Successful windpipe transplant in Italy using stem cells. Opinions on 8 year delay in America?

The patient's windpipe was transplanted using her own stem cells.

The debate was not on whether to use stem cells or not. The debate was whether to use adult stem cells or embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells have more, and more positive, results than embryonic stem cells. There are currently no restriction in the US against using adult stem cells.

And like it or not, the president is never going to represent all peoples' beliefs. It's impossible to please everyone.

Further, there are people who find using embryonic stem cells morally objectionable for non-religious reasons, so it doesn't have to be a religious thing.

Edit: Try looking at my profile. It says very clearly that I lost my mom a year ago to breast cancer. Further, my dad died of congestive heart failure. My grandma died from cancer. I had an aunt die from a stroke. I had a cousin die of kidney failure. And that's just the tip of the iceberg with my family.

I am 29 years old. My parents are dead. My grandparents are all dead and have been for years. Half of my aunts and uncles are dead. Several of my cousins are dead. Family friends I knew my whole life are dead. Close friends are dead. For every year I've been alive, at least one person I knew and loved has died.

So I'm the wrong person to talk to as though I've never lost anyone. I've lost more in the first 29 years of my life than most people will lose in a lifetime.

And I still think using embryonic stem cells is sick and wrong. Adult stem cells have had more successful results than embryonic stem cells.

Was it embryonic or adult stem cells?

There have been much greater successes with adult stem cell technology (and there are no ethical concerns) than with embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells, in addition to taking a human life, are usually rejected by the patient.

Ahh yes, no surprise here:

"Two types of cell were taken from Ms Castillo: cells lining her windpipe, and adult stem cells - very immature cells from the bone marrow - which could be encouraged to grow into the cells that normally surround the windpipe."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7735696.stm

Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) basically on the grounds that 1998, while a set led by ability of Dr. James Thompson on the college of Wisconsin progressed a technique to isolate and strengthen the cells. grownup stem cells, which includes blood-forming stem cells in bone marrow (noted as hematopoietic stem cells, or HSCs), are presently the sole kind of stem cellular popular to handle human illnesses. docs have been moving HSCs in bone marrow transplants for over 40 years. extra progressed techniques of amassing, or "harvesting," HSCs at the instant are used with the intention to handle leukemia, lymphoma and a number of of alternative inherited blood problems. The medical potential of grownup stem cells has additionally been examined in the treatment of alternative human illnesses that comprise diabetes and progressed kidney maximum cancers. in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, those extra moderen makes use of have in contact learn with an quite limited style of sufferers.

Ronnie Raygun and his wife were opposed to stem cell research until Ronnie was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

After that Nancy was in favour of stem cell research.

If anybody questions whether Reagan would have opposed stem cell research they should read his 1988 proclamation on abortion.

I'd suggest posting this in the Politics section.

However, I believe it is unfortunate.

isnt funny how we use stem cells..... and some people still don't believe in creation.