As you might not have gathered from the coverage by headlines yesterday and BBC Radio this morning, the great medical advance resulting from stem cells has come from Adult stem cells, not embryonic stem cells. See Bristol University's news page (19 November 2008) for this, or go direct to: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/6010.html.
Bristol make it clear what kind of research it is, but the media usually doesn't. This is at best lazy, and at worst a silent conspiracy not to inform the public. By talking about "stem cells", most people will assume this means embryonic stem cells, and then support this morally dubious, if not downright evil, form of research.
To their credit, the Times have made it clear on their website today: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5183686.ece
Wednesday 19 November 2008
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