Posted on 10/23/2006 10:32:09 AM PDT by truthandlife
Adult stem cell research, that is. I know, but watching Michael J. Fox's near-slanderous attack on Senator Jim Talent, you'd have no idea that when Fox says that Talent opposes research into "stem cells," he means "embryonic stem cells." And it's because Fox, tragically afflicted Parkinson's Disease, needs a cure. But Fox doesn't let on that, yes, even adult stem cells have yielded treatment for Parkinson's.
Read the testimony of Dr. Dennis Turner, who suffered extreme shaking from 1991-1999 until adult stem cell therapy, conducted by Dr. Michel F. Levesque, helped give him four virtually pain-free years from treatment. Or the research into five Parkinson's patients who demonstrated a 61% increase in physical coordination and lessening of symptoms.
So yes, Mr. Fox, Senator Talent does support stem cells. He supports adult stem cells, he supports research that has yielded positive treatments for Parkinson's patients, and he did it all without requiring the federally-subsidized slaughter of embryoes. Insert the word "embryonic" somewhere into your vitriolic attack against the senator in a last-minute push for Claire McCaskill, and maybe then you can air that commercial. Alas, but perhaps that truthful commercial would be so much less effective.
"Researchers in China met with a disastrous result. Fetal tissue injected into a patient’s brain produced temporary improvement, but within two years the patient developed a brain tumor and died. An autopsy revealed that the fetal cells had taken root, but had then metamorphed into other types of human tissue – hair, skin and bone. These grew into the tumor, which killed the patient."
http://www.lifeissues.org/cloningstemcell/bradsarticle.html
Yeah, but, now they're saying that embryonic stem cells may cause tumors in the brain. (I need to go get the article, from yesterday, health news 10-22-06?)
But no one understands. If a celebrity is sick, even babies should have to die to save them.
What baby? If the embryo isn't used, it ends up getting disposed of as medical waste.
... so that they can get back to their equestrian hobby
Sounds creepy that you are rooting for people to remain paralyzed
Argue all you want, the stem cell amendment has strong support and should pass overwhelmingly. Talent's opposition is not going to help him, and may be one reason why the race is so close.
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