Did anyone see Regan Jr. speak last night?

[Guest guest]

At the democratic convention Ron Regan spoke about stem cell research and the

possibility of having a CURE for diabetes among other diseases. He stressed

the fact that this type of research as nothing to do with abortion or aborted

fetuses. Cells are taken from you and the nucleus is implanted into an egg

whose genetic material has been eliminated. The cells that grow in a petri dish

will never be a fetus, never be implanted into a womb, never be a life. They

are simply cells that have the potential to become any type of tissue that

can then be implanted back into you to repair damaged organs and tissues. This

sounds a lot like science fiction, but the truth is desperate people have

travelled to places like China and Israel for treatment with this stem cell

replacement and they have gotten better! Of course we aren't at the point yet

where

we can just cure everything, but with money and time to continue the research

we will conquer a lot of diseases that cause so much suffering.

I will go out on a limb here and say that I can't believe anyone would be

against this. We have to remember that all advances in science have always

come under the gun from portions of the population. Usually it is these same

people, when it is there turn to suffer are the first ones to yell, why can't

medicine do anything for me.

What do you all have to say about this, I am interested in your responses.

Gail