Glenn McGee Quotations

Making a human embryonic stem cell, even from a nuclear transplant from an adult, in no way demonstrates that the embryo is going to be viable. I don't think there's a substantive ethical issue here - or a substantive scientific issue.

Only a properly funded US stem cell research program will guarantee oversight and the protection of all involved.

This whole scandal is incredible given the scope of collusion that has to be involved. Even if it's a minor error or data was exaggerated to get the research to market, it's still likely that this will turn out to be not just a bad apple, but a poisoned apple.

This research is significant because it suggests that it will be possible to create mouse 'models' of human brain tissue, enabling scientists to try out both stem cell interventions and other potential cures on living human brain cells without having to use humans in the process.

A stem cell trial like this without full review should just never, ever happen. The University of Pittsburgh should take the lead in the nation to ensure that this option is never provided, since they are the ones that did it wrong.

Ethics can get forgotten as other nations and private companies race to fill the void left by the president's reluctance to fund stem cell research. Only a properly funded U.S. stem cell research program will guarantee oversight and the protection of all involved.

The level of scientific fraud is unprecedented because it involves so many co-conspirators and a separate commercial dimension. It doesn't just tarnish science, it's going to expose science to the charge of crass commercialism.