[Nepharski]

These right-wing religious nuts will stop at nothing to interfere with science. They claim to be pro-life, yet they won't allow the proper research of something that can save lives. I highly doubt this controversy will be solved by a nose. When something sounds to good to be true, it probably is...

Actually, Mojo...every Christian I've ever spoken to about Stem-Cell research was ONLY against it because the cells had to be gathered from fetus, thereby costing the lives of unborn children (Saving lives, perhaps...but the research was also costing them). That's it. The onlt thing they don't like, is that these embrios have to be killed to get them. Basically, this new discovery means the one thing Christian's don't like about Stem-Cell research...is gone! Obsolete.

I see good things for the future.

Indeed. The ability to grow a whole new identical bodypart would greatly advance the field of medical practice in areas that were previously too complex. Such as the eye, the retina, the hand, etc.

The question is though, would anyone attempt to create a brain, or a whole human? Or maybe they would begin a self sustaining race of advanced creatures that looked identical to us? Or what if a deadly genetic disease was created as a result of the research? How would such a thing be contained? How would the public respond to the inevitable holocaust-like mass execution of all the carriers?

...By golly, I like your thinking.