Thread: The need for stem cells.........
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:24 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fxashun View Post
My ethical foundation is sound. I do have a disease. I have been on dialysis for 18 years. And even though there is medical technology in the works that might provide me with an unlimited number of kidneys that match me, I don't think we should be manipulating the genetic structure of animals like that. Especially by mixing human genetic material.
And when that medical technology is perfected, will you take advantage of it? Or will you continue living with the pain and sorted side effects of dialysis? Are you out protesting the mixing of these genetic materials that may if fact help you one day? I don't ask you this in the realm of challenging you, I simply wonder where you stand on the issue.