Linda This is good news--17 million more supporters for SCNT. How best to throw in our support? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda J Herman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 7:27 AM Subject: American Diabetes Association supports Sen. Feinstein's cloning bill > FROM: Genomics & Genetics Weekly > July 12, 2002 > > SECTION: EDITOR'S CHOICE; Pg. 7 > > HEADLINE: REPRODUCTIVE CLONING: ADA takes positive position on > therapeutic > cloning, rejects reproductive cloning > > BYLINE: Lynn Yoffee, senior medical writer > > The American Diabetes Association during its 62nd Annual Scientific > Sessions > in San Francisco, California, called upon the U.S. Senate to consider and > pass > the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002. It will allow scientists to > search > for a potential cure to diabetes through a scientific technique known as > therapeutic cloning or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). > > The legislation also establishes a process to review all proposed > therapeutic > cloning research within the United States and criminalizes and prohibits > research that pursues reproductive cloning aimed at the cloning of > another human > being. > > "The promise of therapeutic cloning for people affected by diabetes is > now > too important to ignore," said Christopher Saudek, MD, president of the > ADA and > professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, > Maryland. > "The U.S Senate must help the scientific community resolve the uncertain > legal > environment facing top-notch research that could help find new therapies > and > maybe even find a cure for diabetes. If the Senate does not act to define > our > nation's approach toward therapeutic cloning, America runs the risk of > driving > important research overseas and possibly placing important breakthroughs > out of > reach of millions of Americans affected by diabetes." > > The ADA expressed strong opposition to legislation seeking to > criminalize > therapeutic cloning. This legislation aims to ban all forms of medical > research > using therapeutic cloning and would jail Americans seeking a therapeutic > cloning > procedure overseas upon their return to the United States. > > "Therapeutic cloning is the next step in the science that brought us > the > ability to make human insulin and other proteins that have saved hundreds > of > thousands of lives," said Francine Kaufman, MD, president-elect of the > ADA. "Now > is the time to ensure that physicians and patients have access to > life-altering > and life-saving therapies by allowing scientists to continue with > therapeutic > cloning without fear of reprisal. A delay in passing the protections > contained > in the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002 is unacceptable. Frankly, > the 17 > million Americans with diabetes can no longer live with the status quo in > diabetes management. Scientists must have the ability to search for a > cure to > diabetes within the ethical framework guaranteed by the Human Cloning > Prohibition Act of 2002." > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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