Friday, December 16, 2011

Keeping the Embryonic Stem Cell Hype Alive by Creating a False Impression

Keeping the Embryonic Stem Cell Hype Alive by Creating a False Impression » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog: A front page story in the SF Chronicle, headlined “Keeping Hope Alive,” purportedly concerns local young woman named Katie Sharify, who was the last patient to receive an injection (adult stem cells made from embryonic) in Geron’s now defunct ESCR human trial. But her poignant personal story is wrapped around a meme seeking to convince readers that ESCR remains the great hope for cures.

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