McCain/Palin Muddy Waters on Stem Cell Research

" \When you say you support federally-backed stem cell research, that's generally taken to mean you support federally-funded embryonic stem cell research. that's generally taken to mean you support federally-funded embryonic stem cell research."
That statement is unfair!!! Unless explicitly stated by the Candidate, that is hog wash!

This is why nobody with a brain supports embryonic stem cell research:
the fact that embryonic stem cell research has not yet yielded a single successful human treatment. Adult stem cells, on the other hand, have been improving lives and treating living, breathing human beings suffering from over seventy different diseases.

Far from ethics, this issue is about efficacy!

You mean my colleagues?

With all due respect to them, I can assure you that if they were using their money (and not taxpayer money in the form of Government grants, or outside funds) they would have switched to what works already.

Those in the field (as supported by scientific peer reviewed work) know better...What works is called somatic stem cells.

Quote “People are simply unaware of the progress being made in treating human patients, right now, with adult and cord blood stem cells. In fact, whenever an advance in treatments using stem cells is made, many people simply assume, incorrectly, that it is from embryonic stem cells. But the truth is, embryonic stem cells have yet to be tried on one human patient; in marked contrast, patients are already benefiting from being treated with for 73 different conditions and diseases.”

Successful embryonic stem cell therapy so far: ZERO.
Successful adult stem cell therapy so far: 73 …the list is shown below.

Why on Earth would Washington waste our money in embryonic stem cell resarch? Oh...maybe it is because it is NOT their money.

LIST OF ADULT and CORD BLOOD stem cells therapies.
Cancers:
1. Brain Cancer
2. Retinoblastoma
3. Ovarian Cancer
4. Skin Cancer: Merkel Cell Carcinoma
5. Testicular Cancer
6. Tumors abdominal organs Lymphoma
7. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
8. Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
9. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
10. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
11. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
12. Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
13. Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
14. Cancer of the lymph nodes: Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy
15. Multiple Myeloma
16. Myelodysplasia
17. Breast Cancer
18. Neuroblastoma
19. Renal Cell Carcinoma
20. Various Solid Tumors
21. Soft Tissue Sarcoma
22. Ewing’s Sarcoma
23. Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
24. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
25. POEMS syndrome
26. Myelofibrosis
Auto-Immune Diseases
27. Diabetes Type I (Juvenile)
28. Systemic Lupus
29. Sjogren’s Syndrome
30. Myasthenia
31. Autoimmune Cytopenia
32. Scleromyxedema
33. Scleroderma
34. Crohn’s Disease
35. Behcet’s Disease
36. Rheumatoid Arthritis
37. Juvenile Arthritis
38. Multiple Sclerosis
39. Polychondritis
40. Systemic Vasculitis
41. Alopecia Universalis
42. Buerger’s Disease

Cardiovascular
43. Acute Heart Damage
44. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease
Ocular
45. Corneal regeneration

Immunodeficiencies
46. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
47. X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
48. X-linked Hyper immunoglobulin M Syndrome
Neural Degenerative Diseases and Injuries
49. Parkinson’s Disease
50. Spinal Cord Injury
51. Stroke Damage
Anemias and Other Blood Conditions
52. Sickle Cell Anemia
53. Sideroblastic Anemia
54. Aplastic Anemia
55. Red Cell Aplasia
56. Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
57. Thalassemia
58. Primary Amyloidosis
59. Diamond Blackfan Anemia
60. Fanconi’s Anemia
61. Chronic Epstein-Barr Infection
Wounds and Injuries
62. Limb Gangrene
63. Surface Wound Healing
64. Jawbone Replacement
65. Skull Bone Repair
Other Metabolic Disorders
66. Hurler’s Syndrome
67. Osteogenesis Imperfecta
68. Krabbe Leukodystrophy
69. Osteopetrosis
70. Cerebral X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy
Liver Disease
71. Chronic Liver Failure
72. Liver Cirrhosis
Bladder Disease
73. End-Stage Bladder Disease

Sam rightly pointed out the hypocrisy of nonstop lies while claiming to be a Christian. Palin is demonstrating the type of conduct that reduces the number of people that will be saved. People say Christians are a bunch of lying hypocrites, why should I believe in their Jesus?

This comment is to whether or not McCain is for or against embryonic cell research. Well, I am pretty picky, but I think it is easily seen where he stands. Mp matter where you stand on the issue.

One reason embryonic stem cell research has provided no results is the fact that the research has been effectively taboo. It could be a more effective cell growing system but morally and socially a poor choice.

But all other sources of stem cells are not taboo and even though they may result if less effective results, they are acceptable. John McCain and Obama both support stem cell research in these areas. George W. Bush suppressed federal research in all areas of stem cell research.

This is why America is behind the rest of the scientific world in research right now. The next president will stop fighting science (unless McCain dies and Palin becomes president).