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“Ethical” Embryonic Stem Cells — Still Only A Dream

Posted By: 'Okie' | 8:55 am — 9/12/2006 | Comments Off See comments below:

The original post, “Ethical” Embryonic Stem Cells?, is here. Paul Young at Prying 1 has emailed today to alert me to the fact that Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) misreported their findings — in fact, during their research ALL of the embryos used were destroyed. Instead of taking a single cell from the developing embryos, they took 4-7.

The technique that ACT was citing as possible in their research is currently used to check for genetic defects on in-vitro fertilized eggs, which sends up alarms for some bio-ethicists in the first place. And there are some in the pro-life movement that would object to even the use of a single cell from a developing embryo because that single cell could be caused to develop into a child.

The law does not prohibit the destruction of embryos for stem cell research, it only prohibits the federal government from funding such work. Here on the Left coast, our voters passed an initiative to fund embryonic stem cell research to the tune of three-billion-state-bond-supplied dollars.

Just ’cause something’s legal doesn’t make it right! Thanks Paul, for the heads up! (db)

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