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Men, gird your loins. I have but one testicle to give to science. I'm keeping the other. >From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Mouse Testicle Cells Similar To Human Fetuses >Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:45:18 -0700 > >If the mouse testicle cells are similar to embryonic I'm wondering if >opponents of ESCR wouldn't consider that using them for research would also >constitute embryocide. > >I like mice; saved one from drowning in my pool in CA. They made >themselves at home and I had to exterminate them, a crime for which I still >suffer to this day. They have sacrificed so much for humanity. Lets hope >testicle cell donation will not result in pain and loss of life. >Ray, a mouse person >----- Original Message ----- >From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 10:16 PM >Subject: Mouse Testicle Cells Similar To Human Fetuses > > >>March 26, 2006 >>Amrita Rajan >> >> >>The fruit of your loins might just be an end to the suffering of millions >>worldwide. >>According to German scientists, cells from mice testes "closely mimic" >>embryonic stem cells, i.e. they can transform into almost any type of body >>tissue. >>All stem cells - whether embryonic or not - possess three characteristics: >>"they are capable of dividing and renewing themselves for long periods; >>they >>are unspecialized; and they can give rise to specialized cell types." The >>problem, however, is to keep the stem cells unspecialized in laboratory >>conditions until they are needed. Thus far, embryonic stem cells are the >>only >>ones that scientists have been able to stabilize as required. That process >>took 20 years to master. The discovery of the mice testes, therefore, is >>significant. >>Of course, in case the lab results can be duplicated in humans, many >>people >>will be happy for more than purely scientific reasons. In case you missed >>it, >>a lot of people have been very unhappy about the "embryonic" in embryonic >>stem cells. To find cures for diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's >>are of course noble goals, but the fact that those cures might come from >>the >>yet unrealized corpses of future generations of humans was too much to >>swallow for some people. >>Some people who vote. And others who just pray - loudly. >>And so the news that we don't have to wait for the sperm to make its way >>into >>an egg for science to advance is no doubt very good news. Now, we can go >>directly to the source and hope that there is not much difference between >>man >>and mouse. >>It is too early to know what the proponents of Intelligent Design are >>thinking >>but it is possible that in the interests of scientific achievement they >>will >>take the stance that when the Designer was Designing us all, He knew we >>might >>have need of mice to point us in the right path. >>Only time, or An Entity not quite God but suspiciously like Him, can tell. >> >>Amrita Rajan lives and lives to write in NYC. [Was that too cute for you?] >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn