ps2huang Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 Bush, who is against stem-cell research, will retire by 2008. After that, do you think we are likely to see more breakthrough and surprising factors appearing of stem cell research?
john5746 Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 By then, Korea may have some interesting discoveries.
ps2huang Posted July 22, 2005 Author Posted July 22, 2005 By then, Korea may have some interesting discoveries. What does this have to do with Korea?
atinymonkey Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 The answer is no. Stem cell research is progressing well in other countries. The US is officially too late to make any significant discoveries. There is too much ground to cover, and too little knowledge of the subject in the US. Stem Cell research is a political gambit in the US, it's no longer on the forefront of scientific research.
john5746 Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 What does this have to do with Korea? What do cars have to do with Japan?
ps2huang Posted July 22, 2005 Author Posted July 22, 2005 The answer is no. Stem cell research is progressing well in other countries. The US is officially too late to make any significant discoveries. There is too much ground to cover, and too little knowledge of the subject in the US. Stem Cell research is a political gambit in the US, it's no longer on the forefront of scientific research. So you mean other countries' stem cell research progress are far better than US?
ps2huang Posted July 22, 2005 Author Posted July 22, 2005 Yes. Well, why don't US get those latest infos from other countries in order to improve our living quality?
john5746 Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Well, why don't US get those latest infos from other countries in order to improve our living quality? One reason would be it isn't the US, it would be companies. This technology is in the high risk( meaning $$$$ investment for possibly nothing in return) stage. Why invest anything when we may not be able to even utilize it?
ps2huang Posted July 23, 2005 Author Posted July 23, 2005 One reason would be it isn't the US, it would be companies. This technology is in the high risk( meaning $$$$ investment for possibly nothing in return) stage. Why invest anything when we may not be able to even utilize it? What, you must be on crack.
Skye Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 US laws don't need to affect people based in the US that much as it is fairly easy for people from different countries to collaborate. Money makes the world go round.
ps2huang Posted July 23, 2005 Author Posted July 23, 2005 US laws don't need to affect people based in the US that much as it is fairly easy for people from different countries to collaborate. Money makes the world go round. So you are saying US people can do anything freely, right?
Auk Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 The US, although it is currently being held down by many federal laws, is still able to do a fair amount of research. For example while other countries have the right to take stem cells from embryos, the US is devoting research to alternative stem cells found in human organs. These are showing more and more promise and if they (the US) are able to find a stem cell in the human body that can generate the phenomenal results produces by the embryonic stem cells. Also many US scientists simply move to other countries to bypass the laws that are currently restricting stem cell research. So really the US is not that far behind the rest of the world.
ps2huang Posted July 23, 2005 Author Posted July 23, 2005 The US, although it is currently being held down by many federal laws, is still able to do a fair amount of research. For example while other countries have the right to take stem cells from embryos, the US is devoting research to alternative stem cells found in human organs. These are showing more and more promise and if they (the US) are able to find a stem cell in the human body that can generate the phenomenal results produces by the embryonic stem cells. Also many US scientists simply move to other countries to bypass the laws that are currently restricting stem cell research. So really the US is not that far behind the rest of the world. Well, I think if US can continue doing stem-cell research, we will solve many problems in hospitals: some people have lung-cancer. If we can put a single cell of certain person to cultivate an artifical-made internal organ to replace its worsened lung, then it will be a whole new person. Isn't it nice? I think we are able to cultivate a complete internal organ of any kind within secs with reforming fluid and some other instructions, correct ?
atinymonkey Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Er. I think you are confusing stem cell research with science fiction and cloning.
Skye Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 So you are saying US people can do anything freely, right? No. I was saying that US researchers can work with people from other countries. So they may not do the actual stem cell research but rather interpret the results, or they may undertake a sabbatical overseas and do the research then. Regardless, the legal restrictions are only for government funding of embryonic stem cells, so if they get private funding or use somatic stem cells they can still actively research.
Auk Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Well' date=' I think if US can continue doing stem-cell research, we will solve many problems in hospitals: some people have lung-cancer. If we can put a single cell of certain person to cultivate an artifical-made internal organ to replace its worsened lung, then it will be a whole new person.Isn't it nice? I think we are able to cultivate a complete internal organ of any kind within secs with reforming fluid and some other instructions, correct ?[/quote'] It is a nice though but really it has very little to do with stem cell research. You are implying that with stem cells. They (scientists) can create new artificial organs am I not right? Stem cells cannot be molded to create new organs but new cells for organs. Sush as heart tissue cells for heart disease. Also creating new cells is not a prosess of a few seconds, the prosess is more complicated but possible.
ps2huang Posted July 23, 2005 Author Posted July 23, 2005 Well, I think as time progresses, researchers will make innovation of stem-cell invention. And I believe it's likely we see some replacement of any sort of internal organs for patients.
Bluenoise Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 It is a nice though but really it has very little to do with stem cell research. You are implying that with stem cells. They (scientists) can create new artificial organs am I not right? Stem cells cannot be molded to create new organs but new cells for organs. Sush as heart tissue cells for heart disease. Also creating new cells is not a prosess of a few seconds, the prosess is more complicated but possible. That's not entirley true. Stemcells are what your organs are created from in the first place, so it is theoretically possible to grow them into organs. It's just that science has progressed nowhere near to that point yet.
ps2huang Posted July 24, 2005 Author Posted July 24, 2005 That's not entirley true. Stemcells are what your organs are created from in the first place, so it is theoretically possible to grow them into organs. It's just that science has progressed nowhere near to that point yet. So stem-cell research will bring us a huge impact in future.
Auk Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 It already has. Thank you Bluenoise for pointing out my mistake.
ps2huang Posted July 24, 2005 Author Posted July 24, 2005 It already has. Thank you Bluenoise for pointing out my mistake. What do you mean? There is no usage of stem-cell popularily for humen in hospitals. And the stem-cell research was just started 2002.
Auk Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 First of all stem cells were created long before 2002, the first stem cell line was created 1998. And althought they are not using stem cells in hospitals some of the results from current research si incredible such as heart tissue they have created from human stem cells.
zyncod Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 They use stem cells in hospitals all the time. Ever heard of a bone marrow transplant?
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