Stem Cell Story Correction

My correction based on my mistake--serves me right for racing to post something after midnight.

In Skin Cells Converted to Stem Cells, Rick Weiss describes a process that requires the use of the existing embryonic stem-cell lines that President Bush approved funding for.

As Weiss explains quite clearly in the second graf:

The technique uses laboratory-grown human embryonic stem cells -- such as the ones that President Bush has already approved for use by federally funded researchers -- to "reprogram" the genes in a person's skin cell, turning that skin cell into an embryonic stem cell itself.

No sale--not for consistent pro-lifers.

And though Weiss says "it could offer an end run around the heated social and religious debate that has for years overshadowed the field of human embryonic stem cell research," he doesn't quote any pro-life figures who agree. He may find some in future stories; I'm just saying they aren't in this one.

But, to conclude, my bad. Slow down.