Michael Fox told Oprah that President Obama's lifting the ban on Embryonic Stem-Cell Research (ESCR) was a step in the right direction and the United States has to make up for lost time (Presiden't Bush's fault). All of this on national television. It was like the Wizard of Oz gone mad.
Down the right road came Dr. Oz, who stated: "I think Oprah, the stem-cell debate is dead. The problem with embryonic stem-cells is that embryonic stem-cells come from embryos, like all of us were made from embryos. And those cells can become any cell in the body, but it's very hard to control them, and so they can become cancer." Ophra responded in disbelief from her yellow brick road, "In the last year, we've advanced ten years?" Dr. Oz responded, "We went places we never thought we would go. Within single digit years, the medical community could find cures, not only for people with Parkinson's disease, but also diabetics and heart attack victims by using adult stem-cells. Thanks to recent scientific discoveries, stem-cells aren't the only solution. We went to a place we never thought we would go. I can take a little bit of your skin, take those cells and get them to go back in time so they're like they were when you were first made." Dr. Oz continued, "These skin cells, which contain your genes, are less prone to cancer and will be the ones that are ultimately used to cure Parkinson's."
Oprah and Michael Fox, I think are lost on the yellow brick road. The scarecrow gave them the wrong directions at the fork of the road.
The shame of all of this, is that a great amount of time, talent and dollars are being diverted into funding killing rather than curing.
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