Hi, There is a bunch of current research in using adult stem cell types or stimulating cells so that they act like cells. This research has also been stopped with the ban.
For a lot of reasons this makes more sense biologically then using embryonic stem cells, not the least of which is antibody and genetic compatibility. My reason for droping the information on the list was because of it's links to cyberpunk. Chris, I don't agree with your anti stem cell ethics arguments especially when you muddy the waters with the abortion issue. And I don't agree with you about the abortion issue either. BUT I didn't post the topic for anyone to go on a political rant. I was lamenting the loss of a head start (and good ethical research, controlled by our govenments) to a place that is willing to do less ethical research, and to a system that is not free to shout "you are ethically immoral" at the top of it's lungs. I can stand the debate, I can stand being called unethical... I can not stand for a society that will muzzel my right to free speech. If this new form of research actually does hold the promise that initial results indicate then the western world has put itself in a poor position because they will not control the research or the attitudes of the minds behind the research. Banning something never works - regulating it does. Now can we discuss how our world is becoming more cyberpunk or something? Vk, you were saying about neural interfaces.... I heard that there was a mouse at the U of A that they connected to a computer, and I also heard on the radio that they had connected a quadrapelegic to a brain scanner and had a program that read his brain scans and translated them to moving a cursor. That's cool non-invasive "decking".... have you heard anything about that? -Sue _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
