Stem Cells

Do you think the continuation of stem cell research should be allowed, and if so do you think they should mainly use embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells, Lastly do you think that somewhere in the near future they could be used to cure cancer, diabetes, and other miscellaneous diseases?

Of course it should! Stem cell research is the key to fixing everything that is wrong with our physical bodies, from what I can tell it has potential for working miracles.

I definitely support all forms of stem cell research. I'm all for Embryonic Stem Cell research as well.

And yes, I'm hopeful and quite sure that it will one day be used to cure such conditions.

Ima ll for Stem cell research.
Things like abortion are a different matter...

Yeah, I agree with stem cell research.

I also think there's a better way of doing it than using aborted fetuses from unwanted pregnancies.
I think they should use cloning, I mean taking a cell nucleus, and inserting it into an eggcell without a nucleus, and finding a way around pregnancy.
Like putting it in a tank with adequate heating and proper fluid.

Frankly, blood stem cells, which are normally thrown away with the placenta and umbilical cord, are almost as rich and efficient as embryonic stem cells, so if people dislike embryonic stem cells, and blood stem cells are almost as effective, why not just use those instead? You get nearly the same results without the public outcry.

Im for it




Whatever adds some years to my life




Only matter of time till I reach immortality.............

Annoying with the whole "dying and coming back from pile of ashes" thing.

PiEman wrote:Yeah, I agree with stem cell research.

I also think there's a better way of doing it than using aborted fetuses from unwanted pregnancies.
I think they should use cloning, I mean taking a cell nucleus, and inserting it into an eggcell without a nucleus, and finding a way around pregnancy.
Like putting it in a tank with adequate heating and proper fluid.

I don't see how birthing an embryo in a tube and then using it would be any different than birthing it in a female and then doing the same.... I'm ok with both.

PiEman wrote:Yeah, I agree with stem cell research.

I also think there's a better way of doing it than using aborted fetuses from unwanted pregnancies.
I think they should use cloning, I mean taking a cell nucleus, and inserting it into an eggcell without a nucleus, and finding a way around pregnancy.
Like putting it in a tank with adequate heating and proper fluid.

Quite honestly, we've found a way to regenerate stem cells from skin cells. We should be looking into this for development, and all the controversy goes away.
We don't need to abort babies for stem cells.

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

PiEman wrote:Yeah, I agree with stem cell research.

I also think there's a better way of doing it than using aborted fetuses from unwanted pregnancies.
I think they should use cloning, I mean taking a cell nucleus, and inserting it into an eggcell without a nucleus, and finding a way around pregnancy.
Like putting it in a tank with adequate heating and proper fluid.

Quite honestly, we've found a way to regenerate stem cells from skin cells. We should be looking into this for development, and all the controversy goes away.
We don't need to abort babies for stem cells.

Yeas, but there is only some much stem cells in skin tissue, (they have also found stem cells in a lot of the major organs), so as long as we have abortion legal we should use the fetuses for stem cells.

Ryan wrote:

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

Quite honestly, we've found a way to regenerate stem cells from skin cells. We should be looking into this for development, and all the controversy goes away.
We don't need to abort babies for stem cells.

Yeas, but there is only some much stem cells in skin tissue, (they have also found stem cells in a lot of the major organs), so as long as we have abortion legal we should use the fetuses for stem cells.

We didn't find them, numbnuts, we made them through gene therapy.

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

Ryan wrote:

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:

Quite honestly, we've found a way to regenerate stem cells from skin cells. We should be looking into this for development, and all the controversy goes away.
We don't need to abort babies for stem cells.

Yeas, but there is only some much stem cells in skin tissue, (they have also found stem cells in a lot of the major organs), so as long as we have abortion legal we should use the fetuses for stem cells.

We didn't find them, numbnuts, we made them through gene therapy.

stem cells have been identified in many organs and tissues. there are a very small number of them in each tissue. Stem cells are thought to reside in a specific area of each tissue where they may remain quiescent for many years until they are activated by disease or tissue injury. The adult tissues reported to contain stem cells include brain, bone marrow, peripheral blood, blood vessels, skeletal muscle, skin and liver.

I have no idea wtf you are talking about

Ryan wrote:
I have no idea wtf you are talking about

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/11/20/converted-cell.html?ref=rss
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080211172631.htm
http://www.osawh.com/stemcell.html

Oh, i thought u were referring to the stem cells that have been found in human tissue, not created