Alternative to embryonic stem cells:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=stem-cells-from-fat-cells

We all know who won't like it, since no embryos need to die for it. But for the rest of us, a promising breakthrough--and like the scientist says, there's lots of fat to go around.

It goes to show, moral restraints aren't roadblocks to progress--they merely channel one's energies in new directions.