I could use some input as to how to vote on stem cell research

[charrison]

Originally posted by: gardener

Originally posted by: charrison
This has become a rather irrelivent point as adult stem cells are proving to be just as usefull as embryonic stem cells.

That's a lie, on its face, and you know it.

Why don't you call the medical research hospitals and tell them your amazing discovery.

Actually there has significant progress made with adult stem cells or are you trying to deny that significant progress.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: gardener

Originally posted by: charrison
This has become a rather irrelivent point as adult stem cells are proving to be just as usefull as embryonic stem cells.

That's a lie, on its face, and you know it.

Why don't you call the medical research hospitals and tell them your amazing discovery.

Actually there has significant progress made with adult stem cells or are you trying to deny that significant progress.

I would be interested to see this work. Can you link me to it?

 

[charrison]

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: gardener

Originally posted by: charrison
This has become a rather irrelivent point as adult stem cells are proving to be just as usefull as embryonic stem cells.

That's a lie, on its face, and you know it.

Why don't you call the medical research hospitals and tell them your amazing discovery.

Actually there has significant progress made with adult stem cells or are you trying to deny that significant progress.

I would be interested to see this work. Can you link me to it?

from the nih...

Research on adult stem cells has recently generated a great deal of excitement. Scientists have found adult stem cells in many more tissues than they once thought possible. This finding has led scientists to ask whether adult stem cells could be used for transplants. In fact, adult blood forming stem cells from bone marrow have been used in transplants for 30 years. Certain kinds of adult stem cells seem to have the ability to differentiate into a number of different cell types, given the right conditions. If this differentiation of adult stem cells can be controlled in the laboratory, these cells may become the basis of therapies for many serious common diseases.

linkage

I realize this quote is not from a study, but like I said there has been significant progress in adult stem cells made the past few years. And this research does appear to pointing towards stem cells cure without the moral issues involved with embryonic research....

 

[imported_gardener]

While there are some parallels in research, no one suggests that Adult stem cells will replace Embryonic stem cells. Charrison's assertion is a distortion of the facts.

From the same NIH website charrison quoted:

2. Why not use adult stem cells instead of using human embryonic stem cells in research?

Human embryonic stem cells are thought to have much greater developmental potential than adult stem cells. This means that embryonic stem cells may be pluripotent?that is, able to give rise to cells found in all tissues of the embryo except for germ cells rather than being merely multipotent?restricted to specific subpopulations of cell types, as adult stem cells are thought to be.

NIH adult stem cells are not a substitute for embryonic stem cells

A fuller explanation can be found at the International Society for Stem Cell Research website:

14. Can induced pluripotent cells replace research on embryonic stem cells or somatic cell nuclear transfer?

No. The derivation of human induced pluripotent stem cells opens up exciting new areas of stem cell research, however, this technology is at a very early stage and many fundamental questions remain. While iPS cells and embryonic stem cells share many characteristics they are not identical. The similarities and differences are still being explored.

"Research on human embryonic stem cells, somatic cell nuclear transfer and ?adult? or tissue-specific stem cells needs to continue in parallel. All are part of a research effort that seeks to expand our knowledge of how cells function, what fails in the disease process, and how the first stages of human development occur. It is this combined knowledge that will ultimately generate safe and effective therapies."

ISSCR link

ISSCR has a press release concerning the Prop 2 campaign in Michigan, debunking distortions used by opponents, and restated by charrison.