Stem Cell Research

The bible swinging righties are gonna shit.

Sorry, you guys have this one all wrong.

The stem cell study that the FDA approved would have been approved under Bush's rules....the particular stem cells they are going to use are from the stem cell lines that were allowed under Bush's rules. This particular study, to get to the point it is now, has been in the works for a long, long time. It would be impossible for them to have rushed to a clinical trial since Obama was elected. It cannot be done that fast.

You can't credit this one to your savior Obama. It was already happening.

Quote from the article:

President Barack Obama has promised to relax the Bush administration's restrictions on federal financing for such research. But Obama's ascent to the White House had nothing to do with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's granting permission for the new study, Okarma said in a telephone interview Thursday.

In fact, the company says, the project involves stem cells that were eligible for federal funding under Bush, although no federal money was used to develop the experimental treatment or to pay for the human study.

Also note that Bush's ban has to do with federal funding of research--under private funding, they can study any stem cells they want. In this case, they used a federally fundable stem cell line, but chose to do it privately funded.

Any guesses why? Figure that one out and you'll understand where the impetus for spinal cord research is really going to come from. And the answer will not be altruism nor compassion.

Who mentioned Obama or Bush?

Let em shit , maybe they will realize we are not in the "Dark Ages"....... nah, never happen, they already have all the answers.

Spinner implied. The article quoted also brought it all up.

He did?

Yes. He implied and I inferred, based on the content of the article, which made mention of Bush's federal funding ban and Spinner's mention of Bible thumpers, based on the fact that Bush haters characterize him as depending on God for the decisions they don't like. Use your brain and don't be disingenuous.

You're reaching

But, whatever

Yes, Geron (private industry) has succeded in spite of Bush and without Obama's help to bring Embryonic Stem Cell Research to clinical trial.

Geron Soars as First Stem-Cell Test in Humans Cleared (Update2)
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By Rob Waters and Elizabeth Lopatto

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Geron Corp. gained the most in more than five years in Nasdaq trading after the company won approval from U.S. regulators to begin the first human test of embryonic stem cells...


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aKTckr6yg1ys&refer=…


This is good news!

I didn't imply Obama or Bush. Just that the right wing bible swingers are gonna shit.

as soon as every one can have an abortion paid for by uncle sam there will be plenty of stem cells to play with!