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...prominent conservative commentator on health and science issues, said he agreed that some people who were very religious might still see parthenogenesis as “tampering” with human life, but he said that eliminating the fertilized egg from the process might convince some that this stem cell research could be justified...
Scadden said that this area of study would be limited, however, both because it would only allow for stem cell lines from women and because it doesn’t allow scientists to create “disease-specific” stem cell lines...
While those who object to stem cell research on moral grounds may be assuaged by the fact that parthenogenesis does not involve a fertilized egg, Scadden said that it would still likely face scrutiny...
While Fumento said that he has been careful never to express an opinion on the morality of stem cell research in general, he said that he does take issue with the area of research that has received the most funding...
...Adult stem cells are so vastly superior that it is immoral to be taking funds from that research and putting it into embryonic stem cells,” he said...