Funny how the same people who don’t want a mosque in New York because, among other things, they are afraid of Muslim Sharia law eventually being enacted here have no problem imposing their religion-based laws on us.
A U.S. district judge on Monday blocked the federal government from funding all research involving human embryonic stem cells on the grounds that it violates a 1996 law intended to prevent the destruction of of human embryos.
The ruling came in the form of a preliminary injunction in a case involving two scientists who challenged the Obama administration’s stem cell funding policy, which was designed to expand federal support for the controversial research.
Embryonic stem cell researchers said the decision would throw the field into turmoil.
“The long-term practical impact is a massive halt to most embryonic stem cell research in the U.S.” said Dr. Irving Weissman, director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
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The scientists who challenged the guidelines argued that Dickey-Wicker also forbids the use of federal funds for any subsequent research on those stem cells, even if the embryos they came from had been destroyed years before.
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Advanced Cell Technology Inc. is using the cells to grow retinal pigment epithelium cells that restored vision in rats and mice with a rare childhood disease called Stargardt’s macular dystrophy. [...] “This is criminal,” Lanza said. “We are talking about people going blind, people who are dying from a terrifying array of diseases.”
Wouldn’t it make sense for the people who now won’t be helped by this research be taken care of financially and otherwise by those who oppose this research?
#100 Pedrito, I do have a brain and get paid quite the sums to show for it. Feel shame? I have nothing to feel shame for! Telling the truth and exposing the lies is nothing to be ashamed for.
Like I’ve said before, your diatribe on my comments is not IF I’m right, it BECAUSE I’m right!
#101 That’s what you tell to yourself? That you tell the truth? I guess that’s as good a lie to be able to sleep at night, but you’re only fooling yourself sheeple.
You’re not even politically right. What a delusional individual!
#102, pedro,
As usual, you have no point excepting the one on top of your head.
#103 And so do you. So, what’s your point?
#104,
I don’t own a donkey.
#105 Good to know you use other animals for your entertainment.
Of course the government should fund stem cell research. I honestly don’t see how there can even be an argument made against it. There are millions of people who are affected by diseases and trauma that could one day reap the benefits of such research…By the way I found a website that give you prizes for your opinions and 4 play games here is the topic about this: http://opinion.ezwingame.com/topics/should-the-goverment-pay-for-stem-cell-research