Re: OT: Post Turtle

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:22:05 -0700 (PDT), JeffM <jeffm_@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
There are stem cell lines available for Fed-funded research,
just no new ones.

There are A FEW lines of Fed-approved *embryonic* stem cells.
What the Bush propaganda machine
and the incompetent corporate media don't bother to mention
is that the majority of those have been CONTAMINATED
since BEFORE the restrictions were put in place.
(PBS *has* reported it right.)

Jim Thompson wrote:
JeffM is another one of those non-thinking leftist weenie "engineers"
who never let facts stand in the way of how they want to hate Bush.

Not that your blinders to the left bias you or anything. 8-|

It's turning out that non-stem cell work
is showing more medical uses than for stem cells.

I'm sure you mean *embryonic* stem cells vs other types of stem cells.

...and the reason:
There's so little of the *embryonic* stuff being done
that the database is skewed.
The biologists say the embryonic stuff is MUCH more pliant.
--they just can't get their mits on it enough to show real progress.

It's all about Dubya and funding.

He's cut off funding across the entire world? That's impressive.

John


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