Stem-Cell Research Debate

by **James S** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 2:17pm

Just read this article over at FoxNews:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123015,00.html

What are your opinions on embryonic Stem-Cell research?

by **chuck** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 2:42pm

Please do stem cell research. Anyone who thinks it's wrong to take some cells from an aborted baby should have been aborted.

by **James S** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 2:52pm

http://www.dnalc.org/stemcells.html

That describes how stem cells are harvested and cultured.

by **James S** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 3:02pm

Well, then, Chuck, you must be a supporter of Bush. I applaud Bush's decision, actually, I think it works, at least for the next decade or so. There are 78 stem cell lines in existence, and Bush has allowed research on those lines. Once you have one embryonic stem cell it will keep multiplying, so you don't need to harvest anymore embryoes for the moment. Stem cells are still very much in the research stage and are not quite to the applicable stage, yet, and won't be for a bit of time.

What I think is really needed is a way to extract stem cells without destroying the blastocystic embryo. Then everyone would be happy... for the most part anyway.

by **sponge** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 3:20pm

What the hell is even the opposition's view on this? I can never for the life of me understand why, besides yelling YOU CAN DESIGN YOUR OWN BABY! to which I usually think/respond "Yea, well you can also cure several deadly diseases, you jackass."

by **Maf54** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:00pm

When someone has an invitro pregnancy procedure hundreds of embryos are made. Then about 5-10 are put in the woman. Under current laws all that can be done with the left overs is destroy them. Why not let them be used for Stem Cell research?

by **James S** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:07pm

Because the embryo has to grow within the womb for about 7 to 10 days. At that point it starts to produce stem cells that are harvestable, at least that was my understanding. This means the woman must abort this embryo to give it to science. The other embryoes are not harvestable at that point (and I thought they were simply frozen, and that's only a specific kind of invitro fertilization.)

The opposition's view is that it is abortion of an embryo that could have grown to maturity and be birthed. Or simply that the destruction of the embryo to harvest stem cells is murder of an embryo that had the potential to mature.

by **Maf54** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:14pm

by **James S** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:16pm

by **Bjorn Keizers** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:21pm

by **James S** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:30pm

by **Maf54** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:30pm

by **James S** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:32pm

by **Maf54** » Jun 18, 2004 @ 4:36pm

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