Nothing to sneeze at (BatesLine)

Nothing to sneeze at

Another stem cell research advance that doesn't require destruction of human life: Australian researchers have harvested adult stem cells from the nose which have the potential to be developed into heart, liver, kidney, muscle, and blood cells.

(See my earlier item rebutting Ken Neal's op-ed in Sunday's Tulsa Whirled for more links and information about the ways adult and cord-blood stem cells are already being used therapeutically.)

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Warren:

According to this article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, only 2% of the 400,000 frozen embryos are ever given to other people.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/226818_embryo02.html

Even supposing the Snowflakes organization increased that to 50%, an implausibly high figure, that would still result in the death of 200,000 "humans," if you consider 2, 4 or 8 cell embryos to be equivalent to a human being, as you say you do.

Only about 65-70% of embryos survive thaw, not even considering the loss rate during the implantation process.

http://www.givf.com/embryov.cfm

Presumably then, your convictions would lead you to condemn the practice of freezing embryos (standard in vitro fertilization,) and possibly the entire practice. True?

Posted by Warren | June 3, 2005 11:55 AM

Posted on June 3, 2005 11:55

luke:

you don't actually expect a response, do you Warren? Bates is not a fan of actually supporting his arguments.

Posted by luke | June 3, 2005 1:41 PM

Posted on June 3, 2005 13:41

Warren:

Let's give him a chance.

Posted by Warren | June 3, 2005 2:02 PM

Posted on June 3, 2005 14:02

Warren:

Luke, you may have a point.