One would prevent embryos from being harvested solely to get stem cells for research — called “fetal farming”
• The other would encourage research alternatives that do not destroy embryos
The most significant — and most controversial — bill would lift long-standing Bush administration limits on which stem-cell lines can be used in federally funded research. Embryos stored at fertility clinics and otherwise slated for destruction could be brought into the mix.
President Bush is expected to kill the bill with his first veto, one the Republican-controlled Congress apparently lacks the votes to override.
2006-07-16 05:09:31 · 8 answers · asked by Rick 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No, I do not support it
2006-07-16 05:15:30 · answer #1 · answered by bigjerry61 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am against embryotic stem cell research but support adult stem cell research. Like embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells have shown the capability to differentiate into most cellular types. They also have been used successfully in many people including cardiac, stroke, and cancer patients. Use of adult stem cells use also eliminates transplantation reactions due to the ability to use the patient's own stem cells. Embryonic stem cells, on the other hand, have not been used successfully. Because of immaturity, embryonic stem cells tend to grow uncontrollably after transplantation, causing tumors, increased secretion of chemicals, and even death.
2006-07-18 16:41:41 · answer #2 · answered by KEK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One would assume that sc research will help to save lives.
That being the case, then it boils down to dollars. saving lives cost money where as the death process creates money. Might be as simple as that, or that the benefits of sc research not be made public and only made available to the rich and powerfull.
2006-07-16 06:33:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES. STEM CELLS CAN AND WILL SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MILLIONS OF THOSE WITH MS, PARKINSON'S, SPINAL CORD INJURY, ETC. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT IF THERE WERE SCIENTISTS WHO WERE ABUSING THIS PRECIOUS MATERIAL THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE ETHICAL USE WOULD CRY OUT AND EXPOSE THEM! WE WOULD NEVER RISK STEPPING OUT OF THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH BY REASONABLE PEOPLE. THERE IS FAR TOO MUCH AT STAKE HERE. I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE HAD PARKINSON DISEASE FOR 8.5 YEARS AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN PEEK AT MY GRANDCHILDREN THROUGH SQUINTY EYES THAT WON'T STAY OPEN. I WANT TO READ TO THEM AND TAKE THEM TO THE PARK AND BICYCLE WITH THEM. I WAS 48 WHEN I CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE AND NOW I AM DRAWING CLOSESR EVERY DAY TO BEING A GOOD MIND TRAPPED IN A FROZEN BODY AS MY MOTHER-IN--LAW WAS. SHE BORE AND RAISED 16 WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND ENDED HER NOBLE LIFE BENT IN HALF WITH A FEEDING TUBE IN HER ABDOMEN AND NO VOICE OR SIGHT. DON'T CONDEM MILLIONS OF US TO THAT END WHEN IT IS ALL A MATTER OF MONEY AND POLITICS. PLEASE ASK YOUR CONGRESSMAN/WOMAN TO VOTE YES FOR ME AND MY GRANDCHILDREN. AS FOR GEORGE, THIS IS JUST ONE MORE THING HE DOESN'T GET. HE WILL LET OUR YOUNG MEN (WHO CAME FROM EMBRYOS) BE KILLED AT AN ALARMING RATE IN AN IMMORAL WAR OVER OIL , YET HE IS TOUTING HIMSELF AS THE PROTECTOR OF EMBRYOS THAT WILL JUST BE DISCARDED. GO BACK TO THE CORNER, GEORGE.
2006-07-16 06:05:30 · answer #4 · answered by Marla R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never waste a good Embryo, I always say. Parts are parts.
2006-07-16 09:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by Boliver Bumgut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i support stem cell research
2006-07-17 02:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by gloria19992000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I support all of those bills
2006-07-18 15:58:31 · answer #7 · answered by movin12006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I support it!
2006-07-16 05:17:33 · answer #8 · answered by lockesmith 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋