After Rick Perry's Stem Cell Treatment, Misplaced Enthusiasm? 340
oxide7 writes "Presidential candidate Rick Perry underwent a controversial stem-cell treatment this past month, prompting some doctors to fear the high-profile event would send the wrong signal to desperate patients. 'As a highly influential person of power, Perry's actions have the unfortunate potential to push desperate patients into the clinics of quacks,' Dr. George Q. Daley said."
He is not being a hypocrite (Score:5, Informative)
Before anyone points this out... (Score:5, Informative)
Yes, Rick Perry is against embryonic stem cell research. Yes, this treatment did NOT use embryonic stem cells.
Please do not say that Republicans or conservatives are against stem cell research. Conservatives are against the destruction of an embryo for the purposes of scientific research. Embryonic stem cell research is still government funded provided that it uses old stem cell lines or adult derived stem cells.
With that said, let's leave the straw-men in the field.
Re:God fearing men... (Score:0, Informative)
Scientists like myself support methods that work, which again is adult / umbilical cord stem cells.
Embryonic Stem Cells don't work. It's bad science. Adult / umbilical cord stem cells, on the other hand, show a remarkable success rate.
That is good science.
Re:God fearing men... (Score:4, Informative)