Comments on: It's alive! It's alive!

By: Lindsay-Lohan

Lindsay-Lohan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:18:50 +0000

hmm.. usefull info

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:46:25 +0000

I couldn't agree more with Shock Troop's assesment. If we keep increasing the average life expectancy in the world's population, eventually we're going to simply run out of room for people to live. I don't want to sound inhumane, but people have to die to keep our world as habitable as possible. Having 10 billion people (hypothetically) on Earth would cause us to more rapidly run out of non-renewable resources, as well as drain our renewables possibly faster than we can bring them back. We shouldn't stop researching new ways to prolong life, like medicines and surgery, because that could potentially start a population decline... Just learn when and where to apply them.

By: Wally

Wally — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:33:33 +0000

Wow...then if we eat too much, we can use truely say, "I'm pig'n out." Why not just let the person die rather than rake up the insurance premiums!

By: Beach

Beach — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:24:19 +0000

If the research is allowed to proceed without religious interference as manifested by how our politicians respond (or not) on the issue, we might have had cures for cancer, heart disease and other afflictions. Stem cell research holds the promise not to replace our faith in any or all gods or in our daily practice of religion, but to help ALL mankind, regardless of beliefs.

Stop spending trillions on war and better our lives and our children.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:59:06 +0000

As far as religion, churches dont mind movin forward in adult stem cell progress, its embryonic stem cells that cause disagreement. Their hasn't been any outcome from embyonic stem cells.

I don't know if i'd take a pigs heart, Its like having live bacon shoved down your throat. But if you could do a heart, what about a hand. If i had no hand, I'ld definitely replace it with a tiger paw.

By: courtenay

courtenay — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:35:37 +0000

I do not see an ethical problem here. This is a wonderful breakthrough and will eventually help millions of people have more productive and healthy lives. Growing your own body parts is closer to helping one's self recover. You yourself are taking charge and taking control over your own body, now that is something!

By: jonathan

jonathan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:15:45 +0000

When ever anyone is refering to stem cells the truth gets muddled. When you are talking about stem cells you have to be specific. There is a difference between embryonic stem cells, which many Christians have moral qualms about, and Adult stem cells. Adult stem cells are your own and that is what this procedure would use. No perceived life would be extiguished. And it must be said that embroynic stem cells are a hopeful idea but has had very little to no success in doing what scienctists and celebritys dream. Adult stem cells however has had significant success. Its your stem cells which means you dont have the problem of your body rejecting the organ.

By: Franko

Franko — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:42:11 +0000

We need to try brain transplants.
Human to Elephant first ? Elephant to Killer Whale ? Pig to Human ?

Greeks had the Minotaur, way ahead of our time !

By: Thomas Happ

Thomas Happ — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:39:18 +0000

I guess the pig's heart is a stepping stone to being able to grow new human hearts. I guess the question is if it's better to have a human heart made of someone else's cells or to have a pig heart made of your own cells?

By: loober

loober — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:50:15 +0000

Hee, haw a pigs heart. It seems that too many humans already have a pigs heart when it comes to their fellow humans and the earth in general