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From Wesley J. Smith’s excellent blog, Human Exceptionalism:
"…Let’s deconstruct this. First, the prominence of the story seeks to help California’s boondoggle stem cell agency keep its door open…
"Secondly, the original Geron study may not have worked all that well…
"Finally, if this is such a big deal, why do the media constantly ignore far more advanced human trials for spinal cord injury using ethical stem cells?..
"…Did you get that? Tetraplegia means paralyzed from the neck down! In this study, one totally paralyzed subject now uses a walker without assistance. Why isn’t that worth a front page story?
“Let me answer my own question: Because when it comes to cultural deconstruction, it isn’t the treatment that matters so much as the source of the treatment. Adult stem cells just don’t shatter any moral boundaries.”
SOURCE:
nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/386603/embryonic-stem-cell-hype-encore-wesley-j-smith
"…Let’s deconstruct this. First, the prominence of the story seeks to help California’s boondoggle stem cell agency keep its door open…
"Secondly, the original Geron study may not have worked all that well…
"Finally, if this is such a big deal, why do the media constantly ignore far more advanced human trials for spinal cord injury using ethical stem cells?..
"…Did you get that? Tetraplegia means paralyzed from the neck down! In this study, one totally paralyzed subject now uses a walker without assistance. Why isn’t that worth a front page story?
“Let me answer my own question: Because when it comes to cultural deconstruction, it isn’t the treatment that matters so much as the source of the treatment. Adult stem cells just don’t shatter any moral boundaries.”
SOURCE:
nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/386603/embryonic-stem-cell-hype-encore-wesley-j-smith