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I know that embryonic stem cell research has been a controversial political subject
here in the good old U.S. of A., but it looks like other kinds of stem cell treatments
are developing a promising track record. I saw this news item today:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/l...5131.story
"Using stem cells from umbilical cord blood and bone marrow", doctors in Minnesota
have apparently cured a boy of a nasty and fatal genetic skin disorder named recessive
epidermolysis bullosa. Its symptoms are described in the article, which also links to
a video about the boy and his treatment. He and his family are very lucky, and this
bodes well about the use of stem cell treatments for other serious ailments.
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cool. God must be OK with it, or it wouldn't have worked. I guess stem cell research should be a go them.
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I bet it was prayer and not the stem cells that cured him.
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I have an uncle with Multiple Myeloma who is getting Stem Cell Treatment at this time in Salt Lake. These are not the religiously and politically troublesome embryonic cells, but his own Stem Cells harvested from his bone marrow. We're all praying for him.
But the rule always applies- God helps those who help themselves. Prayer alone won't cut it. Science, positive attitude, and faith combined are a potent force.
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I'm all for stem cells. They can harvest without injury and how can you deny a sick person a possible cure? Yet we will go to all extremes and cost to give an eagle a new beak. (Now I love eagles but I love humans more)
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>>Yet we will go to all extremes and cost to give an eagle a new beak
Congrats! You jsut conflated the environmentalists and the religious right!
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ooh ! Can I prove Godwin's law and bring up the "Boys from Brazil " ?
naah.
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A forest ranger comes across an unkempt man, sitting at a make-shift campfire, and, to his horror, is eating a fish and a bald eagle. The man is thrown in jail for the crime and soon brought to trial. The Judge asks the man "Do you know that eating a bald eagle is a federal offense?"
"Yes I do." replied the man, "but let me explain what happened. I got lost in the woods, and hadn't had anything real to eat for two weeks. I was so hungry, I was eating plants to stay alive. Next thing I see is a Bald Eagle swooping down at the lake grabbing some fish. I thought if I startled the Eagle I could maybe steal the fish. Low and behold, the eagle lighted upon a nearby tree stump to eat the fish. I threw a stone toward the eagle hoping he would drop the fish and fly away. Unfortunately, in my weakened condition, my aim was off, and the rock hit the eagle squarely on his poor little head, and killed it. I thought long and hard about what had happened, but figured that since I killed it I might as well eat it since it would be more disgraceful to let it rot on the ground."
The judge says he will take a recess to analyze the defendant's testimony. 15 minutes goes by and the judge returns: "Due to the extreme circumstance you were under and because you didn't intend to kill the eagle, the court will dismiss the charges." The Judge then leans over the bench and whispers: "If you don't mind my asking, what does a bald eagle taste like?"
"Well your honor, it is hard to explain. The best I can describe it's a bit more tender than a California Condor but lacks the tang of a Spotted Owl."
