MikeS Wrote:
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> Morning Joanne
>
> Hang on there one second. I've already said I
> fully support stem cell research (do you want me
> to link back to that post?)! Also just because no
> one is going to be helped soon by the research
> doesn't mean it shouldn't continue!

If financial resources are unlimited, which they are not, and patients are not in dire need, which they are, I might say have fun with research. But I probably wouldn't, because I still think it's important to be responsible. I think the best approach is to focus on what shows the most practical promise, which appears to be adult stem cell research. Possibly human embryonic may offer something different, but I suspect that difference is going to be linked to cloning, which has ethical concerns. This human/animal stuff seems to me to the highest risk and the least likely to help, and strictly from a practical standpoint, therefore, the least desirable. Add the ethical concerns and it should be a no-brainer to stop this before we end up somewhere we cannot escape.


>
> Wouldn't you agree that research should be carried
> out in all areas if their is a possibility of
> failure in one! (which there always is until the
> treatments are prooven!)

No, see above.