[TheForge] Way OT. Stem cell cures. (was: Doug Henderson )

[northpt at blarg.net]

On 30 Sep 2004 at 9:18, Bruce Freeman wrote:

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> 
> Unfortunately, human stem cell lines come from aborted fetuses.  You
> know the rest of the story.  The arch conservatives in office banned
> stem cell research, and that was the end of the story.
> 
> This is one of several reasons I'll be voting for Kerry this year.
> 
> Bruce
> NJ
> 

	The above is incorrect. There is no ban stem cell research. Only on federal 
funding of research beyound the existing approved lines. 

	From http://slate.msn.com/id/2104983/        

	....." But no such ban exists. Embryonic stem-cell research is unrestricted in 
the private sector. State and local governments can fund it as they wish. The federal 
government spent nearly $200 million on adult stem-cell research last year and 
nearly $25 million on research involving the roughly 20 approved embryonic lines. As 
today's Washington Post observes, what Bush actually did was "to allow, for the first 
time, the use of federal funds" for embryonic stem-cell research."