Comments on: Making the case for stem cell research http://www.jonsagara.com/2006/10/23/making-the-case-for-stem-cell-research/ So easily amused Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://www.jonsagara.com/2006/10/23/making-the-case-for-stem-cell-research/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Rich Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.jonsagara.com/?p=164#comment-57 <p>I appreciate the fact that stem cell research may develop helps to curing or alleviating the symptoms of many diseases, but embryotic stem cell research is not the way to go. </p> <p>There is much more promising research being done with adult stem cells and stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood. There have already been over 70 medical uses for adult stem cells and over 50 medical uses for umbilical cord stem cells. The biggest problem with embryotic stem cells is pointed out in the article you cite: the cells mutate into tumors. Other stem cells do not exhibit this kind of behavior.</p> <p>There is also a researcher who has been able to get adult stem cells to revert back to an 'embryotic-like' state meaning they are more pliable to generate any type of other cell. </p> <p>Embryotic stem cell research requires making a life to take a life, an ethical quandry that can be obviated by putting more effort and money into adult and umbilical cord stem cell research.</p> I appreciate the fact that stem cell research may develop helps to curing or alleviating the symptoms of many diseases, but embryotic stem cell research is not the way to go.

There is much more promising research being done with adult stem cells and stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood. There have already been over 70 medical uses for adult stem cells and over 50 medical uses for umbilical cord stem cells. The biggest problem with embryotic stem cells is pointed out in the article you cite: the cells mutate into tumors. Other stem cells do not exhibit this kind of behavior.

There is also a researcher who has been able to get adult stem cells to revert back to an ‘embryotic-like’ state meaning they are more pliable to generate any type of other cell.

Embryotic stem cell research requires making a life to take a life, an ethical quandry that can be obviated by putting more effort and money into adult and umbilical cord stem cell research.

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