Eighty percent of the treated rats recovered normal functions, compared to 20 percent given a placebo. To find that stem cells would work to repair damaged brains was an unprecedented advance in and of itself. But to so quickly find such a rich, unlimited and noncontroversial source of stem cells in umbilical cord blood makes the potential to quickly move to human trials so much more of a reality. While I'm opposed to ending research on embryonic stem cells, it would certainly be desirable to have other sources. I'd hate to force believing Catholics to choose between violating their consciences and dying of Parkinson's disease.
Nobody wants another decade of senility.
The more important idea, I think, is that the groups involved are environmental hate groups . They are not just tree-huggers in a hurry. Mainstream environmentalists, who enjoy the support of the very sorts of suburbanites these hate groups are using arson to drive out, have an affirmative responsibility to distance themselves from these groups. And reporters should apply the same standards they apply to other hate-filled extremists, and extend the same sympathy to their victims. Peshev was a pretty ordinary hack for most of his career.