I did. “Viable embryos have been created from dead people by […] a controversial fertility scientist […] ‘This man preys on the strong desires of the most vulnerable people in society - giving them false hopes,’ says Robin Lovell-Badge.”
Sounds even more like a recent B-grade movie than The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Leaving aside the “funding bodies” jokes and there are several, what kind of a bogus argument is this? The research is illegitimate because he can’t get a grant for it? Since when does “ability to fundraise” equal “scientifically valid”? All you scientists in the US who want to work on stem cell lines other than the, what, 11 that Bush allows, hate to break it to you but your research is unjustifiable because you can’t get funding for it in the US.
:::climbs down off soapbox:::
All that being said, the guy is still kind of creepy and we now return you to your regularly scheduled joke thread.
I fail to see how using cadaver tissue makes it invalid research. Verrain is happy to explain the work of The Wistar Institute and medical research in general with me. IIRC severl important cancer cell lines were taken from cadavers. Alloderm was certainly developed through research with cadaver tissue, considering the fact the product is made from cadaver tissue.
Of course, since I can’t get the link to work, there’s the possibility that the man means corpses which have been dead so long that no viable cells could be extracted. This would be an entirely different matter.
I believe Smith would remind us that Animals are beneath us. But that even the Lords of the Instrumentality are pleased to render honor to the Scanners.
So, has astro started making plans to raise his mutant army yet? "Cause it looks like we’re going to be needed to overthrow our evil Cow Zombie opressors.
Of course, being the cook, I will be serving in a non-combat capacity. Hmm. I’ll have to take some survivalist cookbooks along. I’ll be needing recipies so I can properly cook the Cow Zombies the soldiers bring back from patrol.