Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Tuesday, November 02, 2010 1:31:41 PM
When I was growing up, I remember learning about
Sickle Cell Anemia, a truly dreadful disease that afflicts mainly (or exclusively, I've forgotten which) black people. It was for awhile perhaps the most publicized disease in America for years, until it was supplanted by AIDS. When AIDS appeared, the ADD media forgot about SCA. This could not have been good for research funding.
While reading a pro-life publication this past weekend, I was startled to find that promising results are being achieved in the treatment of SCA. I'll bet you hadn't heard about it either. Right now you're yelling "What are they doing, Hermit Crab, and why don't I know about it??"
Here we run into a nasty collision of science and politics.
The reason you haven't heard about it is because the results are being obtained through the use of adult stem cells. The media is not interested in promoting adult stem cell research (which shows great promise); they are interested in promoting embryonic stem cell research (which so far has produced nothing but tumors). You see, if they promote embryo-destroying stem cell research, they believe they can further dehumanize the unique human life that the embryo is the first stage of, so that the abomination of abortion can be promoted. So, even though the scientific news that adult stem cells are being used to treat a deadly (and formerly politically "popular" disease) is important and wonderful, they would rather not let you know about it, for fear that you will demand that government and private research change focus toward the more promising adult stem cell research.
The media have made their choice, it seems. Sorry, mostly-black sufferers of Sickle Cell Anemia. It's more important to promote embryonic stem cell research and abortion than it is to promote research and treatment that may save your life.