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> Subject: Boston Globe: New TV and Print Ad Campaign Urges Embryonic Stem > From: Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:21:46 -0700 The Boston Globe P.R.Newswire, 7/10/2001 13:34 New TV and Print Ad Campaign Urges Embryonic Stem Cell Supporters to Contact President Bush 'Samantha's Best Hope for a Cure' WASHINGTON, July 10 /PRNewswire/- The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is launching a major TV and print advertising campaign asking the public to let President Bush know they support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The ads, which are running on national and Washington cable programs and in key print news publications, feature Samantha, an 11-year-old with juvenile diabetes. Scientists believe embryonic stem cell research holds exceptional promise for cures for diseases like Samantha's, as well as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, heart disease, spinal cord injuries and others. The ads are aimed at increasing public awareness that embryonic stem cell research is not simply a scientific or a political issue, but an issue of human suffering and of great hope among an estimated 100 million American patients. The campaign reflects nationwide opinion surveys by several news organizations that show strong, widespread support for the research, including among Catholics, fundamentalist Christians and abortion opponents. President Bush is expected to decide any day whether to continue federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, under specific guidelines established last year by the National Institutes for Health. JDRF, the world's leading nonprofit, nongovernmental funder of diabetes research, was founded in 1970 by the parents of children with juvenile diabetes -- a disease which strikes children suddenly, makes them insulin dependent for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications. Since inception, JDRF has provided more than $410 million to diabetes research worldwide. In 2001 alone, the Foundation will spend $120 million and 85 cents of every dollar goes directly to research and education about research. JDRF's mission is constant: to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. For more information, visit the website at http://www.jdrf.org , or call 800-533-CURE. The full text of the ads -- including video streaming of the TV ad -- is available on-line at http://www.stemcellfunding.org . MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here http://tbutton.prnewswire.com/prn/11690X37206147 SOURCE Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation SOURCE: The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/dailynews/191/wash/_New_TV_and_Print_Ad_Campaign_:.shtml * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn