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In response to this article, I would like to say that upon contacting my US Representative's office urging that he support federal funding of embryonic stem cell research I was told that he does not support embryonic stem cell research but does endorse adult stem cells for research purposes. His letter to me states, "Adult stem cells have been found to be as good or better than fetal stem cells in clinical applications." Now... I have some serious doubts that this man has done any in-depth research on this subject. Of course, he has been quite busy lately...he has just gotten his son a $50,000 a year job with our state's department of transportation by making a phone call to one of his political cronies. His son had had no prior experience in the position he was so fortunate to have "won." Up until his employment with our IDOT he had had a lawn mowing service. But that did not keep him from being hired over veteran employees with many years experience and seniority. This has been front-page in our local paper for weeks. I dislike sounding so cynical, but when I think about the serious need for finding a cure for so many afflictions, I find it disgusting to have to appeal to or depend on some of our "morally superior" public servants. Dee ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn