More reasons to fund stem cell research

[blindsage]

blind, in general terms, I am against MOST federally fnded research, i do not think it is a function of government

embryonic stem celss have accomplished nothing, adult stem cells have shown results, and that is already funded.

and EH ansswers dont really answer anything, or amount to anything other than "well,,,,we just SHOULD"

that isnt good enough to convince me. Sorry.

hell i am all for stem cell research, hell, I am all for cloning, I would like to be able to buy a new set of lungs one day.

but private business, not the government should fund it.

Private business won't fund it. It's not in there economic interest.

 

[crushing]

Private business won't fund it. It's not in there economic interest.

From the discussion I'm taking 'private' as meaning non-government and not meaning non-publicly traded.

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTC BB : BCLI)
Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq : PSTI)
HemaCare Corporation (OTC BB : HEMA)
Epistem Ltd. (London Stock Exchange : EHP)
Stem Cell Innovations ( SCI ) (OTC BB : SCLL)
StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ : STEM)
Geron Corp. (NASDAQ : GERN)
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ : ASTM)

Stock Focus: Stem-Cell Companies
http://www.forbes.com/2001/08/03/0803sf.html

Biotech Companies, Investors Look to Adult Stem Cell Research
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/july-dec08/stemcell_07-18.html

Venture capitalists invest in stem cell research initiative
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2004/10/11/focus3.html

 

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[Twin Fist]

and I got a mod warning for it, as should you.

Says the man who called Empty Hands Empty head. Cant take what you dish out???? Or do the rules only apply when they work in your favor?

 

[Twin Fist]

i love it, Obama just outlawed funding for stem cell research, two days after he signed an executive order allowing it.


LOL

thats CHANGE we can believe it....

 

[Sukerkin]

Really?! That's just crackers (Limey speak for 'crazy').

Indecisiveness is anathema to any leader and it's hard to see such a reversal in a positive light.

Without knowing the background to the decision change, it's bound to smell of political pressure being applied by some extremist group with influence.

 

[Twin Fist]

mark,
you cant make this stuff up

 

[Empty Hands]

i love it, Obama just outlawed funding for stem cell research, two days after he signed an executive order allowing it.

 

[Marginal]

i love it, Obama just outlawed funding for stem cell research, two days after he signed an executive order allowing it.


LOL

thats CHANGE we can believe it....

Interesting way to put it. It's because of the Dickey-Wicker amendment which is automatically put into the omnibus spending bill. Part of the compromise Obama worked on the stem cell reversal was that what was allowed was left up to the legislature.

The amendment is already being attacked on the floor. It may very well cease to be soon enough.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/fir...tem-cell-research-needs-congressional-action/

 

[JadecloudAlchemist]

Some more breakthrus in Stem cell. I find China is making alot of progress in Stem cells.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090604/hl_hsn/pigstemcellscreated

 

[Empty Hands]

Some more breakthrus in Stem cell. I find China is making alot of progress in Stem cells.

Only a breakthrough by the caveat of "from a hooved animal." The basic deprogramming required to create stem cells from other differentiated cells was worked out several years ago by two non-Chinese groups.