stem cell research

[cacophony]

also, allow me to throw out own parallel for argument's sake: soylent green.

[gambit]

"Soylent green is people!!!"

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by gambit

"Soylent green is people!!!"

As well as, something like, 98% of the dust particles you see floating in the sunlight through your window during dusk & dawn.

I swear, I'm totally straight right now.

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by cacophony

also, allow me to throw out own parallel for argument's sake: soylent green.

This should have had a spoiler alert! Now you have ruined it for people!

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I've always thought soylent green as being in the lame department. Mum loved it, but she was British.(??)

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OK I had to step away from this and come back to it. BB got to do it, so I can too.

Hey Stranglet-Guy-w/C(when you decide it‘s right and when it‘s not right), I’m a bit confused.

Post #6, Post #8, and Post #10

#6..-….Research..John.
#8..-….No ignore…John.
#10..-….OK….Research..On..John..Again.


Like that?

[cacophony]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

This should have had a spoiler alert! Now you have ruined it for people!

BUT WE'VE GOT TO STOP THEM SOMEHOW!!!

i love that movie. but seriously, similar moral dilemma. sort of.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by Deckard

Agreed. Something like this, it's a very, well, philosophical issue. There will never be the elusive right answer that convinces everyone outright. If only it was that easy! At most, some of the points raised make us (certainly make me) think about things in a slightly new way. That's certainly how I've reached my current position, and that's far from set in stone. Finding the paradoxes are all part of the fun. I find ethical issues surrounding life, death, even speciesism and animal rights - to be fascinating.

agreed— i'll argue my point into the ground, but i enjoy hearing new arguments on the issue that i had never heard before, like cacophony's. i'm not angry, i just love debating.

[gambit]

Okay, I have a friend who's working on a medical degree and worked in a stem cell lab for a month. I'm trying to coax his perspective on this because I think it might be interesting to read.

In the meantime, he gave me a link to stem cell basics if anyone is interested.

http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics1.asp

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by gambit

Okay, I have a friend who's working on a medical degree and worked in a stem cell lab for a month. I'm trying to coax his perspective on this because I think it might be interesting to read.

In the meantime, he gave me a link to stem cell basics if anyone is interested.

http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics1.asp

I knew a guy who worked at a bath house too.

[IsiliRunite]

To give you an idea how much stem cells are still relatively new to science, they still teach Mitosis in detial in college-level classes and mention as a footnote that the vast majority of your cells replicate using stem cells hahah