tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post115343349545104439..comments2023-12-10T10:06:41.979+00:00Comments on mutations of mortality: Stem cellsTerry Hamblinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06346629921055055879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post-1153864389526100142006-07-25T22:53:00.000+01:002006-07-25T22:53:00.000+01:00Dr. Hamblin's comment just above is right on the m...Dr. Hamblin's comment just above is right on the money. <BR/><BR/>BTW, there is a new item today mentioning using adult stem cells from adipose tissue (fat) for smooth muscle cell development. The area of research is called tissue engineering, and it is progressing rapidly. <BR/><BR/>There IS federal funding for this type of research. Cures are coming, and in some cases, have already arrived.<BR/><BR/>Stem cell transplants for CLL patients use adult stem cells TODAY, and they are saving lives. <BR/><BR/>Not so with the problematical embryonic stem cells.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post-1153735523901602852006-07-24T11:05:00.000+01:002006-07-24T11:05:00.000+01:00I agree that the same ethical objections apply to ...I agree that the same ethical objections apply to IVF unless every embryo were inplanted. Remember that there was no federal funding for the evelopment of IVF which was developed in teh UK not the US.<BR/><BR/>Dedifferentiated stem cells would be used to produce a missing tissue not a person. The argument is that embryological stem cells are more plastic than adult stem cells. The suggestion is that by means of some sort of manipulation that plasticity would be restored to an adult stem cell. I suggest that this would not make them new humans, they would be an autologous cell donation that had been manipulated in the laboratory to become part of a missing or damaged organ - no different except in complexity to a skin graft fron the abdomen fashioned to become a missing nose.Terry Hamblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346629921055055879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post-1153710267466252812006-07-24T04:04:00.000+01:002006-07-24T04:04:00.000+01:00The arguments you use against embryonic stem cell ...The arguments you use against embryonic stem cell research may also be used against current IVF procedures, in that it results in the destruction of embryos. Do you believe that the stored embryos should be kept forever? Wouldn’t this mean they were being unlawfully or immorally detained?<BR/><BR/>Also, you say that you see no ethical problem with the implantation of a dedifferentiated adult stem cell. Wouldn't this amount to human cloning and is this not commonly presented as the most heinous potential of stem cell research?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post-1153521815425783662006-07-21T23:43:00.000+01:002006-07-21T23:43:00.000+01:00"See religion? It's older than secular humanism."..."See religion? It's older than secular humanism." Besides, the United States were British colonies for far longer than before 1776. It's a meaningless statement, really.<BR/><BR/>Since birth begins at conception, then I oppose the use of techniques that result in frozen life being thrown away in the trash.<BR/><BR/>Until the recent debate on the issue, I was unaware of the process that maintained fertilized ova that could then be killed.<BR/><BR/>The notion that because a majority of people believe that something is OK makes it morally right is plainly wrong.<BR/><BR/>Slavery was supported by a majority of people up until quite recently (just over 150 years ago). Does that make it right, then suddenly wrong? No. <BR/><BR/>I disagree with the idea that 3/4 of Americans support embryonic stem cell research. Explain that the research is performed on living humans, and has resulted in no treatments, no cures, and the possibility of no advantage over adult stem cells, and that number would flip.<BR/><BR/>The liberal media loves to push the idea, and deliberately muddles the issue by calling research 'stem cell research' without explaining the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. <BR/><BR/>In any case, it's a moot point since federal funding is dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19490962.post-1153442604940343462006-07-21T01:43:00.000+01:002006-07-21T01:43:00.000+01:00If I could have one wish in 2006, it would be that...If I could have one wish in 2006, it would be that NO ONE would talk about stem cells WITHOUT identifying whether they are talking about embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells.<BR/><BR/>To say that someone is in favor of 'stem cell research' is like saying someone is in favor of 'medical research'. Clinical trials in the West is one type of medical research; the medical research the Nazis did was another kind altogether.<BR/><BR/>Please please please NEVER say 'stem cell research' without identifying which kind. Everyone is in favor of adult stem cell research. There is significant opposition to embryonic stem cell research. <BR/><BR/>I support the former, and oppose the latter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com