stem cell research

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hey look, a non-election thread!

bryantm3 brought up embryonic stem cell research in the john mccain thread and it got me thinking.

bush took a hard stance against federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. obama believes in relaxing these restrictions and allowing some federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. so it's not unlikely that we're going to see the debate over the morality of this kind of research bubble up in the next 4 years.

so what do you, joe sixpack, think about the issue? should embryonic stem cell research be pursued? do we have enough alternative stem cell sources to make embryonic sources obsolete? do embryonic stem cells provide greater promise that we cannot simply ignore? and finally, should public funding be provided for this research?

let's have a good old fashioned discussion.