Do you support the funding of embryonic stem cell research?

There has been a lot of progress with adult stem cells but not much with embryonic. Should we funnel money for that research? Also, scientists discovered methods of creating embryonic stem cells without destroying human embryos...would you support this research?

Do you support the funding of embryonic stem cell research?
well..if I supported funding embryonic stem cell research, than I would also support finding methods to create them. Afterall, you have to study them, to replicate them. And yes, I support it. It made great advances in 1996 before the reserach was gagged by RTL. I remember, because my brother became a quadriplegic that year. I also am informed enough to know that abortions are NOT used in this research, and I also know that Bush had his daughters through a fertility clinic..the places that they destroy these fetuses if they are not used..either by the parents or research. So, the man who vetoed the legislation, did so knowing that he was destroying his OWN fetuses..and denying people access to a better quality of life
Reply:If a lot of reputable scientists think this type of research is extremely promising, who am I to say they are wrong? And the embryonic stem cells we are talking about are leftover embryos from fertility treatments. If they are not used for research, they will just be flushed down the toilet. Why would that be better?
Reply:I don't support the government funding of any Private Research!
Reply:as long as life in no stage is destroyed, i am all for it.
Reply:I assume you mean federal funding seeing as private funding of stem cell research is already perfectly legal and going on as we speak.





Adult stem cells seem vastly more promising at first glance. However, understand that we have worked with them for twice as long as embryonic stem cells. If there is a possibility that we may be able to cure people of debilitating diseases, I am all for it.
Reply:stem cells in any way they can do it and now there are many ways of achieving it
Reply:Yes, certainly. Though I'm not much for government funding of many things, scientific research is one area where I support it.
Reply:Not public funding.





I don't think we should be doing it at all.
Reply:from umbilical cords .. yes ...


from an embryo created for that purpose .. no ..
Reply:Sounds like you've fallen into the neo-conservative semantics trap. Adding "embryonic" to the stem cell debate makes it sound like we're cutting up babies. The truth is that the stem cells are harvested before any differentiation has begun, just days into a pregnancy, and when all cells are stem cells, and they're no more than a very tiny lump.





Yes, I support funding of stem cell research. Evidence to date suggests it may offer solutions to many problems.
Reply:Absolutely, WITHOUT hesitation
Reply:Uncle Sam doesn't need to pay for it.
Reply:Yes, it's a very valid area to study because the potential gains could be enormous.





I don't support any govt funding for anything as a general rule -- but I strongly encourage universities and companies and people to contribute to such research.
Reply:Apparently it's OK to kill already-developed civilians in other countries.





But Heaven forbid we kill a handful of cells that don't have the ability to think or reason or acknowledge their surroundings...even if it is for the betterment of human medicine.





Do you people ever listen to yourselves when you talk? You must just drift in and out.
Reply:I'm all for the research, even though they haven't come up with a single thing to date, but no federal funding! Unless it is in the form of a very low interest loan to be paid back at a later date.These research companies get federal monies to develop a product, put it on the market at very high prices, make millions of dollars off of it and the tax payers never get their money back.





Keep the government out of it. It has to stay private.
Reply:Sure, but people have put a lot of stock on a field of research that hasn't been tested yet. It's going to be really disappointing if we find out that it wasn't as useful as we'd suspected.
Reply:NO! I do not agree, its messing with mother nature and this is wrong in my book.
Reply:Yes.
Reply:Let the millionaires like Micheal J. Fox fund it ! Even better - force the corporations and gov't to quit dosing us with toxins and carcinogens and the illnesses will dwindle away.
Reply:yes for sure.





we would be able to treat so many diseases, such as parkinson's, cancer, and any spinal cord injuries.





I understand the whole pro-life view of embryos being human, and needing protection. But when they're already dead, and the choices comes between just throwing the embryo out, or using it to save countless people's lives....well that's a non-brainer.
Reply:not at all
Reply:Yes , but I dont believe that we should mess with mother nature TOO much.
Reply:I have nothing against any privately funded research. I am against taxpayer funded research of any kind.
Reply:I say try it all.. I mean.. it's like taking the trash in your can and using it to better your life... we're talking about cells doomed to be incinerated being used to save life.





I have no problem with that.
Reply:Personally, anytime the word embryo is mentioned, I think "unborn child".





No to Embryonic research, yes to Adult and the use of Cord blood research.
Reply:Of course! Sometimes we have to explore a couple different avenues of research to find the answers we're looking for. I wouldn't support creating embryos just for the purpose of destroying them, but I don't think that's really an issue because there are so many ways around that.
Reply:I do not support the funding of any stem cell research because the Federal government should not be in the business of funding any medical research. The Federal government has a spending problem and it should be reigned in.
Reply:won't 'kill' anyone will it!? i dig puns
Reply:Yes, from umbilical cords. Not from embryonic stem cells. What diseases have we found the cures for from stell cell research? I'm just curious. Everyone says it's so successful, but I never hear the true success stories. Anyone?
Reply:i support any research of illnesses infact i think they have the cure but are too cheap to put it out there...
Reply:No, as it has not been proven that we will get any progress from them, so it is a waste of money.

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