I hate to see the misconceptions put out there about my field of study really I do. I would think that someone with a child with down syndrome would try to immerse herself in the information about what is out there for her child. Therefore to see this woman on television saying things like
I don't think we should create an embryo to destroy it for research purposes
it makes me soooo mad.I just want to SCREAM. I'm sorry, but abortion is legal. There are embryos that are being disposed of daily. Why not allow for the harvesting of those stem cells. Why not allow the release of additional stem cell lines. Another common misconception that Palin stated was something to the extent of there are other option.
Some adult cells are plastic, meaning they have the ability to change what they are based on the environment that they are in, but by and large most cells aren't. Embryonic stem cells are the only cells that truly possess the ability to become anything else.
I hope this is long enough to qualify as a diary. Sorry if it's not but I had to put that out there...