Wrong reasons fuel embryonic stem cell research

An editorial from the St. Louis Review exposes why embryonic stem cell research is still being pushed despite the advances of using adult stem cells.

All the research indicates that despite what promoters of ESCs promise, adult stem cells do better and have a proven and successful clinical history.

So why is this story so difficult to get out? Money. Hundreds of frozen embryos whose permission is not needed to harvest their cells are regarded by some researchers and drug companies as a "natural" resource waiting to be exploited.

Science already tells us that there is no reasonable justification for preferring fetal stem cells to adult stem cells. An enormous monetary investment has been made in the untested idea of fetal stem cells as miracle cures, and those behind the campaign of misinformation are seeking to protect their investment.

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