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John Cottingham wrote: >As the federally-approved supply of embryonic stem cells shrinks, private universities and even states are jumping in to make up the difference. But without government funding, these efforts may not pay off, leaving the life-saving promise of the research -- therapies for genetic maladies like Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease -- unrealized. > > OK. That is one side, as I have said before if not in the US, discoveries will be made in foreign countries. They are not exactly standing still. As an aside, the US is loosing more and more its technological leadership, principally due to shrinking funding. Lets take a few of the Iraq billions and put them into research! >Breakthrough By NUS Team In Stem-Cell Storage >Led by Singapore pioneer, they create storage systems free of animal >cells, giving hope for human stem-cell trials >By Chang Ai-Lien - Straits Times, Singapore K. F. Etzold cg Carline ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn