Comments on: Five Republican gubernatorial candidates pledge to outlaw embryonic stem cell research http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/11/five-gubernatorial-candidates-sign-pledge-to-outlaw-stem-cell-research/ Maria Saporta is a longtime Atlanta business, civic and urban affairs journalist with a deep knowledge of our city, our region and state. Tue, 22 May 2012 05:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Maria Saporta http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/11/five-gubernatorial-candidates-sign-pledge-to-outlaw-stem-cell-research/comment-page-1/#comment-2692 Maria Saporta Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:13:15 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=2447#comment-2692 Both of you make a valid point. I have rewritten the headline so that people know it is specifically aimed at embryonic stem cell research. Thank you. Both of you make a valid point. I have rewritten the headline so that people know it is specifically aimed at embryonic stem cell research. Thank you.

]]> By: Gabriel Sterling http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/11/five-gubernatorial-candidates-sign-pledge-to-outlaw-stem-cell-research/comment-page-1/#comment-2691 Gabriel Sterling Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:38:04 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=2447#comment-2691 That headline is incredibly misleading. The pledge only relates to embryonic stem cell research. With adult and umbilical stem cells showing the most promise of late, we can avoid the "personhood" issue altogether. We have seen amazing breakthroughs with the adult stem cells that we simply are not seeing with the embryonic stem cells. The embryonic stem cells seem good for growing tumors and that's about it. That headline is incredibly misleading. The pledge only relates to embryonic stem cell research. With adult and umbilical stem cells showing the most promise of late, we can avoid the “personhood” issue altogether.

We have seen amazing breakthroughs with the adult stem cells that we simply are not seeing with the embryonic stem cells. The embryonic stem cells seem good for growing tumors and that’s about it.

]]> By: Hank http://saportareport.com/blog/2009/11/five-gubernatorial-candidates-sign-pledge-to-outlaw-stem-cell-research/comment-page-1/#comment-2690 Hank Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:38 +0000 http://saportareport.com/blog/?p=2447#comment-2690 This statement doesn't seem to deny support for "stem cell research", just "embryonic stem cell research". Embryonic stem cell research is outdated. This statement doesn’t seem to deny support for “stem cell research”, just “embryonic stem cell research”. Embryonic stem cell research is outdated.

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