Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies to Cure Disease is “Pure Folly”, Says MIT Prof

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The story is getting out:

Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies to Cure Disease is “Pure Folly”, Says MIT Prof
Reveals Some Scientists Don’t Oppose Embryonic Research Out of Fear of Reprisals
By Terry Vanderheyden

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, December 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Massachusetts Institute of Technology associate professor has revealed in an interview that many scientists are afraid to criticize embryonic stem-cell research out of fear of reprisals.

“Many scientists who do not support human embryo research are afraid to speak out because of possible reprisals from powerful scientists who can affect grant success, publication acceptances, tenure promotion, and employment,” said Dr. James Sherley, an associate professor of biological engineering at MIT, in an exclusive interview with the web magazine, MercatorNet.

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PF

 

[system]

They should speak out anyway. They may be suprised who would come out of the wood-works.

 

[WanderAimlessly]

vicia3:

They should speak out anyway. They may be suprised who would come out of the wood-works.

But with acadamia as it is today, you are risking your career (especially if you are not tenured).

PF

 

[beckers]

hey I think the tides are changing…People are going to have a hard time believing anything about stem cells after this…

Key parts of S.Korea stem cell study faked: co-author

Key parts of a landmark paper from South Korea’s most renowned stem cell scientist were fabricated and the researcher is seeking to have the work withdrawn, a close collaborator told South Korean media on Thursday.

The daily newspaper Hankyoreh and three South Korean television networks quoted Roh Sung-il as saying that he, stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk and another co-author of the landmark 2005 Science paper on tailor-made stem cells had notified the journal they were withdrawing the paper. “Professor Hwang admitted to fabrication,” Roh said on MBC television. Roh, a hospital administrator and specialist in fertility studies, was referring to a meeting he said he had with Hwang earlier in the day.

Roh told media nine of the 11 stem cell lines that were part of the tailored stem study paper were fabricated and the authenticity of the other two was questionable.

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[WanderAimlessly]

beckers:

hey I think the tides are changing…People are going to have a hard time believing anything about stem cells after this…

Key parts of S.Korea stem cell study faked: co-author

The word about adult stem cells is finally getting out despite the Culture of Perversion’s veil of censorship.

PF