July 17, 2006

ACSH Signs Letter in Support of Stem Cell Research
This week sees a showdown between Congress and President Bush, who has
promised to veto a bill that would expand federal support for stem cell
research.  ACSH has joined hundreds of other organizations in signing a
letter supporting the science behind the pending legislation, which is
competing with alternative, more restrictive bills for possible passage this
week.
(On a related but lighter note: ACSH Trustee Dr. Lee Silver, author of the
pro-biotech book Challenging Nature, is scheduled to appear on Comedy
Central's Colbert Report tonight, July 17, at 11:30 Eastern.)
The text of the joint statement (with many of the initial signatories listed
below):

July 14, 2006
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator:
We the undersigned patient advocacy groups, health organizations, research
universities, scientific societies, religious groups and other interested
institutions and associations, representing millions of patients,
scientists, health care providers and advocates, write you with our strong
and unified support for H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.
We urge your vote in favor of H.R. 810 when the Senate considers the measure
next week.
Of the bills being considered simultaneously, only H.R. 810 will move stem
cell research forward in our country.  This is the bill which holds promise
for expanding medical breakthroughs.  The other two bills -- the Alternative
Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act (S. 2754) and the Fetus
Farming Prohibition Act (S. 3504) -- are NOT substitutes for a YES vote on
H.R. 810.
H.R. 810 is the pro-patient and pro-research bill.  A vote in support of
H.R. 810 will be considered a vote in support of more than 100 million
patients in the U.S. and substantial progress for research.  Please work to
pass H.R. 810 immediately.
Sincerely,
Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis
Affymetrix, Inc.
Alliance for Aging Research
Alliance for Stem Cell Research
Alpha-1 Foundation
ALS Association
Ambulatory Pediatric Association
American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for Dental Research
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological
Surgeons
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
American Brain Coalition
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Council on Education
American Council on Science and Health
American Dental Education Association
American Diabetes Association
American Gastroenterological Association
American Medical Association
American Medical Women's Association
American Pain Foundation
American Parkinson's Disease Association (Arizona Chapter)
American Parkinson's Disease Association
American Pediatric Society
American Physiological Society
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society for Cell Biology
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists
American Society of Hematology
American Surgical Association
American Surgical Association Foundation
American Thyroid Association
A O North America
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research
Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine
Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology
Association of Academic Physiatrists
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of American Universities
Association of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Chairs
Association of Independent Research Institutes
Association of Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
Association of Medical School Pharmacology Chairs
Association of Professors of Medicine
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Association of Specialty Professors
Association of University Anesthesiologists
Axion Research Foundation
Biotechnology Industry Association
B'nai B'rith International
Broadened Horizons, LLC
The Burnham Institute
California Institute of Technology
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Californians for Cures
Campaign for Medical Research
Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Children's Hospital Boston
Children's Tumor Foundation
Children's Neurobiological Solutions Foundation
Christopher Reeve Foundation
The CJD Foundation
Columbia University Medical Center
Cornell University
CuresNow
Cure Paralysis Now
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Duke University Medical Center
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Emory University
The Endocrine Society
The FAIR Foundation
FasterCures
FD Hope Foundation
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
Fertile Hope
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Friends of Cancer Research
Genetics Policy Institute
The Gerontological Society of America
Hadassah
Harvard University
Hereditary Disease Foundation
Huntington's Disease Institute of America
Institute for African American Health, Inc.
International Foundation for Anticancer Drug Discovery (IFADD)
International Longevity Center -- USA
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Iraq Veterans for Cures
Jeffrey Modell Foundation
Johns Hopkins
Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Lung Cancer Alliance
Lupus Research Institute
Malecare Prostate Cancer Support
Marshalltown [IA] Cancer Resource Center
Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Association for Biomedical Research
National Caucus of Basic Biomedical Science Chairs
National Coalition for Cancer Research
National Coalition Cancer Survivorship
National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council on Spinal Cord Injury
National Health Council
National Hemophilia Foundation
National Medical Association
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Prostate Cancer Coalition
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
National Venture Capital Association
New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research
New York Stem Cell Foundation
New York University School of Medicine
North American Brain Tumor Coalition
Northwest Association for Biomedical Research
Northwestern University
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Parkinson's Action Network
The Parkinson Alliance and Unity Walk
Parkinson's Disease Foundation
Pittsburgh Development Center
Project A.L.S.
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum International
Quest for the Cure
Research!America
Resolve: The National Infertility Association
RetireSafe
Rett Syndrome Research Foundation
Rice University
Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins
Rutgers University
Secular Coalition for America
Society of General Internal Medicine
Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Society of Reproductive Surgeons
Society of University Otolaryngologists
Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology
Society for Education in Anesthesia
Society for Male Reproduction and Urology
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Pediatric Research
Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Society for Women's Health Research
Stanford University
Stem Cell Action Network
Stem Cell Research Foundation
Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Student Society for Stem Cell Research
Take Charge! Cure Parkinson's, Inc.
Texans for Advancement of Medical Research
Texas Medical Center
The Forsyth Institute
Tourette Syndrome Foundation
Travis Roy Foundation
Tulane University
Union for Reformed Judaism
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California System
University of Chicago
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Dakota
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
University of Southern California
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University and Medical Center
Washington University in St. Louis
WE MOVE
WiCell Research Institution
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research and Education
Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory University
Yale University

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