It is frustrating when a quote is picked up out
of context and used to suit the purposes of the
writer. Numerous editorials have picked up on the
quote from Ronald D.G. McKay, a stem-cell
researcher at the National Institutes of Health,
who was quoted in the Washington Post "People
need a fairy tale."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A295
61-2004Jun9.html
He was speaking about Alzheimer's not about ESC
research in general. If you go to his NIH website
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/about_ninds/labs/25.htm
you will find the following:
"We have also shown that embryonic stem cells
can be manipulated to generate both CNS stem cells
and the terminal neuronal/glial fates of the CNS.
This opens up an exciting field where we are using
the power of genomics and genetics to analyze the
development and function of cells in the mouse and
human nervous systems.
The clinical potential for stem cell technology
is increasingly recognized. In our group we have
focused on clinical models of neurodegenerative
diseases including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and
demyelinating disease. Work from our group may
also have important consequences in other areas of
medicine including diabetes, heart disease and
cancer. "
Nina
"Circumstances determine our lives, but we
shape
our lives by what we make of our
circumstances."
Sir John Wheeler
Bennett, a British historian
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