From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 19:55:31 MDT
At 12:43 PM 4/10/01 EDT, Mitch fwd'd:
>Researchers at UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh say they have isolated
>human stem cells from fat sucked out of patients during routine liposuctions.
[...]
>Stem cells develop in the first stages of human life when they form a kind
of
>biological blank slate. Early research looked at embryonic tissue obtained
>from fertility clinics, but abortion opponents have challenged the morality
>of such experiments on the basis that life begins at conception.
>
>President George W. Bush has stated his opposition to embryonic stem cell
>research, and his administration is reviewing whether to block federal
>funding for it, a step that has drawn a counter-plea from 80 U.S. Nobel
>laureates.
Oh my god! DIETING is MURDER! We must outlaw this foul activity! Close down
Jenny Craig! Picket the fat farms! Every inch off the hips is a thousand
lives stolen from God's Kingdom by EVIL KILLERS!
Damien Broderick
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