Once Again Proving the Lie of Those Who Would Destroy Life to Save It

Embryonic stem cells created from skin
Breakthrough could reshape ethical, religious debate on issue
By RICK WEISS, Washington Post
Aug. 22, 2005, 1:47AM

WASHINGTON - Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells — without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, as has always been required in the past, a Harvard research team announced Sunday.

The technique uses laboratory-grown human embryonic stem cells — such as the ones that President Bush has already approved for use by federally funded researchers — to "reprogram" the genes in a person's skin cell, turning that skin cell into an embryonic stem cell itself.

The approach, which is to be published this week in the journal Science but was made public on its Web site, is still in an early stage of development. But if further studies confirm its usefulness, it could offer an end run around the heated social and religious debate that has for years overshadowed the field of human embryonic stem-cell research.

Should this prove out, it would completely eliminate the need for the destruction of embryos. I have always said that it is wrong to destroy life to preserve it. This once again proves that fact. The Leftists at NARAL and Planned Parenthood must really hate this developement as it prevents the destruction of an embryo.

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