Stem cell student bloggers
I wanted to give a quick shout-out to some students today.
William Gunn, at Tulane gives his take on a raft of stem cell papers on his blog, Synthesis.
Raja Anand, in Belgium, has put together an impressive collection of links.
And of course, the frighteningly energetic Attila, whom I've had the pleasure of meeting in person blogs on PIMM.
Now, Red Pill, Chris Scott, California Stem Cell Report, you're all great, but there's a certain energy to students, getting started in a field and sharing what they're learning.
Comments
Thanks very much for the mention, Monya!
Posted by: Mr. Gunn | October 25, 2007 07:30 PM
I don’t understand how people think that scientist taking embryonic stem cells from a dead baby is more wrong than abortion which is killing the baby in the first place. If the public would understand more about the embryonic stem cell research, they would realize that this would be saving living people’s lives. And I think that the argument that adult stem cells do the same things as embryo stem cells is very weak and stem cell research would be much further in progress than it is if people would actually know what they are arguing about because emryonic stem cell research will eventually prove to be a very large step in medical treatment for many different types of diseases and disabilities.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Embryonic stem cells are not "taken from a dead baby" but from a 3-6 day-old ball-shaped embryo that has never been inside a woman's body. The embryo is destroyed (an active process) to collect the cells from which embryonic stem cells are derived. So, just to clarify: "dead baby" doesn't quite work in the description, because the blastocyst is actively destroyed rather than simply turning up dead and because a blastocyst is not a baby.
Posted by: Tr11 | November 5, 2007 05:27 AM
Thank you so very much for your comments and (indirect) encouragement, Ms Monya!
Indeed it’s a great support at the beginning stage of my studies on the field of stem-cell biology, which I am learning myself (http://cornucopianotebook.blogspot.com) enthusiastically as well as initiatively (because of do not have specialised academic curriculum on the field).
Experiencing of an exciting nature of the field of stem-cell biology along with combining your appreciations are giving lots of boosts to do more as well as be part of the stem-cell communities towards help people live healthier and feel better…!
Thanks, once again!
Posted by: Raja | November 13, 2007 11:10 AM