Motorboat Cruiser
05-20-2005, 10:11 AM
What the hell am I missing here.
First, news from Korea (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7904332/)...
Researchers in South Korea have created the first human embryonic stem-cell lines using DNA from injured or sick donors who could theoretically benefit from such cells.
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"This report brings science a giant step forward toward the day when some of humankind's most devastating diseases and injuries can be effectively treated through the use of embryonic stem cells," said the research team's leader, Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University.
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During a teleconference with reporters, Hwang argued that the two-dimensional blastocysts created in his lab shouldn't even be called embryos: "As you know, an embryo can be said as spermatozoa and oocyte [sperm and egg] fertilization, but there is no path to fertilization in our process ... I can say this result is not an embryo, just a nuclear transfer construct."
David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, agreed: "Whatever these things are, they're not people."
And of course, Bush has to weigh in (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7922271/) on the topic to stroke the extreme right.
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday said he would veto legislation that would loose restrictions on embryonic stem cell research and expressed concern about human cloning research in South Korea.
“I’m very concerned about cloning,” the president said. “I worry about a world in which cloning becomes accepted.”
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I made very clear to Congress that the use of federal money, taxpayer’s money, to promote science which destroys life in order to save life — I’m against that,” Bush said. “Therefore, if the bill does that, I would veto it.”
I'm not seeing where life is being destroyed here. There is no fertilization. Does Bush even understand this topic?
I'm glad that other countries are doing the research that our leader is so afraid of. Seems to me that, according to Bush, life is only important up until a baby is born. After that, Bush has little interest in improving the quality of life for people that suffer from the debilitating diseases that this research aims to find a cure for. This country should be in the lead with this research but not as long as our leader and his followers fear science.
First, news from Korea (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7904332/)...
Researchers in South Korea have created the first human embryonic stem-cell lines using DNA from injured or sick donors who could theoretically benefit from such cells.
-snip-
"This report brings science a giant step forward toward the day when some of humankind's most devastating diseases and injuries can be effectively treated through the use of embryonic stem cells," said the research team's leader, Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University.
-snip-
During a teleconference with reporters, Hwang argued that the two-dimensional blastocysts created in his lab shouldn't even be called embryos: "As you know, an embryo can be said as spermatozoa and oocyte [sperm and egg] fertilization, but there is no path to fertilization in our process ... I can say this result is not an embryo, just a nuclear transfer construct."
David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, agreed: "Whatever these things are, they're not people."
And of course, Bush has to weigh in (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7922271/) on the topic to stroke the extreme right.
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday said he would veto legislation that would loose restrictions on embryonic stem cell research and expressed concern about human cloning research in South Korea.
“I’m very concerned about cloning,” the president said. “I worry about a world in which cloning becomes accepted.”
-snip-
I made very clear to Congress that the use of federal money, taxpayer’s money, to promote science which destroys life in order to save life — I’m against that,” Bush said. “Therefore, if the bill does that, I would veto it.”
I'm not seeing where life is being destroyed here. There is no fertilization. Does Bush even understand this topic?
I'm glad that other countries are doing the research that our leader is so afraid of. Seems to me that, according to Bush, life is only important up until a baby is born. After that, Bush has little interest in improving the quality of life for people that suffer from the debilitating diseases that this research aims to find a cure for. This country should be in the lead with this research but not as long as our leader and his followers fear science.