Rus...you just have to keep preaching it...one voice becomes two, three, twenty, more. Be persistent and be informed and be graphic as to what is actually taking place. You are the one who is there to do it!
I just sent this out to a ton of people and the media!
Stop the Insanity!
We have got to stop this insanity, they are throwing away literally 100's of Millions of dollars on failed research so they can make money on patents and on failed research..
We have got to get very active to stop this issue. I will get together a list of emails and phone numbers to all our state Reps. This insanity has got to stop.
Read my page on stem cell research.
http://www.rusthompson.com/TheTruthStemCellResearch.html
Health institutions seek to 'cell' Legislature on stem-cell R&D
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11454448/
Other states' commitments to stem-cell research have made this year New York's "last, best chance" to retain supremacy in the field, the presidents of the state's leading health research institutions say.
The scientific and academic leaders, including Albany Medical Center President James Barba and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson, said private donations and institutional funding is not enough to support the most advanced stem-cell research.
They are calling on the state Legislature and Gov. George Pataki to untangle the political and ethical issues around stem-cell research, particularly those involving embryonic cells, and commit hundreds of millions of state research dollars to New York institutions.
"We need to send a clear message to the global research community that New York state will be a leader in stem-cell research, including embryonic stem-cell research," Jackson said.
Scientists at Rensselaer's Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies are currently using adult stem cells in research on restoring and regenerating human tissue. The institute is seeking scientists of international renown to take that research a step further using embryonic stem cells, said center Director Robert Palazzo.
"We're prepared in terms of commitment and support capability here at Rensselaer," Palazzo said. "But we need to have the appropriate atmosphere in New York so that these researchers feel comfortable and where they know support will continue in the future."
Among the other health institutions in the coalition are Columbia University, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Rockefeller University, New York University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.