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Ray, A critical analysis of Prentice's claims about adult stem cell treatments was published by Science Magazine in July 2006. It disputes many of his claims. You can read it online at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1129987/DC1 We need to make the legislators aware of this analysis. There is also an interview with Shane Smith, one of the authors of the analysis at: http://www.grassrootsconnection.com/vip_shanesmith.htm Linda -- "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Thanks, Linda, for confirmation that the GDNF trials DON'T BELONG AT ALL IN THIS REPORT. I've been telling people this, but don't know as much about it as I do about Turner. In case you didn't know, Turner had a DBS to obtain his brain cells, but Dr. Levesque says he was never turned ON. It is hard for me to imagine anyone going through this ordeal and not being turned on to find out how well it worked. I had 2 DBSs. I just saw Prentice on C-Span this AM and he was claiming he never said cures, just "helping".....however, the White House pamphlet and the FRC "Adult Stem Cells Nine Faces of Success" definitely give a different impression. I was reading a blog last night where I was in a discussion about Turner and one person actually looked this FRC pamphlet up and admitted it makes it appear that Turner was cured. Prentice's lies about Parkinson's, testicular cancer and spinal cord injury and who knows how many other treatments have succeeded in convincing people that ESCR is unnecessary. One PIEN list member just told me that a pro-life Democrat who was going to vote for HR3 changed his vote when the amniotic fluid "breakthrough" came out. Apparently he never read or ignored Dr. Atala's (the head researcher at Wake Forest) statement that AFSCs should not be considered a substitute for ESCs. Like the WMD lies that got us into the Iraq mess, these lies are making scientific progress overwhelmingly difficult. How this "witch doctor" is allowed on TV is beyond me. Does anyone know what his academic credentials are? Bush and his clones are indeed building a bridge to the 11th century. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:13 AM Subject: Re: White House Report on SCR Ray, The phase II GDNF trials using pump infusion delivery were indeed promising, but they were halted by the trial's sponsor - Amgen --in September 2004. PD Patients cannot receive this treatment. Also it never involved stem cells of any type. The company claimed the trials were stopped due to finding lesions in the brains of a few test monkeys. Some researchers believe the lesions were caused by sudden withdrawal from high doses of GDNF - not from the protein itself. There was no evidence of harmful side effects in the trial participants. Many patient advocates believe thhe trial was halted for economic reasons. Other delivery systems for GDNF are being studied, but they are all at the pre-clinical stage right now. At any rate - it doesn;t belong on this report. Also note the document doesn't state who is responsible for this report - only the "White House Domestic Policy Council" The report should be challenged, as the Prentice list was last year. Linda -- rayilynlee < wrote: Linda, the print on p. 55 is too small for me to get the point of this. Do they not mention the fact that these trials were stopped because of fear of tumors or something in monkeys? I may have gotten this wrong, so could you clarify? This "Christian" man who speaks to God and all his "Religious Right" clones have no trouble insisting on LYING to get their way. I think this is what bothers me the most about them. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:08 AM Subject: Fw: White House Report on SCR ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- The White House has just issued a report which on page 11 makes a claim of ASCs for Parkinson's. You can access it: <http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/healthcare/stemcell_010907.pdf>. Ray ------------------------------------------------------ yes and on page p.55 they cite Slevin's 2005 article from Journal of Neurosurgery on GDNF Read it and weep.... I mean really weep! 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