Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Korean stem cell rout...

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Jonathan King wrote:

> I now Mike is really annoyed by Bush's order, and I am, too.  But what
> annoys me most was the fact that Bush was told that we did not, in
> fact, have really enough existing stem cell lines to support near- to
> mid-term research as a matter of fact, but Bush claimed that we did. 
> In retrospect, it was one of the first well-known cases where the
> administration twisted or invented facts so that they appeared to
> support a policy position that was developed independently of the
> facts.

Maybe you could provide more details for this one, because I hadn't 
heard about this elsewhere.  My recollection at the time was that there 
was the claim that stem cell lines existed, but I don't remember any 
claims about it being sufficient.

Another point that my right wing email newletters make - as you said it 
basically means that the government isn't allowed to fund further stem 
cell lines.  But that doesn't stop private industry from doing the same. 
 Their point is that private industry has chosen not to do this, and 
the question is "why?" - the presumption being that private companies 
don't think it has a big enough chance of actually producing anything 
useful.  I have to admit that I am not knowledgable enough to know if 
their presumption is reasonable.

Stephen

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