[extropy-chat] Christopher Reeve Foundation: Request

natashavita at earthlink.net natashavita at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 19 20:44:40 UTC 2004


Friends -

A bi-partisan group of representatives has authored a letter to President
Bush pressing him to expand the Federal Policy on Embryonic Stem Cell
Research.

You can sign the bi-partisan letter at this link:
 
http://www.capwiz.com/reeve/mail/compose/
http://www.capwiz.com/reeve/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=5369466

FYI:
 
"--While it originally appeared that 78 embryonic stem cell lines would be
available for research under the federal policy, now, more than two years
after August 9, 2001, only 15 are available to researchers. 
 
--All of those 15 lines are contaminated with mouse feeder cells, making
their therapeutic use for humans uncertain. 
 
--Scientists are reporting that it is increasingly difficult to attract new
scientists to this area of research because of concerns that funding
restrictions will keep this research from being successful. 
 
--This promising field of research is moving overseas. We have already seen 
researchers move to countries such as the United Kingdom, Singapore,
Israel, Sweden, and Australia, which have more supportive policies."

Natasha



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