Stem Cell Research

You'd have to be an idiot to give up the opportunity to repair normally irreversable damage to your body.

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@Tanya: No offense, but "become an inspiration to everyone"? You're just in it for pity. -.- And citing a movie? Yes, you have great sources.

As soon as you two prove you can quit playing 8-y/o Bickering Tactics, the new game of wacky fun by Hasbro, then I'll quit laughing.

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Follow neongirlx's example and get back on subject!

i think when its perfected and completly working, it will work wonders for the world

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@KoD: Yes, but... It's fun to watch them play Bicker™[by Hasbro]! :D

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Well Ram, you tell me, how many ways are there to tell somebody that they're blinded by bias?

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Look, we're ALL blinded by bias. All of our opinions are biased, in one way or another, you can't appeal to every group. Is Tanya wrong? Hell yes, but, that's my biased opinion. You know what though? There IS a way to have no biased opinion; Have NO opinion at all, just blindly follow others. Look at Tanya, and some other less-clear thinkers... -.-

I wonder if I got my point across.

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It still annoys me how people lack the ability to be open minded... But then again, what am I sayng, we're humans.

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@Panzer; Exactly. Just slightly more open-minded would be a great step.

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If [censor] stands for; Sperm, Egg Cells, Womb, Cervix, Birth Canal, they're all allowed.

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Correct me if I'm wong, but why is everybody talking about arm and leg amputation? I don't think stem cell research or therapeutic cloning would/could be used for regrowing limbs.. it would likely be used for spinal injuries or something like that.

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LOL, wrong* not wong.

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@Neon: They're just being over-exagerating right now...
It's true, you'd moreso be using it to regrow lost tissue internally, or replenish your cell-count...

Well... That's debatable.

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yeah..

"Stem cell research can potentially help treat a range of medical problems. It could lead humanity closer to better treatment and possibly cure a number of diseases:


•Parkinson’s Disease


•Alzheimer’s Disease


•Heart Diseases, Stroke and Diabetes (Type 1)


•Birth Defects


•Spinal Cord Injuries


•Replace or Repair Damaged Organs


•Reduced Risk of Transplantation (You could possibly get a copy of your own heart in a heart-transplantation in the future


•Stem cells may play a major role in cancer"

I found that on a website.. It's likely they'd use the research for internal stuff like THAT, not regrowing limbs. At least not anytime soon. So, it would be used for a lot of things that people can DIE from (damaged organs/heart problems/diabetes/cancer, etc). So no more "oh they lost an arm they're an inspiration, and they're "fine" now" arguments..

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Also, can somebody explain how saving people's lives is "inhumane" according to tanya..?

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Yeah, Noob's interpretation is correct.
Look, I'm a nostalgic person, but even I can accept that medical advances are necessary. Living in the deep past on crucial matters is not exactly "good".

I remember reading a Discover magazine article, in my favorite portion of the magazine: Vital Signs. In one case, they actually had the patient benefit from stem cells, that were in a way "coded", to reproduce as White Blood cells. I'll dig out that article soon enough, as it had the type of cancer...

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Ooh, they can save my life? Nah, I'll pass. BECAUSE ETERNAL DEATH SOUNDS SWELL.

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Also like to point out that I think stem cells can be taken from things other than feti..? (is that the plural? Or fetuses? xD) If that's what bothers you.

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Yeah, but that means we'll need more donors.

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Look, I'm not sure about donating my kidneys even,[I'm pretty sure they're exhausted, DX] Much less stem cells... I forget ifthey're present in the foreskin or elsewhere, to Discover magazine...

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Yeah, well I don't really see the problem with taking them from aborted fetuses anyway, they aren't going to be doing anything useful otherwise. It is kind of like how some people donate their organs or body after they die. Arguments like this, I cannot help feeling that people against stem cell research are very selfish..

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