2006-10-16 05:52:47 · 13 answers · asked by rallman@sbcglobal.net 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Please no "there might be some day"
2006-10-16 05:54:40 · update #1
NO! And it never was about cloning. That's only used to confuse everyone about the issue. Canada has a cure for type 1 diabetes thanks to a government there that isn't afraid to fund research. How this issue ever got tangled up with cloning and abortion I don't know. It's stupid to even suggest that it has anything to do with either issue. It's about using tissue that was going to be discarded anyway to CURE DISEASES! Get a clue, people.
2006-10-16 05:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have asked a good question. It amazes at the sheer volume of ignorance in regards to this issue and the answers you'll get.
No stem cell research is not about cloning, and there has been some cures from this research. Stems cells can come from two sources. One source is Embryonic (from aborted babies) and then there is Non Embryonic (from the umbilical cords of new Born's and live stem cells from adults). We have research being conducted using both types of stem cells. There has been no evidence brought forth to prove that one type of stem cell is better than the other. The government is funding the NON embryonic stem cell research, but that is not to say that the embryonic cannot be used. The government will just not fund it, over its stand on abortions.
2006-10-16 13:58:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm no expert, this is just my take on what I've read and seen on the Discovery Channel ;)
Stem Cell research is based on the scientific premise that the primary building blocks of all cellular activity in the body is at first controlled by stem cells.
It is believed that by using stem cells to manufacture body parts we can grow new livers, kidneys, etc from our own tissues thus alleviating the need for donors and the never sure donor lists.
It is believed that by using stem cells we can treat cancerous body regions and reign in out of control cancer cells, reversing their destructive nature.
It is believed that stem cells will help rebuild already damaged tissues in the body, say after a heart attack, inject some cells into the heart and it will regenerate itself.
It is anything but cloning, but cloning has come up with respect to stem cells. Some believe that by cloning human embryos, we could harvest stem cells without destroying human life (thinking that if you manufacture an embryo artificially then it's not a real living being). This is a very slippery slope and cloning of humans (in my humble opinion) should remain very taboo.
2006-10-16 13:09:12 · answer #3 · answered by kb6jra 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know I just read this in a new book called "Letter to a Christian Nation"- written by an atheist.
Did you know that in the stem cell embryos they use for this type of research, those embryos are three days old and contain 150 cells.
Do you know how many cells are in the brain... of a fly?
450,000.
So clearly there is no reason why anyone, Christian or not, should be against this potentially life-saving procedure. If you've killed a fly, you've done worse than stem cell research could ever do.
2006-10-16 13:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Stem cell research has been largely inhibited thus far. Because of this, little research has been conducted to possibly lead to any cures. It is the potential shown in the research that has been conducted that makes stem cell research so appealing.
Stem cell research generally has nothing to do with cloning. It is more about cultivating, for example, a new heart from tissue that has the potential to develop into anything. We do not need stem cells to conduct cloning.
The "cloning" statements that we see associated with stem cell research are merely an attempt to evoke a gut reaction that stem cell research is bad. The actual research that is most promising, however, has nothing to do with cloning.
2006-10-16 13:01:38 · answer #5 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Stem cell research is not about cloning. They've already done that sort of thing and don't need stem cells to clone.
Stem cell research is about finding cures and harvesting the benefits of what stem-cells can do as opposed to mature cells from adults etc.
Alot of medical research starts of as "eventually" leading to treatments or cures for certain ailments. Nobody just "comes up" with a cure, it takes money, research and time.
There's no reason why there can't be some compromise on this issue. The main issue here, as with many issues, is Federal funding for Stem Cell research. I know of no restrictions barring stem cell research.
2006-10-16 12:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Stem cell research is mostly about finding cures to degenerative diseases like Parkinsen's, Alzheimers etc. Stem cells help restore functions. Many researchers are doing work that will lead to cures. But no cures to date. That's why it's important that stem cell research be encouraged, not shut down.
2006-10-16 13:09:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. The same thing can be researched with umbilical stem cells. The propoganda you are speaking of is just an attempt at a desperate power grab by the ever weakening pro-abortion movement.
2006-10-16 12:58:20 · answer #8 · answered by chuck3011 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, it has nothing to do with cloning, in the sense of making a "copy" of a person.
Why do you say "don't say, maybe some day"?
If they can't research, it never will help the millions who could be helped.
There's excellent reason to believe it will help people, but the theocratic president single-handedly prevented the necessary research, dooming all those people to remain paralyzed and debilitated until after we get a human being in the Oval Office.
Compassionate, my left AND right buttocks. That thing called Dubya has no more heart than he has brain, which is to say none.
2006-10-16 13:44:16 · answer #9 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
its not about "cloning" like cloning people, but cloning cells. there have been paralized people who used their own cells to replicate nerve cells and are now starting to be able to walk and move. its a start, but we need more. i heard of one such paralized woman who took cells from her nose and 3 years later is now learning to walk again. its just that the stem cells in question have the potental to become any type of cell and thats what we really need. they once used babboon bone marrow to try to treat aids, it failed, but if they had been able to use human stem cells, who knows. if no one lets us try, there is no way to find out what the potental is.
2006-10-16 13:02:28 · answer #10 · answered by mickey g 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋