Date sent: Mon, 5 May 2003 10:45:49 -0700 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: Greg Wasson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Stunning News - Pennsylvania Researchers Turn Stem Cells to Egg Cells - Thought to be Impossible To: [log in to unmask] > It doesn't get much bigger than this article from the NY Times. This > is to me a huge and stunning piece of news. It may well be the most > important news for the chronically ill this year, because it goes to > the bedrock arguments of the opponents of therapeutic cloning, and if > applicable to humans, as most mouse stem cell experiments are, it > overcomes a substantial hurdle to the production of new, > uncontaminated stem cell lines in abundance using therapeutic cloning. This discovery, if it holds true, will also revolutionize the entire divorce and child-custody scenario, as it will enable men to have babies without the need for women. All one needs is to develop a reliable artificial gestation device (an artificial uterus), and we are not far from that. It will set gender/radical feminism on its ear. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn