Independent Online
A senior scientist at a government biomedical research laboratory has been thwarted in his efforts to conduct experiments on possible treatments for the new coronavirus because of the Trump administration’s restrictions on research with human fetal tissue. The scientist, Kim Hasenkrug, an immunologist at the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana, has been appealing for nearly a month to top NIH officials, arguing that the pandemic warrants an exemption to a ban imposed last year prohibiting government researchers from using tissue from abortions in their work.
According to several researchers familiar with the situation, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity about the sensitive internal dispute, such experiments could be particularly fruitful. Just months ago, before the new coronavirus began to infect people around the world, other U.S. scientists made two highly relevant discoveries. They found that specialized mice could be transplanted with human fetal tissue that develops into lungs- the part of the body the new coronavirus invades. These “humanized mice,” they also found, could then be infected with coronaviruses – to which ordinary mice are not susceptible – closely related to the one that causes the new disease, covid-19. More
NIH needs to send Hasenkrug’s ass to China. Not only will they let him do whatever research he wants, he’ll have first-hand contact with COVID-19. Up close and personal.
If abortion was rare (as it was sold) they would need to find some other vehicle…. I love the part where they refer to butchered babies as “material”……. come on asteroid!
Ghouls gonna ghoul.
“According to several researchers familiar with the situation…”
So tired of this formulation, journos.
Whatever the ghouls are claiming about dead baby stem cells can be done, and done better, and probably has already been done better with adult stem cells. But dead baby parts experiments are like socialism: They’ve just never been done right, but this time will work.
Work with what you have, are sole, this disease needs you to remove your head from your rectum and get to work. The cure may have have already been found, idiot.
He should expose himself to the disease and then experiment on his own flesh! or a member of his family could volunteer! Does he have kids?
Why does this asshat need fetal tissue to experiment on a virus that mostly effects the elderly?
Because he dosen’t, this is just an excuse.
Screw him.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Or, in this case, trump up the hysteria over a cold virus.
How’s about no, you fucking ghoul.