Wary Of Ethical Concerns, Desperate Family Turns To Apple Stem Cell Research
Nine-year-old Timothy Crane has been suffering the ravages of a brain tumor for almost three years, and fearing that his young body can’t hold out much longer the boy’s desperate family is turning to an unlikely source for a cure: apple stem cell research.
“We’re not a particularly religious family,” says father Alan Crane. “However, my wife and I are just wary of the moral and ethical issues that embryonic stem cell research entails. Now, we’re not scientists either, but I’ll be damned if there isn’t something to be said for the power of the apple. After all, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
Dr. Kristof Sturm, head surgeon at the Morgan Cancer Institute in
Pro-life groups immediately came out in support of the Cranes, but now a battle is brewing with environmentalists who warn that any toying with nature’s blueprints should be given a hard second look in the wake of such disasters as
But underneath all the political, ethical, and medical ramifications there is a sick little boy lying in a hospital room with bandages around his head—brave Timothy Crane, whose wise words should give us all pause.
“One night a nurse thought I was asleep and changed her clothes in front of me. My penis got all big and hard. That was cool.”
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