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A newly announced technology related to stems cells has been in the news recently and some of those articles are listed below.

• The Stem-Cell War Heats Up - Newsweek Health - MSNBC.com
• TIME.com: Why the Stem Cell Advance May Not Be a Breakthrough
• Firm makes “ethical” embryo stem cells | Top News | Reuters.com
• Critic Alleges Deceit in Study On Stem Cells

The technique describes a method to remove embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo. While many think this gets around some of the ethical objections, I’m not as hopeful. It will be interesting to see how this develops and I think there will still be objections to this. It will b interesting to se what objections are now raised. My best guess is those opposed to stem cell research will suggest that after removing the stem cells the embryos may no longer be able to be implanted into a womb and therefore it is the same as killing them. There will be many questions raised and the goal for everyone should be to see if these are legitimate scientific questions or are they objections raised to prevent or slow further stem cell research. Look for phrases such as “we don’t know what will happen after a cell is removed from these embryos” or “we don’t know that the embryo is indeed viable” and further no effort made on their part to support such claims.

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