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Ediacara

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Thu Oct-26-06 03:54 PM
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5. I think those last 17% have problems with the word "embryo"

Stem cells are taken from a human embryo in its very early developmental stages which looks like this:

There are literally millions of these things frozen in fertility clinics that are discarded as medical waste. I think many people (even among the 83%) think that stem calls are taken from an aborted foetus or something similarly horrible.

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