On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:44:02 GMT, mel wrote:
"Scott Cramer" wrote in various messages and demonstrated his lack of
understanding of human physiology with comments such as--

If you truly feel that a microscopic cluster of cells is a human
being, then your conscience must bother the hell out of you with every
orgasm.


Actually all of the promising stem cell research has been with
adult-source stem cells. None of the promising results have been with
fetal or umbilical stem cells.

The Bush administration has funded research with stem cells: Adult,
umbilical, and existing strains of fetal. What the Bush administration
refuses to fund is the creation of fetuses for the sole purpose of
destroying said fetuses.

Using the all-important "Follow the Money" principle, one notes that
that Big Pharma, when they must spend their OWN money, choose to spend
it on adult stem cell research rather than fetal or umbilical. Given
that there's no particular reason why for example a German
pharmaceutical company would feel bound by American mores, that suggests
to me that reason is purely capitalistic: They believe that adult stem
cells are more promising, and vote with their dollars.