Posted by
SkiCougar on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:57:53 PM
This seems to still be an issue, and I read through it all last time around on this; and can tell you the embryonic cells have shown no promise and only adult cells have.
Luckily, Rebecca Hagelin; has done the work for me this time; so I do not have to go find my stem cell folder; and yes; I have a stem cell folder. You never know when someone will go off without knowing the facts or smearing the facts will try and effect an election.
From Hagelin's article:
"As a trip to the Web site of the National Institutes of Health confirms, there is none. Oh, advocates have lots of “hope,” all right. But they have nothing -- that’s right, nothing -- to show for it. Ask Dr. Hwang Woo-suk, the South Korean scientist who resigned last December from his post at the Seoul National University when it was revealed that he had faked his alleged breakthroughs.
Follow the money, folks, because believe me, if embryonic stem cells offered any real hope, private companies would be lining up around the block to fund it. Sure, some would avoid it because of the ethical problems, but not all. That’s why the proponents of embryonic stem-cell research are beating the drums for taxpayer money. It’s their only chance."
and then, paralleling my finds that adult cells are the way to go:
"Adult stem cells are another alternative -- one that preserves life and, well, actually works. According to NIH:
“Adult stem cells, such as blood-forming stem cells in bone marrow (called hematopoietic stem cells, or HSCs), are currently the only type of stem cell commonly used to treat human diseases. Doctors have been transferring HSCs in bone marrow transplants for over 40 years. More advanced techniques of collecting, or ‘harvesting,’ HSCs are now used in order to treat leukemia, lymphoma and several inherited blood disorders.”
Dr. Hollowell points out: “For more than two decades, we have been treating more than 58 different types of diseases using adult stem-cell research. Some of the most startling advancements using adult stem cells have come in treating Parkinson’s disease, juvenile diabetes and spinal cord injuries.”
Now, as someone w/ histories of Alzheimers on both sides of my family; i would have plenty of reason to not exclude any chance of a solution; but embryonic cells have not proven to by a solution for anything. You might relate this article to anyone you know living in MO or MD or anywhere else that the embryonic myth seems to be floating around.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=stem_cells_where_the_real_hope_lies&ns=RebeccaHagelin&dt=11/03/2006&page=full&comments=true