Abortion row fears over eye cure
[Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/default.stm ]
The restoration of a blind woman's sight using foetal tissues is likely to sparked ethical debate, say scientists.
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I am not even going to touch the ethical implications of this. However, the prospect that these scientists have successfully treated degenerative eye conditions is tremendous. I hope that further research will enable some of the ethical problems to be resolved. The articles does hint at possibly harvesting stem cells from adults.
The restoration of a blind woman's sight using foetal tissues is likely to sparked ethical debate, say scientists.
permalink: comments: feedURL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss091.xml
I am not even going to touch the ethical implications of this. However, the prospect that these scientists have successfully treated degenerative eye conditions is tremendous. I hope that further research will enable some of the ethical problems to be resolved. The articles does hint at possibly harvesting stem cells from adults.
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