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I for one, deeply appreciate you're doing the "shoveling up." What would we do without you? We'd be ignorant, and knee deep in it! Much appreciation, Charlotte Mancuso Phil Tompkins wrote: > In the current discussion we need to be very careful of where > information comes from and to examine it carefully to determine > any hidden bias. Bill Olsen wrote: > > > Whether or not we approve of using cells that are no longer needed > > for infertility treatments, we may soon see a sharp drop in the > > demand. Adult stem cells, found in nerve tissue, umbilical cord > > blood, and bone marrow,etc. provide a morally acceptable > > alternative that does not cause harm to human beings. > > > > Christopher Reeve testified to Congress that adult stem cells are > > no longer able to develop into a wide variety of tissues, yet > > Reeve' s own foundation did work proving the opposite which was > > submitted for publication on March 31, a month before the hearing. > > > > For more details, please go to the web-site at > > www.stemcellresearch.org/pr000829.htm > > > > www.stemcellresearch.org is not an objecive scientific website > backing stem cell research. It is registered to the Bannockburn > Institute for Christianity and Contemporary Culture, 2065 Half Day > Road, Bannockburn, IL 60015, which also has web site > http://www.biccc.org/ > > This organization is closely associated with the The Center for > Bioethics and Human Dignity, whose web site is www.cbhd.org. A > look at the on-line materials there reveals them to be anti-abortion. > > The pro-life folks, especially the National Conference of Catholic > Bishops, are gathering every shred of adult stem cell research to > try to demonstrate that embryonic stem cell research is not > needed after all!. We need to evaluate these claims carefully. > What most researchers are saying is that it is far too early to > abandon any approach. We haven't yet made dopamine-producing > cells from adult bone marrow. > > I will try to get to the bottom of the Christopher Reeve thing. It's > like being one of the guys behind the circus parade who shovels up. > > Phil Tompkins