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New Stem Cell Strategy Gains Momentum! The Senate Considers Expanding Stem Cell Research in a New WayTake Action! Ask Your Senators to Support this New Plan! Recently, the Senate added a new section to the funding bill, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations--known in short as "Labor-HHS Appropriations"--that would provide an incremental measure to expand ethical embryonic stem cell research. The provision simply moves the date of the current federal policy on stem cell research from August 9, 2001, to June 15, 2007, while retaining the strong ethical guidelines contained in S. 5. PAN, along with the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR), is supporting this measure, but it does not diminish our efforts to override the President's veto and enact S. 5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act! Now is the time to educate your senators about this new stem cell strategy! Let them know that you support the incremental effort to allow more stem cell lines available for research, and tell them about the hope it provides you and your family for better treatments and a cure. We expect a vote on the larger appropriations bill before August but will keep you informed as we hear more about when the "Labor-HHS Appropriations" bill is headed for a vote. To read more about stem cells and PAN's endorsement of the new stem cell strategy, click here. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, you can unsubscribe here. Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn