In an attempt to force the issue of funding for stem cell research, Professor Lawrence Summers of Harvard University has decided to step out and begin human cloning work.
Professor Summers was associated with the disgraced Hwang from South Korea. However, Professor Summers is undeterred by the publicity over the fact that Hwang had faked his results. Instead he has decided to trot out the following statement:
"While we understand and respect the sincerely held beliefs of those who
oppose this research, we are equally sincere in our belief that the
life-and-death medical needs of countless suffering children and adults
justifies moving forward with this research."
It is the good old nutshell hard sell for Professor Summers, that the research will lead to a cure for such illnesses as diabetes, Alzheimers, Parkinson's Disease (and the list grows). Unfortunately, to date there has been nothing substantial to emerge from the research that has been completed to date. Rather, what has occurred is that the results have shown that the use of embryonic stem cells rather than the stem cells that come from the placenta cause tumors.
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