FDA allows first human stem cell test...

[nreggie454]

I feel that this is OK as long as embryos aren't produced solely so that the stem cells can be harvested from them. However, since the embryos they harvest from are ones that would be trashed anyways, they might as well use them for some good.

[DieselNuts]

did this thread make anyone think about the South Park episode with Christopher Reeves?

[EJ25RUN]

and this has any relevance to.....

Go brain wash yourself some more before you come back/

[RedEj8]

did this thread make anyone think about the South Park episode with Christopher Reeves?

lol Yes! That's the first thing I thought when I read the title

[_Christian_]

did this thread make anyone think about the South Park episode with Christopher Reeves?

Makes me think of the family guy when Peter has a stroke and then goes to a stem cell research facility.

[stephen]

I feel like abortion is too complicated to express into multiples. How you feel about this is directly a result of who you are nature or nuture. While destroying an embryo tugs at my heartstrings I won't let it over shadow the true wonder at what has been accomplished. This is also so powerful that I dont think it will be controllable with policy if it is allowed to develop rapidly. It may easily de-humanize the population.

great post! abortion, test tube babies, stem cells, etc...much like everything else in life it has its "yen & yang." i don't think everyone needs to get bent out of shape over the whole embryo abortion/test tube deal. umbilical cords have stem cells too. for a hefty fee, you can have your (or your child's or whatever) umbilical cord blood preserved. whether it can be used to repair spinal chords, we'll see.

[SPOOLIN]

i'm amazed at how much people defend an embryo that is aborted at the single digit weeks stage...or grown for that matter. Its just not a living human, it's just cells replicating in a sack. Its just never phased me.

but like i said before, go break your neck, land on your head, be confined to a wheel chair or bed AND THEN argue about a little group of replicating cells in a sack that contain the key to you becoming normal again. Something that a few years ago was just impossible throughout human history.

[dorin48]

Its not destroying what an embryo is that bothers me it is the potential of what it could be that bothers me. I won't lose sleep over it. I'm not saying it is bad. I'm saying its a double edge no matter anyone's opinion. I was a biology major aimed at stemcell research before I changd degrees to GIS.

Oh, and SPOOLIN I <3 your car. It must be a hell of a ride. Always stare when I go to Mainstream. +1 cause thats all im worth.