Stem Cell research

I am no biologist, but I can freaking read. And I am tired of every one talking about stem cell research, and using embryos for stem cells. Embryos may be the easiest way to get stem cells (I am assuming that I have never read that to my knowledge), but they are not the moral way. The easiest way to stop crime is kill all criminals, but that is not the moral way to stop crime.

So I am going to give a lot of really interesting links, and you can make an informed judgment on stem cells. As you are flipping through the articles, please check the date which it was written all may not be recent.

Enjoy and you don't have to read all of them, but there are some very interesting ones (well from only reading the titles they are interesting).

It all started here.....

Hopkins Research Team Cultures Long-Awaited Human Embryonic Stem Cells

New Technique Boosts Potential For Growing Stem Cells

Adult Mouse Bone Marrow Stem Cells Can Become Cells Of The Nervous System

Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Can Become Blood Vessels

Study Identifies New Source Of Stem Cells

AAAS Urges President Bush To Fund Stem-Cell Research

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) sent a letter to President George W. Bush expressing its strong support for federal funding of research using human stem cells from embryonic, fetal and adult sources

What you can get stem cells from sources other than embryos?!?!?!?

Embryonic Stem Cells Induced To Develop Into Bone Marrow And Blood Cells


Adult Stem Cells Can Produce A Wealth Of Cell Types, Science Authors Report

UCLA Study Identifies Stem Cell In Artery Wall

New Human Embryonic Stem-cell Lines To Be Made Available To Researchers

The new cell lines will be made available to researchers, although at this time United States policies prohibit the use of federal funds to investigate these cells

Scientists Find Potential Stem Cells In Amniotic Fluid---A New Source?


Scientists Find New Way To Grow Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Cells From Fat Tissue Turned Into Functional Nerve Cells


Feeder-free System For Maintaining Pluripotency In Embryonic Stem Cells Pioneered

The above link is important.

Adult Stem Cells From Knee Fat Turned Into Cartilage, Bone, Fat Cells

Human Embryonic Stem Cells May Promise Medical Advances

Scientists Discover Unique Source Of Postnatal Stem Cells in 'Baby' Teeth


Also important.

Ok, that is it I am done.

In short, why use embryonic stem cells, you will have to coax them to the needed tissue anyways, for most uses the adult stem cells are closer to the tissue you want.
Though we might find a tissues that must come directly from embryonic stem cells, we have made techniques that can grow those efficiently.

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