>> RoMunn wrote: >> I will note in advance that I am in favor of stem cell research (I worked >> for a biotech company that does it, after all), but I am totally opposed to >> the idea of creating embryos solely for the purpose of research. >> > >Yeah but that's extreme in the other direction. > >While the issue might seem to be clear cut, I certainly don't know >enough about it to draw a "bright line" so, at a minimum, I'd say >there should be open debate starting with a definition of terms. >i.e., what's an "embryo"? And what's "created solely" and what's >"research"? > >For example, are the "embryos" created for couples that can't have >babies "research"? If not, why not? And if we're going to say >creation of THOSE is ok, why not for other types of "research"? And >what about the ones that are already created? What's to be done >there? Is the only reasonable remedy adoption of snow flake babies? > >So, seems easy, but probably isn't.
Unfortunately those thousands of embryos, actually they're not even at that stage yet. At best they are blastocysts, just a collection of undifferentiated cells at this point. Regardless, what usually happens with these is that they are discarded as medical waste after about 7 to 10 years. At that point they are considered unviable and just flushed down the drain. So rather than waste this resource, why not use it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
