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when is the larry king live airing for which we should call in? michelle new orleans, la 32/30 -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Barb_MSN Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 1:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: U.S. elections: Gov. Bush and stem cell research Linda H and All... Vis a vis stem cell research, It seems that some US politicians haven't learned that once the genie is out of the bottle, it's impossible to force it back into that bottle! Perhaps it would make these hard core "anti stem cell" politicians get the picture if folks in the USA begin donating funds to Australian and other non-US-based researchers who strongly advocate stem cell and other similar research in order to FINALLY come up with a cure for PD and like diseases. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Linda J Herman <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:54 AM Subject: U.S. elections: Gov. Bush and stem cell research >FROM: United Press International >September 22, 2000, Friday >SECTION: GENERAL NEWS >LENGTH: 369 words >HEADLINE: Bush White House would end stem cell research >BYLINE: By MARK KUKIS >DATELINE: SUN CITY, Fla., Sept. 22 >BODY: > > If elected president, George W. Bush would end stem cell research >involving >human embryos, a controversial practice that was cleared last month for >federal >funding by the National Institutes of Health, an aide to the Republican >presidential candidate said Friday. > > "It's something we would take steps to remedy," a Bush campaign health >policy >adviser said, on condition of anonymity, as the candidate suggested an >increase >in NIH funding by $67 billion over 10 years. > > The adviser said Bush's public stance against medical studies using >tissue >from frozen embryos would lead a Bush administration to cut off federal >funds >for embryonic stem cell research, which the NIH approved in August by >lifting a >yearlong moratorium. > > Stem cells, formed in humans and animals at the beginning of life, >have the >ability to produce a variety of specialized cells in the body, such as >muscle >cells or nerve cells. Scientists believe they can cultivate stem cells to >produce healthy tissues to either augment or replace ailing organs. > > The kind of stem cells used in research, "pluripotent" cells, can >develop >into many different cell types, but they cannot grow into a fetus. >Because of >this, the NIH said federal law, which prohibits embryo research, does not >preclude funding for research using pluripotent stem cells. > > But the research is opposed by many anti-abortion groups because it >involves >destroying tissue that could, if implanted in a woman, develop into a >fetus. > > "Governor Bush as a pro-life candidate does not support things that >would be >the potential taking of a life, so that's why embryonic (research) is >problematic for us," the adviser said. > > Doctors believe stem cell research, however, has the potential to >revolutionize medical treatment in areas ranging from Parkinson's disease >to >paralysis. A ban on stem cell research would undercut many ongoing >scientific >studies. > > PAGE 2 > United Press International September 22, 2000, Friday > > > In conjunction with its decision in August, the NIH issued guidelines >stating >that federal funds for stem cell research can be used only if the cells >were >derived from frozen embryos that had been created for the purpose of >fertility >treatment and were not subsequently needed. They cannot be taken from >aborted >fetuses. > >LANGUAGE: ENGLISH > >LOAD-DATE: September 23, 2000