I saw this interesting article over at Wired Science today: Turning Skin Cells to Stem Cells, Without Cancer. From the article: Like hackers one-upping each others' code, stem cell scientists keep finding better ways to turn flakes of skin into stem cells. And the latest technique could avoid the cancer-causing side effects of previous methods.In fact, the dirty little secret that the MSM refuses to report is that embryonic stem cells always turn cancerous. Every. Single. Time. So here's the kicker:
The miracle of reprogamming, also known as induced pluripotency, was universally recognized as a research milestone when demonstrated in human cells less than 18 months ago. Adding four development-regulating genes turned adult cells into the near-equivalent of pluripotent embryonic stem cells, capable of becoming almost any other type of cell in the body. (emphasis mine)SO I ask the simple question: why is Obama going to lift restriction on using my tax dollars to fund the destruction of human embryos? Why not just more funding towards efforts like this one? Doesn't turning adult cells into the equivalent of embryonic stem cells totally bypass the moral issues here? Then again, The One considers the beginning of life to be a punishment, equivalent to STDs:
How sad...
You said: embryonic stem cells always turn cancerous. Every. Single. Time.
ReplyDeleteI say: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. To be taken seriously, you need to link this to the research that supports it.
Then, to be even-handed (perhaps fair and balanced) you could comment on and link to research where the various stem cell types are discussed. A quick search uncovered
this page, as one example.
I also disagree with your comment about using my tax dollars to fund the destruction of human embryos. In all honesty, the embryos will be destroyed with or without any tax dollars. If you are against their destruction, you need to look into that specific issue and what happens as a result of in-vitro fertilization. Embryos were, in all likelihood, being regularly destroyed during the entire Bush administration.
Regards.