Stem Cell Research?

Yet knowledge is one thing you have not got that I have Arach!Please keep that in mind while reading my posts.Lucky for me I would not have to read your posts however.JM

jm stem cells can come from more than aborted babies, get your facts straight please. 🙂

i'm for it. look at poor christopher reeve. had the research been allowed he could have been one of millions who'd still be with us today.

Ok if it comes more then aborted babies then why can't they use that something else instead of useing aborted babies parts?JM If they do this then I will be for it.JM

because the supply isn't always there. and i really don't see the harm if the foetus is already aborted, but thats me.

Embryonic stem cells are thought to have much greater developmental potential than adult stem cells. It is the ability of the embryonic cell, in theory, to become all types of tissue that offers such hope of cure for many diseases.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri

If JM was getting attacked by a zombie I swear she'd try to make friends with it and not kill it based on the fact that it was alive once.

That comment was uncalled for

I'm all for it, altho the way of getting the cells should be legit

It does not matter Fire he is on my list anyway.And I could nto read what he said.JM

I thought there were no such things as zombies 🙁

*gets scared* cry

I am 100% for it.

With so much potential, there's no way we shouldn't further study stem cells. Of course, Bush isn't making it very easy...

Think about it, the cost in the reseach is tiny compared to the medical expenses of our current diseases. Cure those diseases and the Medicare costs go down.

I like seeing that majority are for it.

I am overall for it. I understand some of the disadvantages, but I think in the end it is beneficial.

Yea it helps people by using unborn babies pieces that is a nice thought.JM

jm, are u going to tell me that if someone u loved was in dire need of a new kidney, or a lung, and stem cell research was the only way to save them, you wouldn't allow it because it used to be a foetus?

I don't support abortion myself, but I know it is unlikely to stop, so I would like to see something come of it that could aid people in life, something that could save lives and cure disease, rather then it being a waste. Sounds mercenary perhaps, but that can't be helped. Of course there are, as others have noted, alternate sources for potential stem cells which have nothing to do foetuses at all. Who knows, combine stem cells research with certain types of cloning and there is the potential to remove many moral implications.

Originally posted by Jackie Malfoy
I am actly againt this for the reason that they cut up babies who been aborted and use it for reseach.I don't think this is good at all but kind of sick.
So I have to say I am againt it.Inleast acouse they find a better way to help these people!jm

Can you tell me where the hell you get this information?

From what i understand, there are two types of stem cells: adult and embryonic.
Most people are okay with adult stem cells so we won't talk about that.
Embryonic stem cells come from the umbillical cord or the blastocytes (a ball of cells that is formed after about one or two weeks after fertilisation)
The ones that are from umbillical cords are mostly preserved by the parents themselves in a kind of stem cells bank for their own kids.
The current embryonic stem cells from the blastocytes come from the embryos left over from couples who had their eggs and sperms fertilised when undergoing in-vitro-fertilisation.
from what i heard so far the issue with embryonic stem cells is that christians believe that it is human so it should not be used thus.
they miss the point that it is going to be destroyed anyway if not used.
i myself believe that it is just a ball of cells that contain life-saving portential, so i'm all for it.

Originally posted by Julie
huh??? okay...well I'm losing...wah....
Funny thing is I may end up doing something like stem cell research if I continue studying biology....there is much to be learned...but line, rules, etc need to be est for stem cell research not to lead to a world of craziness

I agree with you but what do you think about this story?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3930927.stm

Don't you think that sometimes we can be too tight and loose out on something important?

I get my information from my teachers at school.This is not of my information.Just so you know.JM

don't trust teachers, JM... they usually get things mixed up

They don't use aborted babies for stem cell research, JM...they grow an embryo specifically to extract the stem cells from. This embryo isn't intended for anything but stem cells; there's never any intent for it to come to term or anything. Teachers don't always have all the facts, if something sounds odd you should try looking it up or asking them where they heard it from.