Well, this is sure to drive the fundies to new levels of rage - gays &

[BR_Parkway]

stem cells?

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/070706hiv.htm

Los Angeles, California) Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles have demonstrated for the first time that human embryonic stem cells can be genetically manipulated and coaxed to develop into mature T-cells, raising hopes for a gene therapy to combat AIDS.

The potential breakthrough was conducted by scientists from the UCLA AIDS Institute and the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine.

They found that it is possible to convert human embryonic stem cells into blood-forming stem cells that in turn can differentiate into the helper T-cells that HIV specifically targets. T-cells are one of the body's main defenses against disease.

The results of the study appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

If they were stem cells from illegal, flag-burning aliens they'd really be able to reap in the cash on the next fundraiser.

[NVMojo]

1. It's good news so you are right, fundies will crap!

[xchrom]

2. i hope they choke to death on their bile.

[monarch]

3. It presents a real dilemma for the fundies

Even without their opposition to genetic research they will be forced to decide whether they want gay people to die of AIDS or whether they want to hope that genetic therapies will eliminate homosexuality altogether.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. Of course gay people

should die of AIDS. It is the will of God.


blech

[Occulus]

5. Well, after their shameful display regarding the HPV vaccine

I think we can take it as a given that they will oppose any HIV vaccine.

[NMMNG]

6. Let them be p*ssed

That's really all they're good at doing, other than effing up peoples' lives.