Stem-cell claim gets cold reception - Carbon nanotubes used to reprogramme adult human cells?

Ill admit im in the dark about stem cell reasearch. As I "believe" most human beings are, but this article published in freerepublics.com by David Cyranoski & Monya Baker has me wondering why we are not looking in to it as much as we should. As much as we know about stem cells there is even more that we dont know. Last year, researchers led by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University were able to reprogramme adult skin cells (using carbon nanotubes as a vesel for complex proteins) into a stem cell like pluripotent state... Sounds really confusing, but to dum it down, it really means that the new stem cell like pluripotent can be molded into any of the bodys cell types. Wich is good news for cancerous patients. The nanotubes carry cancer targeting drugs, proteins and DNA2 into the cells wich then get absorbed and start expressing proteins. Why not fund this claim, well the cells work for about 14 days. After that the cells stop producing as fast as they started. True embryonic stem cells and iPS cells exhibit pluripotent markers and proliferate quickly and endlessly.We still have a lot of work ahead and the best thing we need right now is a boost in the right direction. I really hope someone speaks up and convinces whoever we need to convince that this is not a waste of time. You might win a Noble Prize.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982727/posts#comment

The Iniquities and Inequalities of War.

"George W Bush admitted that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was aimed primarily at seizing predominant influence over its oil by establishing permanent (the administration favors "enduring") military bases." What the hell man. No Weapons, no Al-qaeda, false statements from the man we follow, unwanted prejudice, war, war, war, oil for Democracy. 8 years of deception and lies is far enough. Thank God a new election will slay our power hungry parasite to an extent. My question is, "Why did we let it go on for so long? Why did we suck at his teets all these painfull years?" It's not that we were blind or naive. We just needed 8 years of proof to show us the way. Ray McGovern touches on some issues including troops, weapons, lies and the money we are trowing away to insure we get what we could go with out. Its not healthcare ( wich about 50 million americans go without every day), but oil. But hey "Is the oil we need worth all the GIs killed every week." Sadly, right now it is.

http://www.counterpunch.org/mcgovern02012008.html