That’s the train of thought by some professionals.

In other words, depression leading those who are suffering to reach out for comfort.

That leading to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

It’s happened in the past.

"Doctors are wondering what the effect of the credit crunch will be on new year queues at genito-urinary clinics. Specialists in this area have noticed that some City workers, the first to feel the effects of recession, have suffered physically as well as financially. The pattern of graphs showing the decline in share prices could be mirrored by another showing the increase in sexually transmitted infections. Will more anxiety - induced by fear of unemployment, forced house sales, unpaid school fees and rocketing fuel bills - drive the depressed and insecure to escape grim reality with an exciting if transient affair and a visit to the clinic? "



HPV: An Unwanted Gift At Christmas

This is a British story…but there’s no denying that we have an STD problem here in the US.

 

 

I know some things they may say.

Things like “The baby would have died eventually.” 

Or, “Think about how many babies are being saved.”

Or, “This puts the parents through fewer traumas.”

Here is the question…

A heart stops beating in one baby.  It is transplanted and restarted in another baby.  But was the baby that the heart was taken from really dead? 

It’s a harsh question.  It shouldn’t have to be asked.   But doctors are in a hurry.  Medical technology and all…and someone has a baby waiting.


“Dead Donor Rule”…that comes in to play here…an ethical guideline stating that an organ donor must be declared dead before vital organs are prepared for transplantation.  In past research, a heart has not restarted on its own more that 65 seconds after a person was taken off of a ventilator.  Coroners are asked to wait between two and five minutes after the pulse stops to declare death.  That is the general practice protocol of the dead donor rule.

A team of doctors at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. preformed three heart transplants on babies.  In the first transplant, the donor baby’s heart stopped 11.5 minutes after the baby was taken off of life support, with death being declared three minutes later and the transplant immediately following.

The next two transplants began 75 seconds after the donor’s pulse ceased.    Each of the babies hearts stopped 27.5 and 16 minutes after each was taken off of life support.  Because the team began the transplants after the shorter time period, and less time than the dead donor rule, it raised the question of whether the babies were in fact dead.  Why did they do this?  Because, as more time elapses between when circulation and the heart stop, and when transplantation begins, there can be more damage to the organ that is going to be donated. 

I guess death is the vision of the physician...or should I say life....

"In another NEJM commentary, Robert Veatch, Ph.D., a biomedical ethicist at Georgetown University in Washington, opposed definitions of death that hinge on the impossibility of autoresuscitation.

"Anyone who had had a cardiac arrest lasting beyond the time at which autoresuscitation was possible would be legally deceased, even if the heart had been successfully restarted through external stimulation," he argued.

The third commentary, by two other medical ethicists, countered that the dead-donor rule should be reconsidered.

Robert D. Truog, M.D., of Children's Hospital Boston, and Franklin G. Miller, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health, contended that death definitions based on brain function were also flawed.

"There have been persistent questions about whether patients with massive brain injury, apnea, and loss of brain-stem reflexes are really dead," they said.

Drs. Truog and Miller suggested replacing the dead-donor rule with a system that would allow some donations of hearts and other vital organs prior to a declaration of death, subject to clear criteria including informed consent.

"Whether death occurs as a result of ventilator withdrawal or organ procurement, the ethically relevant precondition is valid consent by the patient or surrogate," they wrote. "With such consent, there is no harm or wrong done in retrieving vital organs before death."

In an editorial, Dr. Drazen acknowledged the criticisms of the Denver transplant protocol and said the journal was publishing the paper "to foster discussion of donation after cardiocirculatory death in general and its application to infant heart transplantation in particular."

But they also appeared to side with Dr. Boucek and colleagues. "As a result of their investigational protocol, three babies are now alive; had the procedures not been performed, it is virtually certain that all six babies would be dead," Dr. Drazen and colleagues wrote.

Dr. Boucek and colleagues said they had not undertaken their protocol lightly.

"Before the trial was begun, an extensive period of education, discussion, and preparation was undertaken within our hospital and in programs already using donors who died from cardiocirculatory causes," they wrote. "After each transplantation involving these donors, there was extensive institutional debriefing and review by the ethics committee and the data and safety monitoring board."

Read the entire article HERE

Prairie Vole

While Edwards is a rat, and a vole is a rodent, we have to delve deeper.  What do they have in common?  Well, John Edwards is prone to infidelity….he is prone to being promiscuous.    And guess what…so are voles.  Actually, voles are highly promiscuous.  Maybe Edwards is too. 

Yes, this is another study.

“A man's tendency to be unfaithful may be influenced by his genes, research suggests. Men who inherit a genetic variant that affects an important attachment hormone are more likely than usual to have weaker relationships and marital problems, and less likely to be married, according to the research. Their wives and girlfriends are also more likely to be less satisfied with them as partners. While the study did not look directly at infidelity, the findings suggest that male monogamy might also be influenced by variations in a single gene. The study's authors cautioned that any effect would apply only on average, and that it was impossible to predict whether any individual would be unfaithful or a bad partner on the basis of his genes.

The gene in question affects the receptor for a hormone called vasopressin, which plays an important role in social behaviour, pair-bonding and sexual attachment. Its effects were first characterised by studies of different species of voles. Although the meadow and prairie voles are close cousins, their sexual behaviour is dramatically different.

Like most mammals, male meadow voles are highly promiscuous, but male prairie voles are monogamous. When boy prairie vole meets girl, the two indulge in 24 to 36 hours of nearly continuous mating, which cements a bond that invariably lasts for life. When one partner dies, the survivor usually opts to remain celibate rather than find another mate. Male prairie vole brains contain much higher levels of vasopressin than those of meadow voles. There also genetic differences in the receptor for vasopressin in the two species. “ 

You've got to read the whole article...it's really interesting.  Seriously.

Who knew?

You can find the complete article from Times Online HERE 

 

Do you take a lot of medication?

If it could change you life, would you consider taking three, four, five pills?

Many of you love to exercise...it’s a way of life. 

It’s for your body, mind and soul.

But many of you detest it.

What if you could just take a pill so you don’t have to exercise?

One so you could get some of the same benefits from exercising.

Did you know there is one being created?

Along with other pills that could change your life….


Exercise Pill


photo by the U.S. Federal government




"Why spend the time and money on a gym membership when you can just pop a pill? An obvious future bestseller (and possibly the final fulfillment of the American dream), the pill that mimics exercise has been under development for some time. Developed at the Salk Institute in California, the pill caused sedentary mice to burn fat no matter how lazy they were. This pill would be for more than vanity, though, as obesity has grown into one of America’s biggest public health problems. A pill like this could both help the healthcare system and get you the six pack abs you want without having to step foot in a gym."


In the not-so-distant future, these six drugs--already in the works--will change how we live, and even how we die "

See the other five pills in Pop-Sci's photo article

HERE  

Those wisdom teeth….nothing but trouble for most people.

You wonder why they are there in the first place?

For most they end up being extracted.

Actually not everyone has them removed…I still have mine.

Maybe more people will decide to hang on to them if they have room for them in their mouths, but if not, that's okay too, since they can be frozen …

Frozen? 

Why would we want to do that?


"Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethical controversy of using embryos.

Researchers at the government-backed National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology said they created stem cells of the type found in human embryos using the removed wisdom teeth of a 10-year-old girl.

"This is significant in two ways," team leader Hajime Ogushi told AFP. "One is that we can avoid the ethical issues of stem cells because wisdom teeth are destined to be thrown away anyway.

"Also, we used teeth that had been extracted three years ago and had been preserved in a freezer. That means that it's easy for us to stock this source of stem cells."

The announcement follows the groundbreaking discovery by US and Japanese scientists last year that they could produce stem cells from skin, a finding that was hailed by the Vatican and US President George W. Bush"


We hear about many different studies going on in the world, and some seem so useless.  Every once in a while we get fantastic breakthroughs.

Read the article

HERE



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According to the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, approximately 50 million Americans will need to have their wisdom teeth removed before the age of 25.    

The average mouth has thirty-two teeth, sixteen on top and sixteen on the bottom. 

	The four 1st molars come in around age six and are called "six year molars".
	The four 2nd molars come in around the age 12 and are called the "12 year molars".
	The four 3rd molars come in around the age of 17 (age range of 15-25) when most individuals become adults thus they are called "wiser or wisdom teeth".

 

There are many doctors and scientists benefiting from grants doing studies that last for years for everything under the sun.  Some of the things they study are laughable.  Some of the things they find are by accident, byproducts of current studies they are already doing.

Many medical findings, especially regarding drugs, we take to heart, only to find out years later that the information was misleading.  Live and learn, I suppose, but usually at the expense of someone’s health or life.

There is a new report out regarding the testing of cholesterol for children.  I have never been much for cholesterol testing.  I don’t like getting results of tests like that, and then being complained to by the doctor (like with the awful BMI).  Fortunately, I have a very low cholesterol count.  Heredity…but I still don’t like the annoyance of being tested for it.  But my husband’s side of the family has high cholesterol counts due to heredity.

Years ago one of my kids came back with a high cholesterol count.  Because of the heredity aspect, I got worried.  I ended up having to take my child to an endocrinologist to be mapped out for risk of heart disease.  This was at twelve years old.  With the knowledge I gained, we were able to determine that my child was at the same risk that my husband, his father, and his grandmother all had, and that my child would most likely have to go on medication at an early age so as not to end up with the same problems…which have been major.

This was valuable knowledge.  It could be lifesaving.  But something happened to alter the events.  Because of that early cholesterol test at age twelve…when my child (and their spouse) was supposed to start medication, instead they altered their lifestyle so drastically with diet and exercise, that now medication is not necessary.

So, while the link to the study that I am going to give you would to me normally sound frivolous, this time I’m going to agree with it.  Children need to eat nutritious food.  Mine did all their lives at home…totally balanced meals.  But when you have a hereditary problem, you’ve got to go a little bit further. 

Panel Wants Cholesterol Tests for More Kids     í here

When I was a kid we would head out to a picnic with a huge watermelon and store it in the fresh, cool brook at my aunt’s country home in Connecticut.  The brook fed her pond.  While we swam in the pond until lunchtime, the watermelon would get nice and ice cold.

Well, guys…this July 4^th, you may want to keep your watermelon at room temperature, at least according to the latest study . 


This one’s for you...


From Science Blog   

dbTechno

    
"Calling all chocoholics:

British researchers recruiting volunteers willing to eat a bar of chocolate daily for a year, guilt-free and all in the name of science."



Okay, there's a catch.

Not just anyone can do the study.

Only 150 women are needed and they must be under the age of 70 and post-menopausal with type-2 diabetes.

Sorry guys.



"Half the women in the year-long study will eat a super-charged chocolate bar containing 30 grams of flavonoids found in soy, cocoa and other fruits and vegetables. The others will get chocolate without the active compounds."

 

 This is all being done to find ways to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Read more about it from Reuters


Tough job: Volunteers needed for chocolate study  íhere

Usually when I need to get blood drawn, if the phlebotomist asks me if I'm nervous...I respond with, "No, are you?" 

Sometimes, I find when I am asked this question, it is an inexperienced person who is getting ready to insert that needle into my arm.

This happened just last month, which resulted in one tube of blood being accidentally thrown away, and an additional insertion of a needle, since the phlebotomist didn't have a clue...

I certainly don't mind having blood drawn, or watching the procedure. 

But, as most of us know, there are people who are afraid to have blood drawn and are afraid of the site of blood, and even faint.


"Looking at blood can be hard on anyone, but for some people, it can be a huge problem. Up to 30 percent of children are afraid of the sight of blood, a response that usually continues into adulthood, according to the definitive study on the topic, by Isaac Marks of the Institute of Psychiatry in London. That study also revealed that approximately 15 percent of the adult population faints when donating blood.

Fainting at the sight of blood generally comes from an overactive vasovagal response, an evolutionary fear reflex.

Read the rest of the article at PopSci.com  (don't faint...it has a graphic)

Why Does Blood Make Some People Squeamish, But Not Others?    í  here

Researcher, Professor Paul L. Dawson, from Clemson University, got the idea from the famous Seinfeld episode where George is caught "double dipping" his chip... taking two servings of dip with one chip. Some (most) would think that's just offensive.


"That's like putting your whole mouth right in the dip!" George Costanza was scolded while at a wake, and dipping his chip twice in the dip.  That's pretty close to the truth, according to Professor Dawson.

About a year ago, food microbiologist undergraduates examined the effects of double dipping using volunteers, wheat crackers and sample dips. It was found that that three to six double dips transferred about 10,000 bacteria from a person's mouth to the bowl of dip sample.

"I was very surprised by the results," Dawson said.  "I thought there would be very minimal transfer. I didn't think we would be able to detect it."

"I like to say it's like kissing everybody at the party — if you're double dipping, you're putting some of your bacteria in that dip," Dawson said.

The results of the research are scheduled to be published in the journal Food Safety within the next six months, he said.

Read the study from Clemson University



Double Dipping Does Transfer Bacteria - George Was Wrong!       í  here

Seinfeld - Double Dipped

		[George, attending a wake, takes a large tortilla chip, dips it into a bowl of what appears to be sour cream, takes a bite, dips it into the bowl again, and then eats the remainder of the chip.]
Timmy:		What are you doing?
George Costanza:		What?
Timmy:		Did, did you just double dip that chip?
George Costanza:		Excuse me?
Timmy:		You double dipped a chip!
George Costanza:		Double dipped? What, what, what are you talking about?
Timmy:		You dipped a chip. You took a bite. And you dipped again.
George Costanza:		So?
Timmy:		That's like putting your whole mouth right in the dip. From now on, when you take a chip, just take one dip and end it.
George Costanza:		Well, I'm sorry, Timmy, but I don't dip that way.
Timmy:		Oh, you don't, huh?
George Costanza:		You dip the way you want to dip. I'll dip the way I want to dip.
		[George grabs another chip, dips it, takes a bite and begins to reach for the dip as Timmy grabs his hand.]
Timmy:		Gimme the chip!
		[An all-out brawl breaks out between George and Timmy.]

 

Take a good look at that blue-eyed, blonde woman sitting next to you.

Or that blue-eyed, guy with jet-black hair.

Look familiar?

Like someone you might know?

How about Frank Sinatra?   Any resemblance?

No way.....

Why am I asking?

 

 LONDON (Reuters) - Middle age is truly miserable, according to a study using data from 80 countries showing that depression is most common among men and women in their forties. 

The British and U.S. researchers found that happiness for people ranging from Albania to Zimbabwe follows a U-shaped curve where life begins cheerful before turning tough during middle age and then returning to the joys of youth in the golden years. 

Read the article

Middle-Age is Truly Depressing, Study Finds     ç   here


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Boy, oh, boy!

If I make it to my 70s....I won't be depressed anymore! 

I'll find the childhood joys of youth!

Right!

I can barely walk on some days now!

I'm supposed to look forward to my 70's so I can be relieved that I will get out of the depressive slump I am supposedly in?

Maybe I am a little depressed now that I think about it....

I am a little depressed when I think about the fact that I may not be able to have the proper health care I need when I hit those joyful 70s...and I worry someone may force socialized health care on me and I'll have to wait months for ANY care.

I do worry that I won't be able to live in my home anymore, and may have to move to a Southern state because I can't pay my property taxes ...that's certainly depressing.

Well, it'll all be O.K.

I guess I'll be so "full of joy" when I'm 70 that these things won't matter then.

Either that, or someone who did this study is "full of it."


(Oh, yeah, I know I'm older than 40....)

Good news for all of you beer drinkers out there.

Good news for all of you non-beer drinkers out there, too.

Researchers at Oregon State University discovered the cancer-related properties of a flavonoid compound called xanthohumol, which is found in hops.




Hops are mainly used in beer.

Healthier beers are now being developed with higher levels of this compound.

So, in the near future, feel free to drink your beer with the toast

"To your health!"

Read about healthy properties of hops on Biology News Net


Anti-Cancer Compound In Beer Gaining Interest   ç  here

Science News Magazine reports, from researchers at the University of Palermo, in Italy, that given intravenously, a molecule found in breast milk can improve mental function in people with dementia and in victims of stroke and traumatic brain injury.

They tested the molecule, called glycerophosphocholine (GPC), for its effect on neurological functioning in stroke victims.  GPC improved the patient's performance by 27 percent compared with patients not given treatment, the scientists reported in the Annals of New York Academy of Sciences.

After reading about GPC, I did some searching, since I have a stroke and Alzheimer family members, and I was interested.  I found many studies, but most of them are several years old.  That doesn't seem to matter though, since this "nutrient" is still being investigated.  One of the studies, from P.M. Kidd, PhD Science & Ingredients, was from 2005 and had the following in its conclusions, regarding use of GPC:



Conclusions: GPC, Orthomolecule for All Ages

The substantial body of human research reviewed herein, and in my allied
review exclusively for health professionals,47 establishes GPC as a markedly
beneficial orthomolecule (and nutraceutical) for individuals of all age groups.
In many well-controlled clinical trials, GPC improved mental performance in
the healthy young, the middle-aged, and the elderly. In head-to-head
comparisons GPC’s benefits surpassed those of pharmaceuticals (oxiracetam,
aniracetam, idebenone) and nutraceuticals (acetylcarnitine, CDP-choline). Its
capacity to boost growth hormone release9,45-47 further elevates GPC to a
category all its own.

GPC is not a vitamin — human cells have the capacity to produce it. But the
evidence suggests that under stress, the organs can be called upon to rapidly
make new GPC in large amounts, for its protective and other metabolic
attributes. Under such biochemical – metabolic challenge, dietary GPC
availability makes a clinically measurable contribution to quality of life.
GPC’s fundamental importance to life is predicted from its universal
occurrence down to the simplest life forms, and in particular for its relative
abundance in mother’s milk.
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For Homo [sapiens], GPC appears to be important from cradle to old
age. GPC’s diverse benefits as cell membrane fluidizer, choline and
acetylcholine reservoir, osmoprotectant and osmoregulator, fertility support
substance, and brain revitalizer, underscore its benefits for people of all ages.

From the available evidence, dietary GPC supplementation benefits:

1. Development and maintenance of attention, concentration, recall
2. Speed and overall sharpness of mental processing
3. Mood, including positive attitude and sociability
4. Recovery of brain function following circulatory deprivation
5. Revitalization of declining mental function
6. Skeletal muscle integrity, including growth and regeneration
7. Kidney and liver functions, including renewal and detoxification
8. Fertility, both for sperm performance and for fertilization.

The many documented successes of GPC as an injectable nutrient add a
literally lifesaving dimension to its efficacy.47 For patients afflicted with
stroke, cognitive problems that often follow surgery, or traumatic head injury,
GPC offers safe and effective intervention that could make all the difference
to quality of life if not to survival itself. Its promise as a growth hormone
releaser and possible pituitary gland revitalizer remains to be more fully
explored.

Besides its amply proven support for the mind and mental performance via
the brain and nervous system, GPC also supports the body and physical
performance via the skeletal muscles and the autonomic nervous system.
GPC is a truly unique orthomolecular supplement for active living, through
optimal integration of mind with body.

Most of us wish for an active life well into old age, and to experience the
aging process with freedom from crippling disease. GPC may not be an
“anti-aging” panacea, but as a unique mind-body nutrient it points the way to
a healthy aging experience.

Read the entire study, if you're interested:

GlyceroPhosphoCholine (GPC),
Mind-Body Nutrient for Active Living
And Healthy Aging

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GPC seems like a breakthrough miracle for neurological issues.

Most of us know about the benefits of breastfeeding infants for at least six months. 

It makes you wonder now if there may be even more long-term benefits.

It 's certainly something to think about.

Winter months can bring out the worst for women suffering from Bipolar disorder.  Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic have done a study to examine the effects of light therapy in the morning or at midday on mood symptoms.

"Women with bipolar depression were given light boxes and instructed on how to use them at home. The women used the light boxes daily for two-week stretches of 15, 30 and 45 minutes. Some patients responded extremely well to the light therapy, and their symptoms of depression disappeared."

Read the article on Psychcentral     Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar ◄ here 

What you should know about Bipolar Disorder:

 

In everyday life, people have a variety of moods and feelings. These feelings include frustration, joy and anger. Usually these moods last one day rather than several days. For people with bipolar disorder, however, moods usually swing from weeks of feeling overly “high” and irritable to weeks of feeling sad and hopeless with normal periods in between.

An important distinction between bipolar disorder and the normal emotions of life is that bipolar disorder results in an inability to handle daily activities. The person cannot work or communicate effectively and may have a distorted sense of reality (for example, unrealistically high or low opinion of one’s skills).

Bipolar disorder often is not recognized by the patient, relatives, friends or even physicians. However, recognizing the mood states that occur is essential. Treatment can help a person with bipolar disorder avoid harmful consequences such as destruction of personal relationships, job loss and suicide.

During a manic phase, symptoms include:

• heightened sense of self-importance  
• exaggerated positive outlook
• significantly decreased need for sleep
• poor appetite and weight loss
• racing speech, flight of ideas, impulsiveness   
• ideas that move quickly from one subject to the next  
• poor concentration, easy distractibility
• increased activity level
• excessive involvement in pleasurable activities
• poor financial choices, rash spending sprees
• excessive irritability, aggressive behavior

During a depressed phase, symptoms include:

• feelings of sadness or hopelessness
• loss of interest in pleasurable or usual activities
• difficulty sleeping; early-morning awakening
• loss of energy and constant lethargy
• sense of guilt or low self-esteem
• difficulty concentrating
• negative thoughts about the future
• weight gain or weight loss
• talk of suicide or death

The main method used to diagnose bipolar disorder is a thorough interview with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health professional. Although there are written methods for documenting the severity and number of symptoms, those tests only complement a complete interview. They do not substitute for a face-to-face evaluation by a professional. There are not yet any blood tests or other biological tests that can be used to diagnose bipolar disorder.

from Psychcentral.com

You don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy....

This theory is among seven "medical myths" published in the British Medical Journal.  Two U.S. researchers took seven common beliefs and searched  for evidence to support them.

Despite frequently being hounded of the need to drink eight glasses of water, they found no scientific basis for the claim.  Most of the quantity needed is contained in prepared foods.

The complete lack of evidence has been recorded in a study published the American Journal of Psychology, they said.

The other six "myths" are:

* Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight

The majority of eye experts believe it is unlikely to do any permanent damage, but it may make you squint, blink more and have trouble focusing, the researchers said.

* Shaving makes hair grow back faster or coarser

It has no effect on the thickness or rate of hair regrowth, studies say. But stubble lacks the finer taper of unshaven hair, giving the impression of coarseness.

* Eating turkey makes you drowsy

It does contain an amino acid called tryptophan that is involved in sleep and mood control. But turkey has no more of the acid than chicken or beef. Eating lots of food and beverages at Christmas are probably the real cause of sleepiness.

* We use only 10 percent of our brains

This myth arose as early as 1907 but imaging shows no area of the brain is silent or completely inactive.

* Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death

This idea may stem from ghoulish novels. The researchers said the skin dries out and retracts after death, giving the appearance of longer hair or nails.

* Mobile phones are dangerous in hospitals

Despite widespread concerns, studies have found minimal interference with medical equipment.

The research was conducted by Aaron Carroll, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, and Rachel Vreeman, fellow in children's health services research at Indiana University School of Medicine.

You can read Vreeman and Carroll's study, Medical Myths   ◄ here

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Take this.... don't take that...

Do this...don't do that...

Sure wish the medical profession would make up their minds!

 Well, they do say it isn't an exact science....

Killing Embryos Is Unnecessary  


Those who advocate publicly funded embryonic stem cell research have been saying all along that it is a matter between sickness and health or life and death. 



If you opposed  this type of research, no matter for what grounds, whether it be for moral reasons, financial reasons, or even practical reasons, you were thought of as being heartless.


Now, everything has changed in a heartbeat since teams of scientists from Japan and our state of Wisconsin revealed they can replicate embryonic stem cells without creating and killing human embryos. 

Instead, the researchers used ADULT SKIN CELLS.



Just think what this means, in so many ways! 

Scientifically, medically, POLITICALLY! 

This changes EVERYTHING!


Read the article here from the Washington Post   ◄

 

"To date, adult stem cell research has produced about 70 treatments while embryonic research has yet to produce even one treatment, or even a human trial. "


"This week's announcement is a major breakthrough because it opens the gates to the vaunted potential of embryonic cells in a manner a Harvard researcher described as "ethically uncomplicated." Six years ago, President Bush made the decision to open, for the first time, the laboratory doors to federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. He determined, however, that federal funds should not be used to encourage or support the destruction of living human embryos, a principle that has been part of federal law since 1996. Funds would be made available for research derived from embryos that had already been destroyed. He placed no limits on private funding of research. The president's policy is working Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research has grown from zero dollars in 2001 to over $24.8 million now, with no cap on future funding. Most of the established U.S. scientists in this field have received funding, and shipments of stem-cell lines are going out to researchers in record numbers. More  lines are available in the USA than in any other country.
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What say you now, liberals?  

Embryonic stem cell research NO LONGER NEEDED?

The ethical form of research is WORKING!

From SKIN CELLS!

Why ..... maybe I'm not even going to become "unglued" today....Oh, wait.... I'm sure there will still be liberals thumbing  their noses at the Bush administration for refusing to fund embryonic-stem-cell research on moral grounds.  And that, will make me "unglued."



So, what do you think?