Quick, hide — it’s a private company funding important research using adult stem cells!

A Memphis pioneer in stem cell research will now help advise an Israeli company pursuing a commercial stem cell based treatment for leukemia.

Man the alerts! This could be disasterous news for those adhering to the following liberal talking points:

  • stem cell research is illegal because President Bush is a stupid evil genius who hates black and disabled Americans
  • adult stem cells are not at all useful to scientists
  • stem cell research is not possible without (further expanded) Federal funding
  • stem cell research is worthless unless you get to destroy an embryo in the process
  • no new cures of any kind can be found until John Kerry is sworn in as President of the United States
  • etc.

If we keep this up, before long there will be polls showing that half of Americans believe privately-funded adult stem cell research is possible, legal and even useful in finding cures… or maybe it’ll turn out that we found stockpiled weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or learn that Saddam Hussein offered asylum to Osama Bin Laden in 1999. Any crazy thing is possible!

UPDATE: Mark A Rose has more good bad news.