DOBSONISM IN AZ

The Center for Arizona Policy is a long-standing Dobson infestation in Arizona and is currently airing an ad on KVOI and I imagine other "Christian" stations decrying embryonic stem cell research (ESCR).

One critique is that to date, there have been no therapies derived from ESCR and now it looks like that part of the attack will have to be omitted in the future. From New Scientist:


First embryonic stem cell trial on the cards
17 June 2006
Andy Coghlan
Magazine issue 2556

A US team hopes to be in the clinic next year, using an ESC-derived product to help repair damaged spinal tissue

THE first treatment derived from embryonic stem cells might soon undergo clinical trials. The cells would be used to help repair damaged spinal tissue.

One of the main concerns with embryonic stem cell (ESC) treatments has been the possibility that the recipient's immune system will see the transplanted cells as foreign and attack them.

Now Geron in Menlo Park, California, claims to have shown that this might not be a problem, at least for spinal repair treatment.

"I'm confident that we will be in the clinic next year with the first human ESC-derived product," said Tom Okarma, chief executive of Geron, at a conference in London last week. The company will soon be seeking permission from the US Food and Drug Administration to begin the trial.