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Arthur, I knew you would get the facts. Thank you! Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Hirsch" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Old Enough to Remember; Young Enough to Learn > From the Encyclopaedia Britannica, I learn that Frederick Chapman > Roberts, Thomas H. Weller, and John Franklin Enders did some key work > in the development of the polio vaccine, for which they received the > Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1954. They used human > embryonic skin and muscle cells. > > See: > http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9063856/Frederick-Chapman-Robbins > > ...but it appears that the actual vaccine was made using monkey kidney > cells. > > So I guess it is fair to conclude that it was work with embryonic > cells that led to the development of the polio vaccine, even if > embryonic cells are not used in the process of manufacturing the > vaccine today. And if I understand Bush's rules, that research can > not be done with U.S. Government funding today. > > The trick was to keep the viruses alive by keeping then in a living > medium - so no, Maryse, they could not use dead cells. > > Art > > > At 02:21 AM 10/3/2006, Maryse wrote: >> > not the >> > cells of a dead fetus. >> >> >>can they use dead cells? I thought they had to be live ones but am not >>sure >>Maryse > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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