Mal Contends

Michael Leon blogs at http://malcontends.blogspot.com. Michael is a writer living in Madison, Wisconsin. His writing has appeared nationally in The Progressive, In These Times, OpEdNews.com, and CounterPunch.

Stem Cell Breakthrough in Parkinson's Cure

From the London Independent comes word of a breakthrough in treating Parkinson's disease. The Catholic Church, predictably, does not like such fare.

Reports Steve Connor:

A potential cure for Parkinson's disease has come a significant step closer today with a study showing that it is possible to treat the degenerative brain disorder with cells derived from cloned embryos – a development condemned by the Roman Catholic Church.

 

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Finally got one.

Finally had an advancement in embryonic stem cell research, heh? Took ya long enough. If only the feds would fund it some more because those greedy profiteers drug companies don't see the promise in the science...

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