embryonic stem cell research Options

[brooklyneast05]

Federal regulators have cleared the way for the first human trials of human embryonic stem-cell research, authorizing researchers to test whether the cells are safe to use in spinal injury patients, the company behind the trials announced Friday.

The tests could begin by summer, said Dr. Thomas Okarma, president and CEO of the Geron Corporation. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the trials, which will use human stem cells authorized for research by then-President George W. Bush in 2001.

The patients will be those with the most severe spinal cord injuries, called complete spinal cord injuries.

"A complete spinal cord injury has no hope of recovery below the injury," Okarma told CNN. "This is significant because it's the first clinical trial of a human embryonic-based product."

The primary purpose of the trial will be to see whether injecting these cells into patients is safe, but Okarma said researchers will also look for any signs of recovery. Scientists will monitor the patients for a year after the injections to see if they are regaining any function below the injured point.

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im all for stem cell research, but the thing is, your kind of playing god, choosing who lives and who dies and thats the part that somewhat irks me the most even if the benefit is heavy

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im all for stem cell research, but the thing is, your kind of playing god, choosing who lives and who dies and thats the part that somewhat irks me the most even if the benefit is heavy

as this is true that we're playing god and all that you can point that same finger at alot of other things that we do in society.

This particular thing though we are taking an embryo which may be living but not developed and using it for testing and research for the greater good.

where as we still play god when we put people on the death pentaly.

my whole point is yea it's distubing too some and yea it may bother you but still in the world we live in if you wanna get to where ya wanna go you can't always play fair