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The former Senator (R-MO) and U.N. Ambassador explains how his party’s been hijacked by the “religious right” in his NY Times editorial. (Click link above) Then watch his commercial supporting the MO Stem Cell Initiative. (Clink link below) |
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Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD, medical research scientist and physician, is interviewed in this interesting report from Washington University in St. Louis. Provides a look at the medical and ethical aspects of stem cell research and legal issues in Missouri. |
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Richard J. Mahoney is the subject of this Washington Post report. Though a lifelong Republican, Mahoney is adamant in his disapproval of the President’s stem cell policy and proposed bans by Missouri legislators. He explains why the check he wrote to Senator Jim Talent’s campaign never got mailed - and why others won’t be written. |
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Click on the link above for a list of the more than seventy diseases, each targeted by stem cell research in the quest for treatments and cures. |
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Eighty American scientific and medical Nobel laureates urged President Bush to fund embryonic stem cell research. Read their letter. Note that they agree we should pursue all varieties of stem cell research. |
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If a picture is worth a thousands words, then watching this pair of videos equates to reading a book. In the first video we see a lab mouse with a spinal cord injury, effectively paralyzed from the “waist” down. Watch how he drags his hind legs. (click on “before”) Later, the same mouse was treated with SCNT derived stem cells. Watch the second video to see the results. (click on “after”) |
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NOTE: These are large files, over 5 meg each. Please allow time to download. |
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Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, or SCNT, was first performed on mouse cells in Australia by Dr. Megan Munsie. Here’s an article from “Down Under” describing both the process and the promise, and how the Australian government has responded. |
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After numerous email requests for “the best” FAQ’s, we searched the web. This one from the International Society for Stem Cell Research is comprehensive and understandable. If you find a better FAQ page, please email the link to: |
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You asked for it… The Best Stem Cell FAQ page |
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Click on the link above for a power point slide show presented by the Stem Cell Action Network (SCAN). Visit their web site at: http://www.stemcellaction.org
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Click on the link above for a thoughtful explanation of how pro-life and pro-stem cell positions need not be in conflict. Indeed, Senator Hatch explains they are one and the same. |
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Studying a potential stem cell treatment for Multiple Sclerosis, an Italian medical research team infused iron particulates into neural stem cells. When the cells were injected into lab rats, the iron particulates effectively became homing devices that were visible in MRIs. This allowed the medical research team to “track” the stem cells’ migration! |
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Click on the link above to read the information from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This is the governmental body that controls the stem cell lines for which federal funds may be used. |
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Dr. Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania explains why stem cell research regulation is necessary and how it might settle the debate once and for all. |
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