"Ethical" Stem Cell Research?

The story seemed a mite suspicious when I first heard about it - scientists developing a method of extracting stem cells for research from "embryos" without having to kill them ... now, it seems evident that this isn't exactly the wonderful panacaea that we'd been promised. Ryan T. Anderson writing in FIRST THINGS:

"Recent reports of scientists creating “ethical” embryonic stem cells are false or misleading. And there is reason to be very concerned ... "... In essence, the new report says that a single cell can be removed from an embryo at the 8-cell stage, and the remaining 7-celled embryo will continue to develop unaffected. The single cell removed would then be cultured to produce embryonic stem cells. Everyone is a winner ... "... As the original report in Nature and their accompanying news coverage make clear, the researchers did, in fact, destroy many human embryos in the process of creating these stem-cell lines. This, of course, belies the content of the headlines and also calls into question the ethical reliability of those involved in this research project ... "... In the end, the scientific community must affirm its commitment to search for cures while also respecting the innate dignity not only of the people they seek to help but also of all human beings, at whatever stage of their development. Only stem-cell research (and all other research) proposals that treat the embryonic human being as a subject of full moral worth can succeed."