Experts rip Rove stem cell remark

[Kadie]

Experts rip Rove stem cell remark
Researchers doubt value of adult cells

By Jeremy Manier and Judith Graham
Tribune staff reporters
Published July 19, 2006


When White House political adviser Karl Rove signaled last week that President Bush planned to veto the stem cell bill being considered by the Senate, the reasons he gave went beyond the president's moral qualms with research on human embryos.

In fact, Rove waded into deeply contentious scientific territory, telling the Denver Post's editorial board that researchers have found "far more promise from adult stem cells than from embryonic stem cells."

The administration's assessment of stem cell science has extra meaning in the wake of the Senate's 63-37 vote Tuesday to expand federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The measure, which passed the House last year, will now head to Bush, who has vowed to veto it.

But Rove's negative appraisal of embryonic stem cell research--echoed by many opponents of funding for such research--is inaccurate, according to most stem cell research scientists, including a dozen contacted for this story.

The field of stem cell medicine is too young and unproven to make such judgments, experts say. Many of those researchers either specialize in adult stem cells or share Bush's moral reservations about embryonic stem cells.


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[rurallib]

1. Like he cares. Are they the base?

[Gabi Hayes]

2. update from the radio today: a WH spokesman, when challenged

to come up with ONE of the many studies to which Rove referred, admitted that he/they were unable to come up with a single instance

not one

what a surprise

an even bigger surprise?

M$M coverage of yet another filthy lie from a member of the Insane Clown Posse

[lapfog_1]

3. There was a freeper woman doctor

on MSNBC right after the veto "celebration"... and she parroted the same lines...

"Much more success with adult stem cells."

and

"Embryonic stem cells have/will only create cancerous tumors in recipients."

and

"Bush will be remembered in history as the 'Stem Cell President'"

Then they had Chris Matthews on to, apparently, provide counterpoint? :wtf:

Just another day with the ultra liberal MSM!!! :sarcasm:

[napi21]

4. There was a Dr. on the WJ the other AM who explained that issue.

Scientists have been working with adult stem cell research for about 30 years. Embryonic stem cell data was only discovered in 1998! It is was too early to have any positive or negative results yet!

[I_Make_Mistakes]

5. You are correct and she even countered the RW guest who cited

a news article that was published, but with no published scientific study to back it's claim. She just slapped him down and further described the claims of this article and where it was inaccurate in discribing the information it purported.

If I were more technical in the field of stems cells I would elaborate more, but from my understanding, broad claims were made about the cells used and they were not specific to a classification of stem cells. So, he was using a generic classification, but referring his discussion to a specific classification, thus, bs.