Bush's tenacity pays off! He's right, so it seems, for a change.

Well, it looks like it can be done -- that is, stem cell colonies can be populated without (intentionally) destroying embryos in the process. It hasn't been fully "authenticated" yet, but it surely seems certain that, if not today, then quite soon, it will be accomplished.

The diagram (left) plucked (no pun intended) from the Seattle Times shows in a graphic that I call, Embryonic Stem Cell Plucking for Dummies, how a single cell can be taken from an embryo and used to generate an entirely new colony of cells that might (theoretically) be used in the many ways that embryonic stem cells might be used -- to save lives, create or repair human organs, eliminate certain diseases, provide unheard of (today) medical breakthroughs, etc.

More to come, but I feel justified in supporting Bush on this matter (my brother, Richard from Connecticut, and I owed him support on at least one issue) as the stem cell research moves inexorably ahead.