Has the Media Again Ignored an Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough?

Human Liver Grown from Cord Blood Stem Cells--Media Ignores UK Breakthrough
Wesley Smith charges media deliberately ignore advancements using adult stem cells
By Gudrun Schultz

NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom, November 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A group of British scientists has achieved a major breakthrough in stem cell technology, growing the world’s first artificial human liver in a laboratory, using stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood. The achievement has been largely ignored, however, by North American mainstream media.

The UK Daily Mail reported yesterday on the work of Newcastle University researchers Nico Forraz and Colin McGuckin, who have successfully grown ‘mini-livers’ capable of being used to test new drugs and, in future years, of providing life-saving treatment to patients in need of liver transplants.

Researchers predict the science, with none of the ethical concerns associated with the use of embryonic stem cells, will be used to repair damaged livers within the next five years, and within 15 years whole artificial livers will be grown to be used in transplants.

And where are we with the "Lifesaving Cures" being proposed by embryonic stem cel research...left with empty promises of cures but with grandiose plans to take taxpayers' money.

Let's all hold our breath until this great achievement is broadcast on the evening news!