--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahhhh....ok....But I have not seen anywhere where > anyone has said it > will happen in eight years. The product of such > research will happen > when it happens, but only after it is prodded to > start.
"They will get up and walk" seems pretty definitive to me, Rob. > Eh?.....then Bush did not make a ban regarding stem > cells? > That is new to me since I read articles complaining > about this ban > fairly often. > And it isn't just about paralysis, remember. No, Bush was the first President to ever _approve_ of stem cell research. It isn't even within the power of the President to ban stem cell research. What Bush did was much more subtle - he authorized federal funding for stem cell research on stem cell lines that were already in existence before he made the decision, but did not allow federal funding for new stem cell lines. There is no ban on stem cell research. You can do any sort of research with private funding. You can do research with federal funding on the old stem cell lines. Now, the reason I disagree with the Administration's position is that the number of lines in existence is far lower than the Administration said it was when they announced it, and in general I am highly reluctant to limit scientific research. But it doesn't seem to me that this line is all that promising. I'm obviously not a doctor, but there have been exactly no cures, none, from this line of research so far. Does that mean there will be? Of course not. There may be. I hope that there will. But that fact surely aggravates the sin of a Vice Presidential candidate promising that people will get out of their wheelchairs and walk, if only you vote for him. What the hell is wrong with these people? ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
