Fictional account of stem cell research on TV this week

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

The following story will be on " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "

Friday night. I don't know if the story is correct, but the situation

is NOT authentic if they show it as written in the article. In truth,

the girl would NOT be impregnated as the egg woulf be in the womb at the

time in that situation. In actuallity they could remove the eggs and

use them (unfertilized).

Here is a portion of the article about the story:

A physician explains the intricacies of embryonic stem cells, describing

them as " the Holy Grail " of medical research for their potential in

treating disease.

The mother of a hopelessly comatose patient, impregnated so the doctor

can gain fetal cells despite federal restrictions, accuses him of using

her daughter as a " human petri dish. "

A third person weighs in, a wealthy Parkinson's sufferer who funded the

clandestine project. Out of the girl's tragic end, he pleads, " could

come a gift of life for many, many others. "

The people are fictional and so are the events. But the moral dilemma is

unnervingly real in this week's " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit " (10

p.m. EST Friday, NBC).

Remember that this is fiction.

Take care, Bill Werre

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

The following story will be on " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "

Friday night. I don't know if the story is correct, but the situation

is NOT authentic if they show it as written in the article. In truth,

the girl would NOT be impregnated as the egg woulf be in the womb at the

time in that situation. In actuallity they could remove the eggs and

use them (unfertilized).

Here is a portion of the article about the story:

A physician explains the intricacies of embryonic stem cells, describing

them as " the Holy Grail " of medical research for their potential in

treating disease.

The mother of a hopelessly comatose patient, impregnated so the doctor

can gain fetal cells despite federal restrictions, accuses him of using

her daughter as a " human petri dish. "

A third person weighs in, a wealthy Parkinson's sufferer who funded the

clandestine project. Out of the girl's tragic end, he pleads, " could

come a gift of life for many, many others. "

The people are fictional and so are the events. But the moral dilemma is

unnervingly real in this week's " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit " (10

p.m. EST Friday, NBC).

Remember that this is fiction.

Take care, Bill Werre