Stem Cells

Actually the story came out a few days ago. I wanted to post then but I was waiting to see what the MSM had to say. I guess it took a few days to fact check this one. (editors thinking 'no, say it's not true' and probably conducting a secret funeral for the notion that conservatives just hated Michael J Fox, and Christopher Reeves...) Anyway, three days later they have the story:

Two teams of scientists are reporting today that they turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo — a feat that could quell the ethical debate troubling the field....

Researchers and ethicists not involved in the findings say the work should reshape the stem cell field. At some time in the near future, they said, today’s debate over whether it is morally acceptable to create and destroy human embryos to obtain stem cells should be moot.

“Everyone was waiting for this day to come,” said the Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center. “You should have a solution here that will address the moral objections that have been percolating for years,” he added.

Most likely, Nancy Pelosi has been crying for days. Ted Kennedy apparently has started drinking, and there are reports that Hillary Clinton is getting irritable and short-tempered with her staff. So they've either read the news, and are depressed by it; or, it's a typical Tuesday for the Democrats.