According to this article, scientists have basically found a way to get stem cells without killing the embryo. It's funny, because just the other night in Biology we were talking about stem cell research, and my teacher made it very clear that he felt we were living in the dark ages due to our resistance to develope stem cell research. "They're just cells! It's not a baby. If it is, it's one ugly, undeveloped baby."

The following quote confused me a little, though: "The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research, which advocates federal funding of stem cell research, cautioned that despite the goal of avoiding ethical quandaries, the new approaches 'will not sit well with many who oppose embryonic stem cell research.'" If killing embryos is no longer an issue, why would people oppose it? Because of the whole "playing God" aspect? Feel free to comment your opinion.