Via Universal Hub - Earlier this week, the Herald wrote what they probably intended to be a thoughtful editorial on the stem cell debate. But all that changed once they kicked off the piece with the following sentence:
There is a story going around town - one now verging on urban myth - that somewhere in the basement of a Thai restaurant in Allston is a refrigerator that is home to a number of newly created stem cell lines.
What is perhaps the world's most awkward transition follows:
Perhaps it doesn’t matter whether there’s any truth to the story, because like most myths it tells a larger truth - in this case one about the absurd lengths to which scientists must go to comply with the federal red tape around the issue of stem cell research.
Oh, who cares about the finer points of the debate? All we care about are the stem cells chilling in a Thai restaurant fridge. It's not something that's going to happen every day. Have you heard about this urban myth? We e-mailed the Herald for names, and we waited a few days, hoping we'd find out which Thai Restaurant offers a side of stem cells. They have not yet responded. We're waiting!
Image of tasty Thai food from Flickr user Charles Haynes.
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