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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
I don't know, but maybe you guys didn't read the fine print, but what exactly would you call the difference between an embryonic stem cell, and a cell that is now in an embryonic state? Hello? Lucy? Anyone home in your brains up there? They are now one and the same. Maybe you guys missed that point when you called for a comparison of the two.
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"They are now one in the same"?
Yeah, that's exactly what people thought about adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells five years ago. That did indeed appear to be the case; derived from different sources but producing the same effects in the same manner. Then more research was done and it was found that their original conclusion was wrong.
You are aware, for example, that embryonic stem cells have the ability to divide and replicate faster than adult stem cells, right? Were you also aware that they have several protein compounds not found in adult stem cells? These things were previously unknown until further research was done, something which you'd be quick to abandon in this case.
When you get into this kind of stuff, it is imperative for the sake of future research and results-and for separating fact from opinion from fiction-- that you find what is and is not different between the two. Which is, as I also mentioned, precisely why we need to do more research between the two and not suddenly just cease all studies in one or the other.