Comments on: Emotionally Tied to Embryonic Stem Cells http://www.bloggernews.net/112223 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:58:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Doug Payton http://www.bloggernews.net/112223#comment-148282 Doug Payton Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:54:32 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/112223#comment-148282 Setting back stem cell research 4 years is a small price to pay for what would've been the likely outcome otherwise; no research finding this new source of stem cells and the encouraging of folks to sacrifice thousands or millions more small lives to science. If it can be done without the ethical and moral problems, it should be done that way. Setting back stem cell research 4 years is a small price to pay for what would’ve been the likely outcome otherwise; no research finding this new source of stem cells and the encouraging of folks to sacrifice thousands or millions more small lives to science. If it can be done without the ethical and moral problems, it should be done that way.

]]> By: stem cell guy http://www.bloggernews.net/112223#comment-147335 stem cell guy Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:50:53 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/112223#comment-147335 Fox has it right! The reality is that these new cells derived from skin are still very much unknown as to their potential. It may very well mitigate the need to destroy embryos in the distant future but it may take 5-10 years to figure this out. What he says is exactly what both of the researchers that developed these new cells are saying. Embryonic Stem Cell research should continue until these new cells can truly be tested and have all of the same properties of ESC. Even Dr. Thompson who created the cells says, Bush's policies have set back stem cell research 4 to 5 years and counting and ESC research should continue. All avenues of research needs to continue to save lives and cure the ill. I think what can be taken from this research is that future treatments with non-embryonic stem cells may be possible. I do think that this new procedure has made it much less likely treatments will use ESC's in the future but I do believe that the research with ESC's must continue so as not to stall potential cures. Fox has it right! The reality is that these new cells derived from skin are still very much unknown as to their potential. It may very well mitigate the need to destroy embryos in the distant future but it may take 5-10 years to figure this out. What he says is exactly what both of the researchers that developed these new cells are saying. Embryonic Stem Cell research should continue until these new cells can truly be tested and have all of the same properties of ESC. Even Dr. Thompson who created the cells says, Bush’s policies have set back stem cell research 4 to 5 years and counting and ESC research should continue.

All avenues of research needs to continue to save lives and cure the ill. I think what can be taken from this research is that future treatments with non-embryonic stem cells may be possible. I do think that this new procedure has made it much less likely treatments will use ESC’s in the future but I do believe that the research with ESC’s must continue so as not to stall potential cures.

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