Early this morning President Barack Obama reversed a Bush implemented ban restricting taxpayer money used for embryonic stem cell research. The supporters say this lift is long over-due and condemn Bush for restricting science for the eight years. Embryonic stem cell research was not banned under the restriction, it was still being done with support of private funding. But for some reason there is a shortage of rich guys willing to cough up the dough for harvesting human life. I wonder why? If this is a break through science and we are on the very edge of curing life-long diseases, where’s the money? Where are the pharmaceutical companies fighting for the right to say they cured Parkinson disease and diabetes? I’m sure there’s a pretty penny in the business of finding a cure for leukemia. Maybe, it doesn’t work. Maybe, embryonic stem cells have no hope of even helping people much less curing a disease. No, that couldn’t possibly be it. I mean even the President of these United States is behind embryonic stem cells!
Oh people, I’m sorry to say that this is true. For some reason, people are unwilling to back this science that is being touted as the “possible cure!” Hmm… so guess what? They go to the government. And our illustrious leaders don’t disappoint. Rather than make tough decisions about where our money goes and where it’s needed the most or even where we want it going, they choose to use it on science that is dead. Stem cell research is not a wild goose chase, in fact, it shows great promise in helping critically ill patients have a chance at life. But not embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells are the dark horse in science today. Embryonic stem cells are out of control, as they should be, when a life is formed it grows at an extremely rapid pace. Those cells are multiplying like crazy and only within the context of a uterus are they controlled and able to do their job. When taken out of that, we have little to no control over what they create, literally. However, adult stem cells we have more control over and are able to put to productive use. But nobody wants to hear that embryonic stem cells are useless and we could easily get a better alternative without harvesting life. And now we are paying for it.This is a blog I ran across which details all the stem cell research and it’s cases, some pretty interesting stuff. Also these are websites just with the facts about the two research and it’s pros and cons and also some information about the two.
