Comments on: Progress Marches On http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/12/31/progress-marches-on/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ryan http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/12/31/progress-marches-on/#comment-149622 Ryan Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:11:30 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/12/31/progress-marches-on/#comment-149622 Good points Grog. Tarring all stem cell research with what is going on in the Ukranine is a tad facile. Good points Grog. Tarring all stem cell research with what is going on in the Ukranine is a tad facile.

]]> By: Grog http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/12/31/progress-marches-on/#comment-149399 Grog Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:31:37 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/12/31/progress-marches-on/#comment-149399 I'd be cautious about claiming that this is purely about stem cell research. According to <a href="http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=10&id=1848152006" rel="nofollow">The Scotsman</a>, this may be part of an organ harvesting program operating in the Ukraine. Your insinuation that embryonic stem cell research is somehow related to this is flawed. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryonic_stem_cells" rel="nofollow">Embryonic Stem Cells</a> are derived from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastocyst" rel="nofollow">blastocyst</a>, not a fully realized baby. That doesn't redeem what's going on in the Ukraine, but I'd be cautious about what to infer from the accusations now aimed at the Ukraine. I’d be cautious about claiming that this is purely about stem cell research.

According to The Scotsman, this may be part of an organ harvesting program operating in the Ukraine.

Your insinuation that embryonic stem cell research is somehow related to this is flawed. Embryonic Stem Cells are derived from a blastocyst, not a fully realized baby.

That doesn’t redeem what’s going on in the Ukraine, but I’d be cautious about what to infer from the accusations now aimed at the Ukraine.

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