| With the Congress trying to ram through an | | | | slavery, I've not heard it. So embryonic stem cell |
| embryonic stem cell bill, it may be helpful for those | | | | research requires de facto slavery.Now, for the issue |
| who are not familiar with stem cells to go over the | | | | of adult stem cells, which are being ignored by |
| topic.The first thing everyone needs to realize, and | | | | Congress, by Hollywood, and by the press.One: They |
| that will be largely ignored by the media, is that there | | | | can be derived from any patient requiring treatment |
| are two types of stem cells: embryonic and adult. | | | | without injury. Adult stem cells have even been |
| The difference, in theory, is that adult stem cells are | | | | found in human fat!Two: Adult stem cells have been |
| undifferentiated cells that will develop in one direction, | | | | changed into the more useful "pluripotent" type in |
| that is lung stem cells can become lung tissue, brain | | | | laboratory experiments.Three: There is no risk of |
| stem cells can become regular brain tissue, etc. | | | | rejection as the patient is treated with his own |
| Embryonic stem cells, again in theory, are what is | | | | tissues, modified.Four: Adult stem cells have been |
| called "pluripotent" -- they can be developed into any | | | | used for years to treat actual diseases and injuries |
| type of human tissue.For this reason, a number of | | | | and have worked. Embryonic stem cells were only |
| influential financiers and their political allies have | | | | discovered about half a dozen years ago (right |
| latched onto embryonic stem cells as the technology | | | | before Bush came into office).So to sum up: |
| of the future.However, embryonic stem cells are not | | | | Embryonic stem cells are dangerous, don't work, |
| what they're trumpeted as. Forget the miracle cures | | | | require the breeding of de facto slaves for parts. |
| for paralysis, cancer, brain injury, baldness, etc. The | | | | Adult stem cells are not dangerous, have been |
| only thing embryonic stem cells have produced, and | | | | working for years and are free of ethical dilemma.So |
| seem likely to produce, is tumors. Test after test has | | | | which gets the support? The dangerous, unproven, |
| had the same result.The second problem is that | | | | morally reprehensible research, of course.You may |
| embryonic stem cells also have all the dangers of | | | | wonder why. My guess is there are a lot of |
| ordinary tissue transplants. Embryonic stem cells by | | | | well-connected financiers who were conned onto the |
| their nature are not compatible with recipients, who | | | | embryonic stem cell wagon without doing their |
| must receive immunosuppressant drugs and face the | | | | research, and now they're trying to recoup their |
| likelihood of tissue rejection.The third problem is that | | | | losses by having the government fund their projects, |
| the only way around the second problem is to create | | | | with the support of Hollywood.In California, an |
| a clone of the patient and kill it for the stem cells. | | | | unmonitored, multibillion-dollar Stem Cell Institute was |
| Slow down and consider this: For embryonic stem | | | | created through the efforts of Treasurer Phil |
| cells to even have a chance of being useful requires | | | | Angelides and some of his friends by means of a |
| the breeding of human beings for parts!Fourth | | | | deceptive ballot initiative. Now Angelides sits on the |
| problem: You can mince words about embryos not | | | | board that controls this unregulated money. I think |
| being human all you want, but you'd be wrong. A | | | | the institute was designed to give Angelides his own |
| human embryo is not a rock, not a bird, not a fish, | | | | empire, and I for one will be watching if the institute |
| and none of those things could ever become a | | | | starts contributing to his gubernatorial campaign and |
| human, ergo: A human embryo is a human at its | | | | eventual presidential run. So far, the money's been |
| earliest, most fragile state. Cloning is the creating of a | | | | tied up in court.President Bush will be absolutely right |
| class of human beings for a purpose over which they | | | | in vetoing Congress' embryonic stem cell bill. It's the |
| have no say. If there is any other requirement for | | | | right thing morally, scientifically and financially. |