NJ plans a referendum to milk voters of $450 million for embryonic stem cell research:
Assemblyman Neil Cohen told The Associated Press that the plan, if approved, would make New Jersey a global leader in stem cell research, hailed by scientists as key to therapies that could help people who are paralyzed or have illnesses ranging from diabetes to Parkinson's disease.It appears he didn't mention that adult stem cell researchers are well on their way to developing treatments for diabetes (more here and here) and Parkinson's disease (more here and here). Help me understand. Why is taxpayer's money being spent on speculative research that destroys human embryos, especially when superior alternatives exist?
