August 18, 2005

Fetal tissue heals burns. An experimental therapy that uses skin cells grown from an aborted fetus successfully healed severe burns in eight children, sparing them the need for skin grafts. Did you hear that noise? That was the sound of Bill Frist's head exploding.
posted by smallish bear 19 years ago
  • Ach, well...and I thought it was the Pope's.
  • Uh...Fine Young Cannibals? /not awake yet
  • The only sound I hear is the rift between right and left growing much wider.
  • Fetal tissue also goes well in beetroot butties.
  • You sick fuck.
  • Well its use-by date was nearly up, and I was hungry...
  • *gags, swallows*
  • I hope this doesn't become a political issue. If I were a politician on either side of the aisle, I wouldn't touch this with a 40 foot pole. That said, does anyone want to start a pool on when we'll see a republican memo on a scheme to use this issue to divide america for political gain?
  • Use tissue from a fetus that wasn't a desired conception to save eight kids that are cherished and wanted from horrible pain. Obviously, this is wrong.
  • BlueHorse, I agree 100%. I've had two miscarriages, and I'd feel much better knowing my painful experiences helped someone. I wasn't given that option, though.
  • Here comes the ineviltable fetus farms and rampant feministic communism! (And homo sex. I'm sure we can work homo sex in there somehow if we try hard enough.)
  • And here I've always thought it was butter you rubbed on burns. Good to know.
  • Wrong, TenaciousPettle. There is only one substance that has been proven to effectively treat burns consistenty. And I don't think that I need to even mention that substance's name.
  • Beetroot?
  • Baby beetroot is really delicious.
  • What a terribly 'Uncle Monty' thing to say. I shall try and weave it into a conversation today.
  • Borscht is pretty good too.
  • Beetroot cut into matchsticks and briefly friend in butter...yum!
  • *pop*
  • Was that the sound of a sole braincell dying in loneliness?
  • Don't make me come down there, young lady!
  • *waggles hands at ears, sticks out tongue*
  • *Fires up the kitfistomobile*
  • Oh yay, Kit's coming for the meetup! (^_^) Mission accomplished.
  • Why I aughta...!
  • You've got foetus on your breath.
  • finally(!) some good may come from all the fetus-filled garbage bags in my garage. thanks, science!