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Stem Cells -- Now With 100 Percent Fewer Embryos!

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TrooperBari, Mar 2, 2009.

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  1. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Hopefully that's one hot-button issue down.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/mar/01/stem-cells-breakthrough

     
    TrooperBari, Mar 2, 2009
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  2. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    The embryos will still be destroyed. They were always going to be.
     
    PeteyPirate, Mar 2, 2009
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  3. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    I suspect we'll be having legislation now to close IVF clinics.
    No, wait, we won't.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Mar 2, 2009
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  4. Diabeetus

    Diabeetus Active Member

    Glad to see the U.S. leading the world in research. Oh...wait...
     
    Diabeetus, Mar 2, 2009
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  5. GB-Hack

    GB-Hack Active Member

    Some of the things scientists can accomplish still absolutely stagger me. What a great job by this team.
     
    GB-Hack, Mar 2, 2009
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  6. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Interesting discovery. Let's hope it leads to many miracles.
     
    Freelance Hack, Mar 2, 2009
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  7. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Color me skeptical.

    I'm sure it's a wonderful discovery, but from what I understand, nothing beats the purity of embryonic stem cells. I hate to put it that bluntly.
     
    Lugnuts, Mar 2, 2009
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  8. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    So far, Luggie, that's the case. Which is why the whole "pro-life activists endorse" this element makes me nervous. Who cares what some medievalist god-botherers think on a scientific issue? I want all the avenues explored all the time.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Mar 2, 2009
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  9. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Wow.
     
    imjustagirl, Mar 2, 2009
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  10. jps

    jps Active Member

    bit harsh, fen? maybe? just a bit?
     
    jps, Mar 2, 2009
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  11. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    Not at all, especially considering that the destruction of the embryos is imminent even if these morons get their way. The embryos will either be trashed or used for potentially valuable scientific research. The ban on embryonic stem cells just cuts out the research, not the destruction.
     
    PeteyPirate, Mar 2, 2009
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  12. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    You don't think "medievalist god-botherers" is a bit of hyperbole? Really?
     
    imjustagirl, Mar 2, 2009
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