Ok, this thread came about from the Al Gore thread.
I am for stem cell research. My father broke his back about 8 years ago (4 lower lumbars, crushed 1 and fractured the other 3) and because of it was foced to retire as while he is able to still walk he looks like an infant learning to walk, he sort of balances and leans forward and goes...it's scary as hell to watch. He's got 2-9" steel rods and 12-3" screws in his back. He has spine damage obviously.
In spinal cord injuries, stem cell research is one of the leading candidates to be able to heal/cure these types of spinal injuries.
Now just this fact makes me a supporter of stem cell research. My father is a worker, he probably averaged 14hr work days his entire life and he still does an incredible amount of stuff considering his condition and he does most of it w/o any help cause that's just the way he is, he just gets things done and doesn't complain.
This is just one area it could prove incredibly useful. Obviously with Reagan's death recently it also brought out the links to many aging diseases such as Alzhiemers (sp?).
What do you think?
I am for stem cell research. My father broke his back about 8 years ago (4 lower lumbars, crushed 1 and fractured the other 3) and because of it was foced to retire as while he is able to still walk he looks like an infant learning to walk, he sort of balances and leans forward and goes...it's scary as hell to watch. He's got 2-9" steel rods and 12-3" screws in his back. He has spine damage obviously.
In spinal cord injuries, stem cell research is one of the leading candidates to be able to heal/cure these types of spinal injuries.
Now just this fact makes me a supporter of stem cell research. My father is a worker, he probably averaged 14hr work days his entire life and he still does an incredible amount of stuff considering his condition and he does most of it w/o any help cause that's just the way he is, he just gets things done and doesn't complain.
This is just one area it could prove incredibly useful. Obviously with Reagan's death recently it also brought out the links to many aging diseases such as Alzhiemers (sp?).
What do you think?