... deliberately misinforming the public to skew the debate about stem cell research, Labor has said.Actually it's Gillard and other embryonic stem cell research supporters who are misinforming the public.
Embryonic stem cells are already available to scientists throughout the world. Have been for years. In Australia, scientists can go their hardest with unwanted IVF embryos.
However, not a single therapeutic advance has ever been achieved using embryonic cells. All the breakthroughs have been from using adult stem cells.
The irony is that the scientists Gillard is championing all belong to, work for or are seeking grants from an industry group that is usually regarded as evil by those on the Left - you might call it 'Big Pharmaceutical'.
And they want access to an endless supply of embryos not so much out of altruism and the dream of easing suffering as out of the idea that if they keep banging away at embryonic cells, they might just ultimately stumble over something and make a motza.
-- Nick
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