I’m writing this for friends and family who may not be aware of the value of using RSS to keep up with news and periodically updated sites. If you learned about this post via your feed reader then you can skip this article…
Archive for July, 2007
I’ve been involved in a few discussions recently about stem cell research, and I think there’s a lot of misunderstanding, in addition to outright deception, going on in the public debates.
By way of introduction, I’m a Ph.D. researcher at a biotech drug company and I’ve been involved in research in academia as well. While I am involved in bacterial / mammalian cell fermentation, and not stem cells, I have a good understanding of this issue, and the technologies involved. It’s another example of attempts to politicize science, and politicize facts. The science says embryonic stem cells are the way to go. Period. End of story. If you think there’s a morally unjustifiable cost associate with those benefits then just say that. That’s an intellectually honest debate to have, and one that could be had in the public sphere.