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I read in comments from the Catholic News Agency that this person would take the opinion of a "distinguished medical doctor over an entertainment personality." I couldn't resist suggesting that perhaps this quote would be valued from the American scientist that isolated the first embryonic stem cell and then also discovered the induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell: Dr. James Thompson said in the Washington Post: “A new way to trick skin cells into acting like embryos changes both everything and nothing at all. Being able to reprogram skin cells into multipurpose stem cells without harming embryos launches an exciting new line of research. It's important to remember, though, that we're at square one, uncertain at this early stage whether souped-up skin cells hold the same promise as their embryonic cousins do.” Other iPS cell researchers have also said that it would be premature to abandon embryonic stem cell research, which remains the gold standard for measuring how valuable the new cells will be. Nina "Circumstances determine our lives, but we shape our lives by what we make of our circumstances." On Apr 9, 2009, at 2:24 AM, rayilynlee wrote: > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > > > From: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:46 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Lying Liars.... > > > Hi, Ray - > I sent this to the List after reading your e-mail but it bounced > back because it wasn't in plain text. I'm not sure what that > means. Thank you for all you do. > > "Following is an excerpt from a letter sent to Oprah (The Oprah > Winfrey Show, 110 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606) on > April 2. > > "Contrary to what Dr. Oz said (March 31) embryonic stem cell > research is not a "dead issue." Michael J. Fox started to correct > him and said "with all due respect" but Dr. Oz and Fox's difficulty > Tuesday afternoon made it impossible for him to continue. > > "It is essential that research continue with embryonic as well as > adult stem cells - embryonic must not be supplanted - they are > unique and research will overcome the tumor problem. You have > access to Dr. Harold Varmus, Dr. James Thomson and so many others > who will refute Dr. Oz's unfortunate cavalier and arrogant emark. I > sincerely hope that you will pursue this......' > > I wanted to suggest that people on the List may want to write to > Oprah. > > Dolores Gross > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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