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In a victory for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court panel has lifted an injunction on the use of federal money to pay for research using embryonic stem cells.
Since 1996, Congress has banned the use of federal funds for research in which embryos were destroyed. President Obama acted to expand the use of stem cells by permitting the federal government to support research only on the stem cells themselves -- not the actual gathering of the cells from embryos, a policy which the administration said was entirely consistent with the law. But last year, a federal judge in Washington ruled that because embryos must be destroyed to get those cells, the congressional limitation bans using federal money on anything done with the cells later.
Today, by a 2-1 vote, the appeals court threw that injunction out, finding that the congressional research limitation is ambiguous. The federal government, it said, "seems reasonably to have concluded" that although the congressional ban blocks funding for the destructive act of deriving a stem cell from an embryo, it does not prohibit funding a research project in which such a cell will be used.
The government allows research using only stem cells derived from embryos that were created by in vitro fertilization for reproductive purposes and would otherwise be destroyed.
Last year's injunction threatened about 200 research projects that relied on federal money already granted. Because these grants were renewed every year, many of the researchers said they'd have to stop when the money ran out.
The National Institutes of Health is expected to comment on today's ruling later in the day.
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That is AWESOME news!
Another nail in the coffin of the science haters!
Can't wait to hear the Twit from Wasilla's Tweet on this... lol
Don't be on the wrong side of history. Think progressive. Let the bottles roll in.
This is great news. Those embryos can now be used to enhance the health of living people instead of adding to the overpopulation of the planet or discarded as waste.
Ah, I see the Death Panels are back in full vigor! Oh, I'm sorry you Progressives redfined those didn't you. They are now Efficiency,Usefulness, Gainful, Effectiveness, Necessity,Instrumental,Competancy,Servicable Evaluation Panels.....E.U.G.E.N.I.C.S. Evaluation Panels
zath
That has to be one of the most stupid posts I've ever read on this site.
"Ah, I see the Death Panels are back in full vigor!".
The Death Panels you are obviously referring to is The Ryan Budget Plan, which was passed by all Republicans in the House of Representatives that does away with Medicare and Medicaid.
That Republican Plan is the "Purist Death Panel" ever conceived or passed by a House of Congress.
Your posts and those beliefs represents most all "The True and Complete Idiots" in the American Society.
josephi
No I am referring to the Death Panels in your Messiah's Health Care Takeover. Ryan's plan gives me a choice. But, I can see why you Eugenics lovers, who think everyone is so inferior to you, would not want the rest of us to have a choice in our health care instead of being herded into the Medicare/Medicaid Ovens for you to gas us when we aren't useful to you any longer. Do you also plan to use our skin for lamp shades? All you Progressives believe that you are the Master race and everyone else should be eliminated. That's why Hitler loved your movement so much. That's why you Progressives are the new Hitlers.
Well, this is encouraging, but let's not count our stem cells just yet. It's a three-judge decision that can be appealed to the entire circuit, and then up the line to the Supreme Court's Inferior Five.
Buzz Kill! ;P
lol
I'll savor the victory for today - no matter...
You are right on Anna Molly.
The significance is that America can continue to do stem cell research and we will not get further behind other countries who are already pursuing this project.
Other countries are not saddled with religious conservatives who are working to prevent progress in this important field of medicine.
THose damned religious conservatives. Yep, only in America.
Wait a second, aren't they somewhat religious is some other countries? I dunno, maybe every single Muslim country, and don't a lot of Africans mutilate women's genitals inthe name of religion?
I wonder Ron, how does this ridiculously religious conservative county compare in medical research with other nations? Top 20? Top 50?
But as much as I love to spew about religion this here, like just about everything else is about tax dollars, a pretty scarce resource right now. Too bad 100% of the tax revenue is consumed in NON discretionary spending.
Ron is the good old USA even in the top 100?
Your arguement loses some punch Spanky when the religous conservatives in Congress signed away half a billion to keep gays from marrying by defending DOMA. How much research could that fund?
Spanky
Please consider that much of the medical research you brag about, especially research aimed towards battling AIDS or research that entails the used of stem cells, is done IN SPITE OF OPPOSITION BY THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT. You are acting like the Republicans who opposed the economic stimulus program and then went back to their districts and bragged about bringing stimulus money to their area. Hypocrisy anyone?
Spanky-
so you want to be like them, Spanky?
private funding has been succesful in carrying out this research
Sten cells can be propagated indefinitely
Explain to me again on why government funding is required at this time?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42821180/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells
"A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon we are talking about real money" attributed to everett dirkson
This is not an OBAMA win--this is for the Nation over the religious right...But lets not get too excited...It may need to go to the next level!
Mean while...GOOD FOR THE USA!
american
Much of the medical research is directed towards diseases for which the profit motive is not clear and there is no incentive for private investments in the cures. There is also a patent issue. Can a stem cell solution to a medical problem be patented? If not, private money is not going to fund the research.
"Explain to me again on why government funding is required at this time?"
Because it allows more scientists to get into the game, and the more we have working on it, the faster and better the results.
As usual, the Progressives are lying to you. They were not banned from stem cell research. They just had to pay for it themselves. But, as with all their great (lmao) ideas, they want someone else to pay for them.
dosh - you mean like cancer and diabetes cures? I rather doubt the "faster and better" part. If you had said "luck" that would have been more plausable.
Don - but private funding IS taking place for stem cell research. One can question the profit motive if they like. Private funding will still be driven by deriving an effective cure. It wouldn't surprise me that any cures found will be the result of unintended consequences.
I have no problem in government funded programs in times of prosperity, but where is todays prosperity?
american
You are correct ..... private research using stem cells is taking place, but only in research areas where a potential large profit has been identified. Does a private company have an incentive to identify a treatment or cure for a rare disease or a cure that involves an inexpensive stem cell procedure? I'll answer for you. NO.
Of course they do, how about the government? Think they will only research the "off the wall minor but still deadly" diseases?
Since "large profit potentials" are so very hard to quantify, perhaps you would be more comfortable if the government reimbursed the private research $$$ lost when a plan fails to come together.
Why shouldn't the innovators be rewarded for their successes? Hasn't that always been the American way? The ability and freedom to succeed or fail?
Anna Molly
Well, this is encouraging, but let's not count our stem cells just yet. It's a three-judge decision that can be appealed to the entire circuit, and then up the line to the Supreme Court's Inferior Five.
Will Congress have the power to defund the program?
Really Bev.?
Just where do you think the money comes from? Hint:"federally funded program."
Or do you think there's just an open pool of cash laying around?
How bout we keep our noses out of peoples bedrooms and reallocate the money from the firm defending DOMA to something that is actually beneficial?
I think this is wonderful, now people with Alzheimers and Parkensens disease can be treated, the possibilities are endless. For the record this is taken from the embilic cord
Spanky, you know bev believes that obama is the golden goose, she and others just love bending over, hands out, just waiting for the golden egg to drop out.
MLJ - Don't really care where it comes from, if private funding is working why do we need to spend taxpayer dollars on it in a down economy? You know, let's get our financial house in order first.
american-2051576
no what you are really saying is let the sick get sicker. This could be you someday
Oh, I'm sure they will try Bev.
"Spanky, you know bev believes that obama is the golden goose, she and others just love bending over, hands out, just waiting for the golden egg to drop out."
LOL, here you are on the internet, on the INTERNET, bitching about goverment funded projects. That is hilariously ironic. How bout you find out how the internet came to be and we'll continue this discussion about whether government funding of research and development is worthwhile.
You know it's possible to cure arthritis in dogs through stem cell therapy, but noone cares if research is done from canine embryos. It's sad that veterinary medicine has surpassed human medicine by a long ways on this front.
I'm glad to see we can make progress again.
Pharma doesn't really want to "cure" anything, especially arthritis. A cure would eliminate selling those people arthritis pain medication for decades.
Same thing with cancer John!
Every one makes a buck except the person who suffers from it!
The ONLY thing that matters are their profit margin - PERIOD!
Very true Jon, big pharma just wants to manage your condition. If it were to be cured you wouldn't have to keep paying them. That is why govt research is very important.
awesome point
That's good news and at least a start in the right direction. I've never understood the thinking of those who are opposed to having embryos destroyed to seek life-changing and possibly life-giving medical technology yet did not object to having them destroyed for no purpose. Of course, I've never understood those who reject science either.
The Destruction of an life should never be seen as the " right direction "!
You are destroying the future of a child for the possibility of finding a medical cure. Too high a price for me. Id rather die then kill a baby so I MIGHT be cured.
Jeremy-960164
are you living in the la la land? you can't destroy something that would have not existed otherwise. what future?
Wow so a cell is now considered a baby. Jeremy many of those embyros will just get thrown out anyways, may as well use them for something with great potential benefits. By destroying an unfertilized egg you ARE NOT destroying a baby.
"You are destroying the future of a child for the possibility of finding a medical cure. Too high a price for me. Id rather die then kill a baby so I MIGHT be cured."
And you'd take everyone else down for your sense of moral superiority. If your kid was in the hospital dieing of a blood disease or cancer and there was a stem cell treatment that could save her, would you explain to her that she can't have t and she has to die? Probably not, you'd fold on that one wouldn't you? Remember you can lie to me but you can't lie to yourself. You know it probably wouldn't evem take a kid. I bet if you were staring down the barrel of imminent death your high values would crumble pretty damn quick.
My understanding is that they can only use cells from embryos that would other wise be destroyed. (in-vitro embryos). Are embryos regularly destroyed during the in-vitro process? Like the Kate plus Eight thing. She just happened to keep all of them right? Doesn't this often happen during fertility treatment and the unwanted ones are destroyed? And if so, why have I not heard any controversy surrounding this?
Anyways, great news. You know, I've been under the impression for many years that it was Ronald Reagan that stopped the research on stem cells. Looking at the 1996 date I may have to go back and research that. But nonetheless it does remain to be a problem with conservatives. And I know a lot of research had been done on Alzheimer's with stem cells, which Ronald Reagan had quite a cased of.
This is GREAT News.
Reading, science, high-order thinking, you know, things that require thought processes do not generally fall within the purview of the anti-science Republicans and their supporting cast of Baggas. They'd rather quote scripture and arm themselves against Armageddon. At least for the time being, the court has decided to let rational thought prevail!
As Anna Molly pointed out, Congress does have the power to defund any federally funded program. With the religious right and other crazies who were in favor of defunding Planned Parenthood, I think a serious attempt will be made to defund this program. Science means NOTHING to creationists. They believe that all stem cells are harvested from aborted babies...threy're not. Parents are now having the embrionic stem stells frozen...just in case. This is going to become part of the abortion issue and not a scientific issue.
I give you cedit for pointing this out. Stem cell research from fozen cells-good. I am not at all religious and I am pretty liberal, but to think it is ok to promote stem cell research from aborted babies-bad. It is a little too much even for me. There is a line in the sand that should be drawn for integrety.
Science means NOTHING to creationists
That's funny. I didn't realize that I didn't agree with stem cell. Thanks for pointing that out to me Ira. From now on I will be against it since I believe in God.
Your comment is just as retarded as the conservatives.
So being for stem cell research makes you an atheist?
No, being for stem cell is being for stem cell. It has nothing to do with religeon as you put it in your first comment. Just one more steriotype.
Kayner, while I agree that being for stem cell research is a good thing, and it has nothing to do with a belief in god, I do however have a question for you.
What percentage of the people who are against stem cell research do you think are religious? Then let's ask the same question another way, how many atheists do you see (or think) are fighting to stop stem cell research?
These questions by no means are to start a confrontation, but you would have to admit that the Republican party backs the religious right, and they are the ones pushing this agenda to stop stem cell research.
So basically, can you see how people get confused?
On a personal note, I know more people who believe in god than do not. Saying this, I really don't know any that are fanatics and fight abortions, stem cell research, or any other far right agenda. And believe me, I know a heck of a lot of people from all over the country. Which makes me wonder how many people actually believe in this right wing agenda, or if it's just the few that sucker in the masses on lies and smoke and mirrors.
I am for stem cell research, I also believe in God.
However, God gave us a brain to use, maybe when people pray, this is how it is to be answered, One door shut another opens, but often when you pray, the answer could depend on decissions of others, So if you are in this condition, hopeful there will be someone to help.
The original comment was not "Science means nothing to Christians". It specifically said creationists, which is a subset of Christians.
This means we'll have new cures that we won't be able to afford.
No...with the new HCR act...the insurance companies pay for these new beakthroughs.
And who do you think pays the insurance companies, Ira. Ursula is right.
Your premiums pay the insurance companies and for that you are insured. Pays for all the proceedures you need. Tha'ts the point of HCR.
Oh my Ira - that is a good one even for you.
"all the procedures you need."
Everybody's covered for every procedure. Land o' milk and honey that.
And not surprisingly, Spanky manages to insinuate that anyone who agrees with this decision is wrong but he doesn't actually take a position one way or the other.
Spanky, the master of nothing and lord of the non-existent.
People caring for and about each other... compassion over pure profit... It's a hard concept for conservatives to get their heads around, Spanky. Take your time. But you won't mind if we don't wait for you...
Spanky...
Look up the definition of insurance..try www.gooogle.com.
Now, Frank- don't be 'glib'.
Ok Ira I looked it up. Now what? Obamacare is still all about INSURANCE, so there will still and always be coverage and rationing issues. Not exactly milk and honey, right Ira?
Hey Frank how about this position - funding anything right now is kinda dicey give that non-discretionary spending exceeds revenue.
But hey, as long I am both a master and a lord that's cool. Thanks Frank.
You just trying to provke a response or you just don't understand HCR. Stupid is as stupid says. Thx for th informative remark.
sorry db, couldn't help myself
Well, try to behave yourself, FrankH. Spankie doesn't let just ANYONE put their opinion out there without having to explain it, you know? He's like the 'pace-car' of posts for us dummies.
Not if the reps get their way
Ira, if they provide all I need, why can't I get the carpal tunnel surgery I need? Oh, that's right-they will pay so much and then I have to make up the additional 10-12,000 that they won't cover. Just as soon as I win the lottery. And that won't be soon. Can't afford to play.
I guess this a heartening decision for science study. However, one thing about this debate always sticks in my mind. A woman caller on our local right wing propaganda station made a very interesting point concerning stem cell discussions during the first term of the Bush Administration, which at the time halted further research. Her statement, and I quote, "Thank God for President Bush to save all them stems." That about covers it. What else is there to say?
barry-barry-libcon
Her statement, and I quote, "Thank God for President Bush to save all them stems." That about covers it. What else is there to say?
I'll say most Gop/ t-baggers GW Bush included are brain stems.
Well, President W. Bush wasn't much on science. I guess we thought stem cell research was evil, performed by evil doers.
Don't sell Bush short. I'm sure he saved the "stems"... He had to have something to smoke after the "buds" were all gone..
Bush was a coke fiend Ron.
Are you all a panel of scientists? No I think more like a group of likeminded folks all congratulating one another and slapping each other on the back. You believe in the miracle of lawyers, politicians and judges. I believe in the end result and the fallout of intended or un-intended consequences. Eugenics was tried years ago by us and then taken to a whole new level by Hitler. There seems to be some promise in the stem cells and that really appeals to our own selfish needs. I would submit there are endless possibilities for central power and the abuse of said power. I know this might be a strange concept to some, I believe in God and science,I believe the two bear each other out.
"You believe in the miracle of lawyers, politicians and judges...."
HEY! Hear that, Spank? The 'Miracle' of lawyers! I knew there was something special about you, but I had no idea...
Shoot, now I have a REAL crush on you!! X O X O X
I know DBO. It's ok.
See Fiesty, Bev, NewDay it's ok to let out your real feelings. :)
Scientists , no , but we unlike SOME people pay attention:
Stem cells are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide through mitosis and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self renew to produce more stem cells. In mammals, there are two broad types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells that are isolated from the inner cell mass of blastocysts, and adult stem cells that are found in various tissues. In adult organisms, stem cells and progenitor cells act as a repair system for the body, replenished in adult tissues. In a developing embryo, stem cells can differentiate into all the specialized cells, but also maintain the normal turnover of regenerative organs, such as blood, skin, or intestinal tissues.
Stem cells can now be artificially grown and transformed into specialized cell types with characteristics consistent with cells of various tissues such as muscles or nerves through cell culture. Highly plastic adult stem cells are routinely used in medical therapies. Stem cells can be taken from a variety of sources, including umbilical cord blood and bone marrow. Embryonic cell lines and autologous embryonic stem cells generated through therapeutic cloning have also been proposed as promising candidates for future therapies.[1] Research of stem cells grew out of findings by Ernest A. McCulloch and James E. Till at the University of Toronto in the 1960s.[2][3]
And Godwin's Law rears its ugly head!
Had to look up Godwins Law. Thanks for the reference. In the future I'll make hyperbolic references using Sponge-Bob or Shawn The Sheep.
Why is the federal government funding the research to begin with, why not let private companies/corporations pay for the research? One of the major problems with the government is they fund to many programs, both research and social. We could reduce or eliminate a lot of programs and most people wouldn't even know they were gone.
Because if private companies funded it, it would be for profit. Costs would skyrocket and companies would withhold information on proprietary grounds.
Because all research derived from Federally funded programs, even if that's not where they get all of their funding, must make ALL of there research and results publicly available, thus preventing the whole licensing crap that private companies would do.
The Federal Government, any government, has a vested interest in funding basic scientific research - if all research was tied up in private corporations, you'd never have the Edison's, etc. of the future.
Can you imagine the uproar if there was a profit being made during the destruction of these embryos?
Or would there even be outrage? Hmmmm... capitalism, profit... it won't be long and the private sector will be hands deep in the research. Wait a minute, they already are.
Yes, and of course the government wouldn't make a profit because they are too inefficient and bureaucratized to even break even. For profit brought you the Polio vaccine, not the government.
A few years I heard a quote that about sums it up. "If the government would have been in charge of the fight against polio we would have the best iron lung money could buy."
Yeah when the government funds it with your money, it becomes more about control vs profit. Really if you look at this whole thread , all the parties need to do is mention these things and people are divided.I would think the reality of this stem cell business is years away, unless they decide to go full bore like with the plethora of ethanol plants. Ethanol pushed ,praised and polluting. Well intentioned,politically expedient and unexpected,unanticipated consequences.
Sure lets privatize the CDC and military while were at it!
Could you imagine what they would charge someone, who was a recipient of this, even if it was their own cells used???????????????????????????????????????
Kirby you do understand that Dr. Salk did not patent the polio vaccine declaring that it belonged to mankind. Salk did not patent it, and thus never made a penny off of it, in order to ensure that it was distributed as quickly and widely as possible. So for profit absolutely did not bring us the polio vaccine but rather a brilliant scientist who performed a great and selfless act for humanity. Do you think big pharma would ever do anything like that?
thank goodness that the Appeals Court came down on the side of "reason" !!! Bible "thumpers" should go to church and leave the rest of us alone !!! and if some day stem cell research should cure Parkinson's disease or restore mobility to paraplegics or cure insulin dependent diabetes, I hope that these "people" will not seek the "miracle " of these new therapies !!! but being the hypocrites that they are, they will probably be the first ones in line !!!
It's about time!! Science and medical research has already been held hostage for almost a decade by the largest charlatan and worst president in US history.
I'd really love to hear from him and other republicans, teabaggers, how they would explain to 'little Suzy or Billy' that are dying from leukemia, or other diseases, why would they restrict medical research scientists from finding a possible cure to save their lifes; instead of saving discarded stem cells that have 0 (zero) chances of becoming a human fetus??
THAT is a CRIME, THAT is a SIN!
 A sad day for innocent life...
Fo' shizzle, joe. A sad day, indeed .
Better to let 'em grow to adulthood, and either bomb 'em (only sanctioned, though, if they believe in the wrong 'god'), or starve 'em to death (only sanctioned, though, if they are unemployed, and 'on the government tit').
... Joe, I realize I'm feeding a troll here, but I can't help myself...
These cells were FROZEN. Where's the moral outrage from the Right when a woman's eggs are harvested and FROZEN? Where's the moral outrage from the Right when a man's sperm is harvested and FROZEN? Where's the moral outrage from the Right when a fertilized egg is FROZEN?
We destroy single cell organisms every day - you do it whenever you wash your hands (if you do), where's your moral outrage then? Hmmm?
These cells are not "life" by any definition of the word. The only reason there's any moral outrage is because they came from humans. That's it. As a previous commenter pointed out, canines have been treated for arthritis for years by using canine embryonic stem cells - but no moral outrage there.
It's a double-standard and it's disgusting. And not even Biblical, but it's impossible to reason with a rock.
and so much for the outrage when some one is executed......isn't it amazing that all those "pro - lifers" are quick to cheer when someone is put to death! I think Texas one of the great "pro life" states ranks at or near the top in executions....heck....where is the outrage......
Now I'm a killer...If I'm destroying cells that are part of me, then I'm now killing myself? Thanks a-lot I work at a water reclamation facility lol. Everyone here have a great day, I have to work. Bye for now.
You know I am pretty liberal and I love science, But Joe has a good point. Why should we promote destroying a life for research? Not all abortions are for the mothers help. If its not for the mothers health than suck it up and think about it before you lay down next time!
What innocent life are you talking about?
See post 12.3,
This is also from the EMBILICAL CORD
NOT THE BABY OR A FETUS>
By god, do some research would you PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cures for cancer, Cures for Aids, Cures for basically any genetic disorder
All of these are not only possible, They are considered probable using stem cell research
Hey America,,,,,,We are coming BACK to life, Progress can be seen!!!!
If embryonic stem cells were sure fire cures for all these diseases. private industry would have invested in it long ago. Billions stand to be made in profits. Using that pea sized brain of yours, why do you suppose they haven't heavily invested in this already?
How exactly do you expect the "private industry" to invest in something our own government has kept medical research in the dark?? When has the "private industry" acquired power to make laws to override what George W. Bush denied for almost a decade??
Seems like you're the one with the pea sized brain!
The law did not ban the research, just the American government funding of it. No research can be done in any other country? Nothing can be done unless the American government funds it?
Obama you are so wrong. Private industry does not want to cure people, only manage your illness. You have to pay them a hell of a lot more if you keep buying the drugs to manage you illness than if you were just to buy one type of drug and be fine. Don't be fooled, big pharma does not want to cure you. You are much more valuable sick and alive than alive and healthy.
Jeff,
You are so right. Nobody in big pharma ever gets cancer, so they have no interest in curing it. They all live forever so they want money to fund their long, long lives. Or maybe they have that magic pill that only they can take. LOL.
Its about time!
Dear Obama Lies -- your name says it all.....
You're a TROLL.
Reminds me of the "Family Guy" episode where Peter has a stroke from downing a massive amount of fast-food burgers. He stumbles around wreaking havoc on himself and his surroundings until he happens upon a stem-cell research clinic. He drags himself in and reemerges almost immediately, perfectly normal, asking the guard: "How long was I in there?" When the guard answers that he was inside for about five minutes, Peter responds: "WHY are we not DOING THIS?"
I find it s odd the religious cults in America have such a strong hold on the governments...in most other countries ..the religious cults are more shunned and kept in check or forced to meet and keep their life views to themselves ....never ever would it be a reason to change a law to take ones rites away !
This win gives America an equal chance to compete with other countries in the medical field. Some day you may need this research to cure yourself. It is a better investment than Nuclear Power, which does get billions.
It says the research can only be done on cells taken from an embryo derived from in-vitro that would otherwise be destroyed. It also says this does not fund the collection of of cells because it would result in the death of the embryo. But if they can only work from embryos that would otherwise be destroyed, then why couldn't funds be used to collect from them?
The Democrats have been in charge for going on five years and the Republicans for six years before that. The problem is Congress no longer understands the difference between governing and popularity contests.
Congress needs to do two things. First, they need to get out of the education business. Most of the states will require teaching of science and keeping religion out of the classroom. Parents will move their families wherever they need, to get the best education for their children. Employers will hire people trained in science. If there are any school systems where creationism is taught, employers will shun students from that area of the country.
Second, Congress needs to trash the 74,000 pages of tax-code and end the manipulation of the American people caused by that tax-code. Americans will regain respect for the American system as each day they will go to sleep with less stress since they know their taxes are paid up-to-date as they go about their daily lives buying and selling and paying sales tax on the end-user transactions.
With the federal government out of education and out of confiscation for the reward for our labor, we can locally decide to support stem-cell activities and facilities.
The fact is that a potential fountain of youth might exist one day through stem-cell research. Before that happens we need to have the best educated children. Those children should not be hampered by a national education policy that even mentions a concern about a religious policy.
Bush was an idiot that needed major breakthroughs in stem-cell therapy for his future treatment. Unfortunately for him and millions more of his age it is too late for major breakthroughs. Well, perhaps I am being too hasty. After all, scientists have already had success with reversing (REVERSING) the age of rats. Maybe Bush can get into that research program?
When will this stem cell issue end? Embryonic stem cells have the potential to benefit all society. Democrats, Republicans, liberals and conservatives can all benefit from further research. What person in their right mind would oppose a chance to heel the sick and alleviate human suffering? We must use all available means to further medical research, not impede it.