Stem Cell Research is really progressing at a rather
slow pace ; the World Transhumanists are placing some hope
upon a Singularity , where technological progress accelerates
at an incredible ; and potentially unpredictable rate .

In my opinion this would be preferable to the snails pace of
progress that we see now .
Others however , possibly including R.R.Hedges , have seen
that certain applications of technology can be destorted and
abused for personal ; and short lived gain .

What has been accomplished , is the sequencing of the human
genome , initialization of various proteomics projects ;
gradually improving computer power , a necessity if we're
really going to be able to comprehend the intricate behavior
of various molecules and biochemical pathways .
Also a few new ways of imaging biological samples , in particular
scanning tunneling microscopes , NASA has a version that's handheld;
maybe someone will miniturise this even further and mass produce
it , possibly as a PC peripheral or integral part of a mobile
Personal Assistant [ PDA ] or whatever.
Some of the biological pathways are known for certain unique cells,
in particular , blood cells .

What needs to be accomplished , readily available and comprehensible
information for everyone ; not many can afford to subscribe to
Science Journals .
A compendium of developments that are moving us towards
Physical Immortality , not just hodge podge developments.
Freedom for everyone to hold the hope of Physical Immortality and
contribute , when able , to this ; without religious , political ,
economic or other pressures to the contrary .

Regards Stem Cell Research , in particular , Embryonic Stem Cell
Research , the science as it is presently , may appear rather
primitive , especially as it has yet to be coupled with the wealth
of information available from the Human Genome Project .
However this basic research needs to be done , there's no way that
this is irrelevant or incorrect , just the interpretations we place
upon the results.

To say that embryonic stem cell research is irrelevant and of no
use is to say that we developed from something that was unviable
and non-essential ; whereas there's a wealth of evidence to the
contrary. This is very much an adult perspective , especially of
those who have a distorted ' inner child ' as part of their
personality .
If this research helps people in the present then this might
be seen , for now , as an extra benefit , relative to what the
situation has been to date .
Embryonic Stem Cell research is condoned in Israel , a nation
that remembers the holocaust and continues to learn from that
unfortunate experience , I'm not certain how other groups from
the extermination camps view this research .

For regenerative purposes one might prefer a ' drug ' that
reprogrammed adult cells , simulating the environment found in an
enucleated egg , and possobly gene therapy to correct or enhance
the cloned cell . Selective application of telomerase might be
appropriate.

Part of the necessary structure will be , readily available and
inexpensive , bio-reactor to ' grow ' tissue for transplantation.
This is something that can be very readily accomplished with our
present technology.


The most important aspect to all of this though is a desire to
experience Physical Immortality ; without that any other apparent
progress is meaningless .




Has anyone tried Human Growth Hormone , does consumption of this
increase the likelihood of cancer ?


I read recently , possibly at the ScienceDaily website , about
the effects that Hydrogen Sulfide has upon cells and animals ,
a very dilute intravenous injjection of this slows down the
metabolism remarkably ; essentially placing the animal in suspended
animation or hibernation . The process is reversible by introducing
higher levels of oxygen into the environment . Possibly a survival
mechanism from the time when Hydrogen Sulfide levels varied
considerably more than they tend to nowadays .

An animal in this state is less susceptible to injury and trauma.
NASA are investigating this for astronauts who may experience
long periods in space , in transit between plants , for instance .

The June 2005 edition of Scientific American might cover this
specific aspect of suspended animation .

A consideration if progress is going to be as slow as we're
observing presently .