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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (14737)	11/16/2006 11:55:04 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Embryos are cells that are alive, but if they're not going to be fertilized and gestated Embryos are fertilized. Before fertilization you don't have embryos you have sperm and ova.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (14737)	11/16/2006 12:08:02 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

Embryos are fertilized and have all the genes necessary for an entire human being if implanted.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (14737)	11/16/2006 1:43:03 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"There is certainly no 'killing and processing' of babies to extract embryonic stem cells. None whatsoever." I believe the dispassionate term is extract (or harvest). They extract the cells. So if you extract my heart for transplanting into another human without my consent while I am alive would that qualify as 'killing and processing' or would it just be extracting? "Embryos are cells that are alive" They are a complete genetic blueprint for a human. They result from an ovum being fertilized by spermatozoa (human embryos). In the case of adult stem cells, harvesting or extracting them does not generally result in the termination of further growth as an independent organism.