Why is stem cell research so looked down upon if it is proven to be effective on certain illnesses?
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Posted by dejaentendu90 May 18th, 2012 at 8:44AM
Because many people think potential life is more important than living people.
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Reply by mulder May 18th, 2012 at 8:45AM
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Reply by DrewBerry May 18th, 2012 at 8:49AM
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Posted by Kathryn1985 May 18th, 2012 at 9:24AM
Screwball religious reasons by fanatical, frothing conservo-quacks.
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Reply by a2fun1 May 21st, 2012 at 2:15PM
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Posted by Lilt May 18th, 2012 at 9:20AM
Fear and ignorance, of course.~~~ They are making amazing strides treating MS with stem cell therapy. And no dead babies are involved. They actually take the stem cells from the patients own bone marrow. They clean it up, destroying the existing immune cells, then inject the cells back into the patient. They are reversing the disability! Real scary stuff, eh?
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Reply by ChipmunkErnie May 18th, 2012 at 9:26AM
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Reply by Lilt May 18th, 2012 at 9:35AM
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Posted by DrewBerry May 18th, 2012 at 8:47AM
Most are not opposed to Stem Cell Research in general, but in the beginning, the research was strongly rooted in cells from Aborted Fetuses.
There have been great strides made in the field. The harvest the cells mostly now from Umbilical Cords ~ called CORD Cell Research.
But mostly is was a bunch of consevative republican banter designed to decrease personal healthcare choices...
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Posted by eyes May 18th, 2012 at 11:21AM
Ignorance.
Stem cells can be obtained from umbilical cords - but because some people seem to think people will have abortions to get stem cells, they want to ban all research.
They are so worried about policing someone else's morals that they ignore the greater good.
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Reply by conceptualclarity Jun 3rd, 2012 at 5:51AM
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Reply by eyes Jun 3rd, 2012 at 10:23PM
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Posted by conceptualclarity May 19th, 2012 at 4:24AM
NOBODY has been cure of anything by embryonic stem cells. Many people have been cured of serious conditions by adult stem cells from their own bodies.
Embryonic stem cells have an inherent liability--immune system rejection, because they come from a different human. In addition they have been found to cause lots of tumors in mice. (Who needs tumors when you're already coping with a severe heath condition?)
The reason that the Democrats didn't make as much noise about embryonic stem cells in 2008 as they did in 2004 was because the scientific consensus had strongly embraced the superiority of adult stem cells. That same consensus continues to this day, and people here are showing their ignorance in their answers.
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Reply by ChipmunkErnie May 19th, 2012 at 9:06AM
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Reply by conceptualclarity May 26th, 2012 at 2:25AM
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Posted by facemanct May 18th, 2012 at 10:21AM
It depends what type of stem cell research you are talking about, If they take stem cells from me and you they are very effective for many things and we are not harmed. But so far stem cells form aborted babies have shown no effectiveness for helping anything, in fact they have done the opposite lead to harm. Also there is the moral argument as well, Do you kill human life to use it for your own gain?
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Posted by sierra33 May 18th, 2012 at 9:48AM
People using archaic religious beliefs as a weapon against, present and future benefits... :(
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Posted by jatpack3 May 18th, 2012 at 9:02AM
It has a lot going against it.....fetal stem cells seem kinda morbid to me....how many dead babies would you want to cure a illness? Adult and cord blood cells sound ok to me but then there is the whole cloning issue involved. People will always fear the unknown....it scares them.
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Posted by shannonymous May 20th, 2012 at 9:47PM
because god made it that way.
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Posted by DenteAvvelenato May 18th, 2012 at 9:52AM
I blame Mary Shelley ....
Its all Frankensteins fault!
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Posted by CrazyWaterSpring May 18th, 2012 at 9:00AM
Once it leads to common treatments attitudes among the public will change. Conservatives fear science until they need it.
They care more about fetuses than babies.
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Reply by jatpack3 May 18th, 2012 at 3:57PM
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Reply by telestrat May 20th, 2012 at 3:25PM
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Posted by LilAnnie May 18th, 2012 at 8:55AM
I know some people are afraid of the slippery slope. If the research proves effective, and it will, and profitable, and it will, the temptation will be there to manufacture human body parts, to have bio factories and such things. Inter species clones, bio blobs, and who am I kidding, its happening now. I have to admit, the notion creeps me out no end.
Read Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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Posted by B3lla01 May 18th, 2012 at 8:48AM
"embryonic" stem cells are the issue and it is because of the never-ending dispute about the origin of human life.
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Posted by Timb1 May 18th, 2012 at 8:47AM
Why does the sun come up? Or are the stars just pin holes in the curtain of night, who knows? What I do know men fear what they dont understand.
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Posted by ShadowMonster May 18th, 2012 at 8:45AM
I don't think it's quite as controversial as it used to be because it really is enormously effective and the embryos used aren't even going to develop into people anyway. They're not babies, but rather women's eggs. I think the science is behind it and the only ones opposing it are just nuts and opposed to basically everything that has anything to do with science.
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Reply by CrazyWaterSpring May 18th, 2012 at 8:58AM
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Reply by ShadowMonster May 18th, 2012 at 9:00AM
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Posted by CopperCoil Jun 3rd, 2012 at 6:27PM
cause some people don't like to make fetus health shakes with the blender of science.
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Posted by strayfarer May 25th, 2012 at 5:30PM
Probably the church/embryos deal. I wonder how many adults the church aboted in the crusades and inquisitions?
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Reply by conceptualclarity Jun 3rd, 2012 at 5:50AM
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Posted by EarthlingWise May 18th, 2012 at 1:11PM
Although I think I would support stem cell research, I must say I still have a bad feeling about it, when you've had a child, you've seen how those cells evolve into a being.
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Posted by ChipmunkErnie May 18th, 2012 at 9:20AM
Many people think their god says it's bad, so the medical positives for millions of people should be ignored to make the world fit their religious views.
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Reply by conceptualclarity May 19th, 2012 at 1:37AM
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