The Good Ol' Days of Josef Mengele

Saw this in the UK's Independent:

British scientists to create 'synthetic' blood

Human embryos will be used to make an unlimited supply for infection-free transfusions

A major research project is to be announced this week that will culminate in three years with the first transfusions into human volunteers of "synthetic" blood made from the stem cells of spare IVF embryos. It could help to save the lives of anyone from victims of traffic accidents to soldiers on a battlefield by revolutionising the vital blood transfusion services, which have to rely on a network of human donors to provide a constant supply of fresh blood.

The multimillion-pound deal involving NHS Blood and Transplant, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service and the Wellcome Trust, the world's biggest medical research charity, means Britain will take centre stage in the global race to develop blood made from embryonic stem cells. The researchers will test human embryos left over from IVF treatment to find those that are genetically programmed to develop into the "O-negative" blood group, which is the universal donor group whose blood can be transfused into anyone without fear of tissue rejection.

Funny thing is, there are no human "donors" here, and no "synthetic blood" being manufactured at all. The concocted blood soup is a replication of blood extracted from HUMAN EMBRYOS. I haven't seen any embryos raising their hands to participate in this experiment.

The aim is to stimulate embryonic stem cells to develop into mature, oxygen-carrying red blood cells for emergency transfusions. Such blood would have the benefit of not being at risk of being infected with viruses such as HIV and hepatitis, or the human form of "mad cow" disease. The military in particular needs a constant supply of fresh, universal donor blood for battlefield situations when normal supplies from donors can quickly run out.

But developing blood made from the cells of spare IVF embryos will raise difficult ethical issues for people not happy with the idea of destroying embryos to create stem cells. It also raises the intriguing philosophical question of whether the synthetic blood will have come from someone who never existed. In theory, just one embryo could meet the nation's needs.

The comments to this article are just as enlightening as the article itself. It sheds a lot of light on the debauched and darkened mentality that "science will save us," and "it's just a glob of disposable tissue."

Gosh, I'll bet these people are lamenting the good ol' Nazi days, aren't they? They probably have regrets, getting rid of Hitler and his famous mad scientist, Dr. Josef Mengeles. Because those guys with all their knowledge and daring-do could have been SO USEFUL in this day and age. Rats!