Major Medical Science breakthrough.

Read all about it. Scientist have discovered a safer way to make iPS cells, which are seen as an ethical alternative to embryonic stem cells that can be just as effective or maybe even more effective.

This is great news.

Of course, nobody will do this, as we have had controversy-free alternatives to embryonic stem cells that have existed since before and after the controversy started, but nobody did a damn thing about those.

Embryonic stem cell research is obsolete, overhyped and should be abandoned for real research, or at the very least, replaced with an alternative like the TC posited. Hell, we can turn skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells, eliminating the controversy altogether, so why aren't we doing that?

Of course, nobody will do this, as we have had controversy-free alternatives to embryonic stem cells that have existed since before and after the controversy started, but nobody did a damn thing about those.

Embryonic stem cell research is obsolete, overhyped and should be abandoned for real research, or at the very least, replaced with an alternative like the TC posited. Hell, we can turn skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells, eliminating the controversy altogether, so why aren't we doing that?

Theokhoth

Of course, nobody will do this, as we have had controversy-free alternatives to embryonic stem cells that have existed since before and after the controversy started, but nobody did a damn thing about those.

Embryonic stem cell research is obsolete, overhyped and should be abandoned for real research, or at the very least, replaced with an alternative like the TC posited. Hell, we can turn skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells, eliminating the controversy altogether, so why aren't we doing that?

Theokhoth

No contraversy

Read all about it. Scientist have discovered a safer way to make iPS cells, which are seen as an ethical alternative to embryonic stem cells that can be just as effective or maybe even more effective.

This is great news.

JoeRatz16

I read about this in the paper today. Exciting, but still a long way to go before we get useable results. I still say America gets rid of the ridiculous restrictions on embryonic stem cells.

I'm even more excited about the possibility of using stem cells to create blood of whatever tyoe is accepted by all blood types. An infinite supply of transfusable blood is a joyful prospect indeed, and a lot closer than curing alzeihmer's, etc.

Or you know, we can just do stem cell research. It's great if it's more effective though.UssjTrunks

This is about stem cells, just not embryonic ones.

Of course, nobody will do this, as we have had controversy-free alternatives to embryonic stem cells that have existed since before and after the controversy started, but nobody did a damn thing about those.

Embryonic stem cell research is obsolete, overhyped and should be abandoned for real research, or at the very least, replaced with an alternative like the TC posited. Hell, we can turn skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells, eliminating the controversy altogether, so why aren't we doing that?

Theokhoth

Because using reprogrammed skin cells has a very high chance of causing cancer, due to the retrovirus used to engineer the DNA. This new method should be safer, because it uses a virus in the common cold family, but is far from being usable.

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I read about this in the paper today. Exciting, but still a long way to go before we get useable results. I still say America gets rid of the ridiculous restrictions on embryonic stem cells.Junkie_man

What restrictions? Nobody's stopping private pharmaceutical companies from doing their thing with their own resources. The debate is whether or not federal funds should be used.

it's ok for reasearch and such but i don't think it'll do for treatmentmarkop2003

[QUOTE="Junkie_man"]I read about this in the paper today. Exciting, but still a long way to go before we get useable results. I still say America gets rid of the ridiculous restrictions on embryonic stem cells.Oleg_Huzwog

What restrictions? Nobody's stopping private pharmaceutical companies from doing their thing with their own resources. The debate is whether or not federal funds should be used.

Well I think they damn well should be.

Well I think they damn well should be.

Junkie_man

You think major corporations should receive government handouts? You think tax dollars should be given away to billion dollar companies?

[QUOTE="Junkie_man"]Well I think they damn well should be.

Oleg_Huzwog

You think major corporations should receive government handouts? You think tax dollars should be given away to billion dollar companies?

Surely a lot of scientific research is funded by the public sector?

Surely a lot of scientific research is funded by the public sector?

Junkie_man

Sure there is. But wouldn't you agree that it'd be best to reserve public funds for research projects that have difficulty in finding private funding? If embryonic stem cell research is as promising as pharmaceutical industry lobbyists claim, wouldn't you think that very industry which they represent would already be pumping massive resources?

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

Of course, nobody will do this, as we have had controversy-free alternatives to embryonic stem cells that have existed since before and after the controversy started, but nobody did a damn thing about those.

Embryonic stem cell research is obsolete, overhyped and should be abandoned for real research, or at the very least, replaced with an alternative like the TC posited. Hell, we can turn skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells, eliminating the controversy altogether, so why aren't we doing that?

Junkie_man

Because using reprogrammed skin cells has a very high chance of causing cancer, due to the retrovirus used to engineer the DNA. This new method should be safer, because it uses a virus in the common cold family, but is far from being usable.

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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

Of course, nobody will do this, as we have had controversy-free alternatives to embryonic stem cells that have existed since before and after the controversy started, but nobody did a damn thing about those.

Embryonic stem cell research is obsolete, overhyped and should be abandoned for real research, or at the very least, replaced with an alternative like the TC posited. Hell, we can turn skin cells into embryonic-like stem cells, eliminating the controversy altogether, so why aren't we doing that?

LJS9502_basic

Striped people FTW!

Wait medical benefit? I want Chimeran people!