In China they are treating patients with stem cells from aborted fetuses. This is a direct result of the phoney religious right preventing the U.S. from maintaining the lead in stem cells. Other unregulated societies will go to abominations in their pursuit of profit. We have given up the lead for four years, imagine four more.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_health_story_skin/481465%3fformat=html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10116964
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10116403
This is great news in that stem cells work. But the path is wrong, actual aborted fetuses are the supply of stem cells. Instead of cells from 4 day old undifferetiated blastocysts.
The phoney conservatives pretend they can stop the use of stem cells by blocking any real research in the U.S. The end result is contrary to their stated intentions. What a bunch of jerks.
California approved propostion 71 which allocates state money for research, but the phoney lying conservatives have been blocking any implementation in the courts.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/24/BAGFIBTQC71.DTL
Things far worse will come from these evil conservatives.
As you can tell I get worked up on this issue,