Word: celling
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Last week, opponents of human embryonic stem cell research declared that new research techniques have cleared away the ethical controversies that have plagued stem cell science. From Vatican City to the Bush administration, spokesmen gave sound bites of “we told you so”; with above-the-fold headlines in every major paper describing how scientists can now create stem cells without destroying embryos, opponents of embryonic stem cell research claimed to hold unbeatable evidence on their side...
Pardon us for raining on this parade of jubilation. A “milestone” the research of groups in Japan and Wisconsin may be, but their method does not yet negate the need for controversial research on embryonic stem cells. Scientists and supporters of stem cell research should not allow conservatives to declare victory and should persevere in their fight to eliminate restrictions on embryonic stem cell research...
...method the researchers in Japan and Wisconsin used to arrive at stem cells involves transferring four genes into the genome of a mature cell through virus. These four genes produce factors that “reprogram” the mature cell’s genome to a stem-like state. No viable embryo, therefore, is either created or destroyed—which is the main qualm of conservative opponents of the research...
Although the produced cells seem to recapitulate many of the properties of embryonic stem cells—including the ability to form cell types of each of the three major types in the human body—many of their major caveats seem to have been ignored. Statements that claim that embryos will never have to be sacrificed to create stem cells again are irresponsible and may well prove to be entirely incorrect...
...this straight: TIME passed up inventions that save energy, produce energy, make us safer, make our commutes easier, protect us from diseases, reduce our impact on our finite resources and bring knowledge to the Third World to name a cool new cell phone as Invention of the Year? Steve Jordan, Germantown, Maryland...