commenter, wholly ignorant of where embryonic stem cells come from but illustrating the risk of framing a contested moral issue as "sexy, hot":

" What a doer and a shaker this gent Gordon Carmichael is. Turning cannibalism into jobs and cold hard cash! Way to go…. "

" A fetus has to torn apart in order for it to be “sexy science”? "

" "We have put ourselves on the international map,'' Carmichael told me when I met him at StemCONN 2011, a symposium for the research community where he was introduced as the "Connecticut Poster Boy" for stem cell research. "It leads to more money, more people. We have become a much more appealing place." "

" But amongst the believers at StemConn 2011, a stem cell research symposium today in Farmington, I found some new hope for the future. In just five years, we have gone from one lab at Yale University to 100 labs and 200 researchers doing groundbreaking work that could transform the state's economic future. "

" Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expressed support for Connecticut's fledgling stem cell industry Tuesday, saying the state should maintain its backing of research and development beyond the 10-year, $100 million investment already committed to the industry.

" "Connecticut supports you and your work," Malloy said to an audience of scientists, researchers and business officials at the StemCONN 2011 conference, which is state's annual gathering of the stem cell industry. "We see great hope and promise in what you are doing." "

" For the third time since 2007, researchers, legal experts and vendors gathered Tuesday for StemCONN — a bustling mix of science, commerce and cautiously hopeful conversation about the ever-changing field of stem cell research. "

" Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy will welcome attendees at StemCONN 2011, a full-day symposium on stem cell research that will take place Tuesday, March 22, at the Marriott Hotel in Farmington, CT.

" "Stem cell research is paying off," said Governor Malloy. "This important work is attracting talent and capital to the state as well as providing new approaches to treating debilitating diseases." "

" A federal judge's stunning preliminary injunction against using federal funds for human embryonic stem-cell research has thrown labs throughout the country — including cutting-edge University of Connecticut —- into scramble mode. "

"With state money, researchers have opened the central labs where new stem cell lines can be cultivated. In states w/o public financing, scientists have no way to pay for research on new lines, and that has drawn several sought-after researchers to CT."