I agree wholeheartedly king! In fact... let's go one step further... Let's end medical research ALTOGETHER! We're never gonna cure the right diseases and after all it's just a way for liberal / socialist researchers to suck off of the teet of the Federal government right?

Where would we be today if Jonas Salk thought the way you do... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

PP - Embryonic stem cells can transform into any type of cell, and can replicate easily. The thought is that one day (soon) we'll be able to generate spinal cord tissue with them and thereby repair damaged spinal cord cells (which, like heart cells, don't regenerate.)

p.s. I gotta feelin' a smart feller like yerself already knew the answer to the question posed above.