Stem cell research should be allowed, amirite?

I'm for it as long as it is cord blood

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Negative.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

why? just curious.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It is unnecessary and unethical.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

unnecessary? it can save lives.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Um, I'm diabetic, and stem cell research could change my life. So i'm for it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

comment war

by Anonymous 13 years ago

sorry, what exactly is it?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

a way to find cures using random body things that arent being used

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You know I JUST did a paper on this. I am not sure what my view is about. I am only 14 so I really have no view. From what I researched, embryonic stem cells are bad, but other than that, saving people is a good thing. I just don't have enough knowledge for it. So I guess I am not good in this upcoming discussion.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

wow...that contributed absolutely nothing to the conversation. except i know how old you are now.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i dont think your comment contributed much either. she didn't say it contributed anything, she was jsut commenting, dont be rude

by Anonymous 13 years ago

this is the internet. you're clearly in the wrong place if youre expecting people to not be rude because youre 'new to it all'.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually it told you that I did a paper on it too. And besides, I JUST said that I wasn't going to be part of this conversation anyway. I don't have enough facts.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you don't want to be a part of the conversation, why did you need to tell us? Couldn't you have just not said anything at all?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well I could have. But too late now. And I wanted to say that I did a paper on this. Jeez its not like I'm being a douche or spamming, just skip a comment if ya don't like it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Honestly what the hell was the point of your comment? "Just so you know I have nothing valid to say and I just wasn't to say I have nothing to say."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey, they never said I couldn't. Fine you WANT me to say something?! Stem cell things are bad. Embryonic stem cell is not good because they are killing potential a babies. They would have had no chance. Are you happy NOW?! jesus

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No one asked you to comment. We're just harping on you because you decided to comment but you had nothing to say which is pointless. And btw if you just did a paper on it why haven't you formed an opinion on it? That's the whole point of doing a paper on a subject, to inform yourself about that subject.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because I did a crap job on the paper. And, believe it or not, it was kind of hard to find stuff for it. So I couldn't really form an opinion. Plus, It was more of a "what are stem cells" paper, with what research I got, I didn't really need to know much. :p

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Which brings me back to my original post: why did you comment on this post? You have nothing to contribute. You're probably that annoying kid who walks up to a conversation and yells "SOOO what are you guys talking about" right in the middle of someone's sentence. I digress...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, as long as a fetus is gonna be killed you might as well put it to good use. Let what could have *potentially* found the cure for cancer become the cure for cancer.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Embryonic stem cells aren't from aborted fetuses...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No one said it had to be embryonic stem cells. The post just says "stem cells."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(pikabeau):"Well, as long as a fetus is gonna be killed" I assumed you were talking about embryonic stem cells...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I was talking about whatever type of stem cells you get from aborted fetuses. I don't know much on the subject though.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No form of stem cells come form aborted fetuses. You can, however, get them from embryos. Scientists can take sperm and eggs and mimic fertilization to create embryos created solely for use in stem cell research. But so many people have a problem with it because they believe life begins at conception.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i wouldve loved to give up the embryo of myself to save a few people. i would much prefer that over living in this cruel, terrible world.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't know enough on the subject to say anything other than that embryonic stem cell research is wrong.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you just said you don't know enough on the subject, yet you had to give your opinion. Maybe you should find out what you are talking about before you tell others your opinion.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It is allowed...there's different kind of stem cells. Now the can convert adult skin cells into stem cells without changing the biological structure or dna or anything, and they become totipotent. Its tested and I did a project on it about a month ago...this is new research discovered. ...there's nothing stopping it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ugh, I'm so sick of one group of people trying to apply THEIR morals to the whole world and smugly assuming they're correct. Guess what; NO ONE(legally) KILLED FETUSES JUST TO EXPERIMENT WITH THEIR STEM CELLS. I'm sure there are always crazies, but that's not what we're talking about; we're speaking strictly of legit research. SO, being as how ALL of those fetuses are going to die and not have descendents anyway, I think it's unnecessary and unethical to let them go to waste when they could be saving lives- real, established lives. Just in case you didn't get that: BARRING EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH DOES NOT SAVE EVEN ONE CUTE LITTLE BABY, and probably does cost the lives of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters that actually have lives. Your issue seems to be more with abortion than stem cell research, and this isn't the place.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

most people agreed with this because they don't know what it means, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, I think more people disagreed with this because they have absolutely no idea what stem cell research is. Embryonic stem cells do not come from aborted fetuses.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If it saves lives, then great. Just so long as it doesn't take others in the process. Namely, embryonic cells shouldn't be taken. Cord blood will be wonderful until we figure out/perfect making human cells from scratch.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think it should be legal if it won't survive anyway and the parents agree to it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I can type anything here and people will vote down cuz i voted nw. this just shows how unaccepting people are about other peoples opinions.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Maybe you're stupid and you don't accept other people's opinions.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

you name completely contradicts yourself. you guys have no idea why i voted nw, you just simply choose to vote me down.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Sorry, but I'm pretty stupid. Can you explain why my name contradicts myself? And I'm pretty sure that the reason for you being voted down was in my comment to you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

*votes down* Because you said we would.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There's already been enough wasted tax money on stem cell research with zero positive outcome for years. Move on to something else.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Do you guys know what embryonic stem cells are? They're the extra cells from invitro fertilization. If they aren't used for stem cell research, they are thrown away. They have absolutely no chance of becoming a fetus. Now, I have type one diabetes and I would like not to have it at some point in the future, and stem cells could potentially cure type one diabetes. I don't know about you guys, but I think these extra cells could be pretty awesome if they were given the chance to actually do something instead of being thrown away.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Agreed. I have Type 1 too, and I would love to be able to say some day that I used to have it, not that I still do.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

finally someone else who knows the truth...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I completely agree.

by Anonymous 13 years ago