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January 20, 2007
Got Embryos?
Michael Fumento at Winds of Change is discussing how amniotic stem cells are a huge break through and will eliminate the need for embyonic stem cells. He thinks the New York Times is covering up this breakthrough by inadequate reporting. Not so fast I say. How about current research in the matter? For instance how about this work on regenerating heart tissue? An Israeli scientific team from the Technion have succeeded in creating in the laboratory beating heart tissue from human embryonic stem cells.Or this work with rats using human embyonic cells to regenerate spinal tissue. BOSTON: Human embryonic stem cells can help regenerate damaged nerves in rats, producing compounds that nurture nerve cells and stimulate the growth of new ones, Geron Corp said on Wednesday.So maybe this research will show that rat stem cells can help humans. Eventually. Or maybe human stem cells are the way to go in humans too. Fortunately the research is being done. Here is a bit on Jewish Law and embyonic stem cell research. Before a standing-room-only crowd of more than 500 at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, medical bioethics expert Rabbi Dr. Moshe Tendler of New York's Yeshiva University emphatically stated that Jewish law permits embryonic stem cell research and that Jewish tradition clearly mandates the seeking of cures for diseases that cause great human suffering.Evidently the Rabbi understands the difference between an acorn and a tree. Something that escapes the anti-embyonic stem cell research folks. The Rabbi nails it with a reference to the US Constitution and Torah Law. "One of the great tragedies of the Bush administration has been the weakening of the wall between church and state, between the religious and the medical," said Tendler, adding that many of America's leading stem cell scientists are now working in other countries where they have more freedom in research.It is time we got back to the old time religion. If it was good enough for Jesus it is good enough for me. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 01.20.07 at 09:36 PM |
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