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Another Stem Cell Breakthrough!

I have a vested interest in stem cell research.  As such, I’m a little touchy on the subject.  In November 2004, I wrote about how SOME politicians were pandering the issue for votes.  I was immediately shut-up by the immediately press release of a major stem cell breakthrough, that being helping with incontinence ( the poops ).  This major breakthrough didn’t live too long in the press before other politicians started pandering to the same issue.  Once again, I got my feathers all ruffled up.  It sort of eased my aggravation when the pre-poop scoop Johns lost pandering to Christopher Reeve.  But, it kinda made my blood boil a little bit when the politician pandering to the ultra-shaky Michael J. Fox won.  I figured the issue was dead at that point.  Well, looks like I was wrong again.  We’ve apparently had yet another major breakthrough that should appease the Democrats for a couple of more years:

Stem cell technique helps women grow their own implants

Women have grown their own breast implants through pioneering stem cell treatment, it emerged yesterday.

Scientists harvested the stem cells from the women’s own fat and encouraged them to form breast tissue.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong here, but didn’t John Edwards, John Kerry, Michael J. Fox, and Claire McCaskill and a WHOLE bunch of Democrats assure us that Bush banned stem cell research?  Didn’t they?  Surely something’s bad wrong here.  If Bush banned stem cell research, why do we keep having all these stem cell breakthroughs?  Maybe it’s because this breakthrough came from Japan that will give them all an out?  But, that’s not exactly an out.  You see, Bush only didn’t fund certain types of embryonic stem cell research.  Does anyone know the difference between embryonic stem cells and stem cells from “women’s own fat“?

Now, I could have taken the EASY way out on this one, and just gone with the “how great this breakthrough is so we won’t have more messes like Tara Reid” angle:

Don’t get me wrong, this is a hell of a lot bigger than the poop scoop from a couple of years ago.  And, I will eat crow and admit this is probably what Claire McCaskill was envisioning all along.

H/T to Independent Sources for the heads up!

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    1. Tara Reid Blog » Tara Reid May 25, 2007 2:19 pm on May 25, 2007 8:48 pm

      [...] space.moonagewebdream.com/?p=607 moonagewebdream.com/?s=tara+reid [...]

    2. Stem Cell breasts ( again ) | Moonage SpaceDream on March 30, 2009 11:58 pm

      [...] I thought, very cool!  Just in time for the Obama stem cell announcement.  Obama says it’s OK, bam!  We have a breakthrough.  See how stupid Bush was for not allowing all this fantastic research?  Only thing is, this ain’t new: Stem cell technique helps women grow their own implants [...]

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