Comments on: The Great Lie of Stem Cell Coverage http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2006/07/17/the-great-lie-of-stem-cell-coverage/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robb Heier http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2006/07/17/the-great-lie-of-stem-cell-coverage/#comment-2603 Robb Heier Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:06:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2006/07/17/the-great-lie-of-stem-cell-coverage/#comment-2603 Here is some more poor coverage of the issue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071700740.html Here the author (among other things) misrepresents current federal funding for stem cells. For a more extended critique see here. Here is some more poor coverage of the issue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071700740.html

Here the author (among other things) misrepresents current federal funding for stem cells. For a more extended critique see here.

]]> By: quitter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2006/07/17/the-great-lie-of-stem-cell-coverage/#comment-2602 quitter Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:22:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2006/07/17/the-great-lie-of-stem-cell-coverage/#comment-2602 I'll forgive you for not explicitly saying what the big lie was, that in fact, the 60 stem cell lines were more like 8. But what is also infrequently mentioned is that with all the paperwork and obstructions put in the face of this research is that to obtain one of these lines often takes 1-2 years. That's how long it took us. That's time not doing research, not publishing papers, not getting results, falling behind the rest of the world and generally, failing at science as a nation. I’ll forgive you for not explicitly saying what the big lie was, that in fact, the 60 stem cell lines were more like 8.

But what is also infrequently mentioned is that with all the paperwork and obstructions put in the face of this research is that to obtain one of these lines often takes 1-2 years. That’s how long it took us. That’s time not doing research, not publishing papers, not getting results, falling behind the rest of the world and generally, failing at science as a nation.

]]> By: Fred Bortz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2006/07/17/the-great-lie-of-stem-cell-coverage/#comment-2601 Fred Bortz Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:48:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2006/07/17/the-great-lie-of-stem-cell-coverage/#comment-2601 Hey, Chris, if you're going to suggest people read the on-line excerpt, start with the fun part. If you have a flash player, turn up the volume on your speakers a notch, and go to http://www.waronscience.com/home.php?flash=Y Then click on "Excerpt." That's better than simply following the above link and skipping the intro with its clever visual and sound effects. Hey, Chris, if you’re going to suggest people read the on-line excerpt, start with the fun part.

If you have a flash player, turn up the volume on your speakers a notch, and go to
http://www.waronscience.com/home.php?flash=Y

Then click on “Excerpt.” That’s better than simply following the above link and skipping the intro with its clever visual and sound effects.

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