Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - Posts

Researchers Find New Source of Adult Stem Cells From Hair

This is great news... BUT...

I actually have mixed emotions about it. I love the fact that it can be a whole lot easier to get stem cells, but I would have loved the current debate about using stem cells from discarded embryos (from in-vitro cases) to have been resolved rationally. People were actually arguing against using the cells, claiming it was human life, when the cells were being discarded anyway. Umm this "life" is being "terminated" anyway. Why not make it a mini organ donor?

Anyway... awesome news. I hope this is as promising as it sounds. We could make incredible progress on lots of diseases that way.
posted by Tom (Comments Off)