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Amanda the people commenting on my letter were off the mark, one thought I, rather than the opposition, was imagining cells were people, others got into climate change, the Dark Ages, etc. Nobody talked about the actual procedure. Our biggest problem is getting people to understand what it is. I will keep trying. -----Original Message----- From: A Phillips Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Arizona is Anti-Science take any primary school (that's grade school to Americans) , look up the definition of a living being, copy that out and send it to these idiots. It goes something like this - "A living being is something tha survives as an independent being, eats, excretes and reacts to it's environment then dies". Ever seen a human egg strolling down the road or eating a sandwich ? > Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 10:00:41 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Arizona is Anti-Science > To: [log in to unmask] > > For the first time, scientists have used cloning techniques — inserting > genetic material from adult cells into unfertilized human eggs — to create > embryonic stem cells. Therapeutic cloning (SCNT or somatic cell nuclear > transfer) could lead to cures of countless diseases like the Parkinson’s > that is slowly turning my body to stone. > > Can you possibly imagine what it feels like to hear opponents of SCNT > argue that these microscopic undifferentiated cells are people who should > have 14th amendment rights? Or to ban such research? The Center for > Arizona Policy has helped our very conservative state legislature do just > that. And Republican controlled state legislatures across the country are > waging war on science. > > The New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory was responsible for this > advance. We must wait and wait for other states or countries to find a > cure for just one disease that will defeat this cruel opposition. > > > Rayilyn Brown > Past Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > Surprise, AZ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn