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For a staid instituttion, Harvard seems to be heads infront of the pack. Bravo et bravissimo! Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Camilla Flintermann" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:34 AM Subject: News: Clinic to provide embryos > HI all-- I don't think Murray caught this yet---in today's Boston Globe > there was this announcement, carried in our Dayton area paper--- > > "The nation's largest fertility clinic will begin providing leftover > embryos Harvard U. scientists for stem cell research , a deal that could > make the Cambridge campus one of the world's top suppliers of embryonic > stem cells. > In a field dominated by corporations and secretive research, the open > arrangement is the first major effort to crate new supplies of the coveted > cells since pres. Bush's speech... > Boston IVF, an organization of fertility clinics...said it has thousands of > frozen embryos that could provide stem cells. It plans to begin contacting > donor couples for permission to use their embryos. > A private medical foundation will fund the arrangement. Harvard researchers > plan to offer the new stem cells to any interested scientist at no cost, > with no commercial restrictions. > Under Bush's policy and scientist who drew from this supply would be > ineligible to use taxpayer funds..." > > > I say, hooray for Harvard ! > > Camilla Flintermann, former CG for Peter 83/70/55 > Oxford, Ohio > <[log in to unmask]> > > on the web at http://www.geocities.com/camillahf/index.html > and also at http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm > > "Ask me about the CARE list for Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! " > And visit the CARE webring at http://www.pdcaregiver.org > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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