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From: "Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research"
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 03:25:51 GMT
Subject: National Stem Cell Call in Day to Capitol Hill
Urgent Action Alert
National Stem Cell Call in Day to Capitol Hill
A Bi-Partisan Group of Representatives is Writing
President Bush Urging Him to Expand the Current
Federal Policy on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Tuesday April 20th Will Be National Stem Cell Call in Day to Capitol Hill
Call Your Member of Congress if He/She Has Not Signed Onto the
Castle(R-DE)/DeGette(D-CO)/Cunningham(R-CA) /Dooley(D-CA) Letter
Urge Them to Sign onto the Bi-Partisan Letter
And Support Medical Research Immediately
The Letter Will Be Sent to President Bush After Tuesday April 20th!
View a Co-Sponsor List of Representatives in the following email
If Your Representative Is NOT On the List Contact Him/Her Immediately! If
Your
Representative Has Already Signed Onto the Letter, Thank Her/Him.
We Need Additional Support As We Look To Send This Letter To President
Bush After April 20th!
To Locate Your Representatives Phone Number Please Visit
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Click on Your State to Find Your Representative's Information
And Call Your Member of Congress in Support of Embryonic Stem Cell
Research
Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to treat and better
understand the deadly and disabling diseases that affect more than 100
million Americans, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's,
Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and many others.
When President Bush announced his stem cell policy in August 2001, we did
not foresee that the 78 lines available for research at that time would
not be sufficient. Tell your Members of Congress the challenges with the
current policy are the following:
While it originally appeared that 78 embryonic stem cell lines would be
available for research under the federal policy, now, more than two years
after August 9, 2001, only 15 are available to researchers.
All of those 15 lines are contaminated with mouse feeder cells, making
their therapeutic use for humans uncertain.
Scientists are reporting that it is increasingly difficult to attract new
scientists to this area of research because of concerns that funding
restrictions will keep this research from being successful.
This promising field of research is moving overseas. We have already seen
researchers move to countries such as the United Kingdom, Singapore,
Israel, Sweden, and Australia, which have more supportive policies.
Embryonic stem cell research is about saving and improving lives. Please
go to: www.camradvocacy.org for more information on this issue. Be sure
to Call, your representative and tell them to support stem cell research.
Make your support of Embryonic Stem Cell Research known!!!!!
Current Signers on the Castle/DeGette/Cunningham/Dooley Stem Cell Letter
to the President as of April 15, 2004
-- see next email
Linda
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