Rose raises a provocative point concerning the stem-cell hearings now
underway: What can we do?
Like Rose, I assume this is very important, for I have seen so much written
about it recently, and so many researchers say it is critical in the
research for a cure.
And, I too have seen no "call to action." Has there been one that I missed?
If there has been none, I am surprised and disappointed. Our national
organizations at the very least should have informed us of this hearing,
and let us do what we wanted to do. Better yet, they should have been
there with a program for us to follow - calls, emails, letters, the usual
list.
But that is all past. What is critical now is Rose's question: "What can we
do to help?"
Anyone have an answer? APDA? NPF? PDF? PAN?
Anyone?
Bob Dolezal
At 8:05 PM 12/3/98, Rose Rowton wrote:
>An article in todays Boston Herald said Researches who created controversy by
>growing human stem cells asked Congress yesterday to allow federal funding of
>such work, saying it might provide a cure for Parkinson's disease within a
>few years.
>But such breakthrought may never be fully realized if Congress decides current
>laws forbid such funding, they added. Stem cells have the potential to become
>any kind of cell, from blood cells to skin cells to brain cells. If that
>process can be controlled, they might be used for tissue transplants. The
>potential benefits of the work are rather aweinspiring, said Sen. Tom Harkin,
>(D-Iowa.)
>
>What can we do to help??????????
