limbs within days of suffering a combat wound.
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also what will come first
cyborg troops are totally unmanned military
guess robots will put the social engineering to rest
This sounds like the stuff of Starship Troopers the movie.
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Well, well, so the Federal Govt. IS supporting Stem Cell Research. You'll notice it is the ADULT stem cell research that's getting the money, because that's the only kind that has EVER shown any real results!
yes its very important that we are only using Adult cells
rest of the world im sure will never do anything else
i am sure the CHINESE are cloning anything they an put their hands onto
so to create a moral wall state side may produce a divine shield
but will not stop others from splicing dicing anything that moves
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Bttt
Tis true, but I think we'll have fewer problems in the long run, using Adult Stem Cells.
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