<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>2perfectboys</b></i>
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote> sakasuka
But research using the most versatile kind of stem cells - those acquired from human embryos - is currently opposed by powerful critics, including President Bush.
"It will probably be five to eight years before we see a treatment being widely available," he said.
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This would not not benefit CFRD....as other's stated, CF is not Type I, it's more of the mucus problem
but what's more interesting is that as it stands in the US right now, this does not even have much hope, due to our current political stance....so much for America having the best medical advancements</end quote></div>
Actually, in this instance, they are not harvesting stem cells from embryos. They are extracting stem cells from the patients blood....it's a relatively simple procedure. using the bodies own stem cells actually makes the stem cell debate obsolete.