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Skriven 2004-10-16 15:46:00 av FRANK SCHEIDT (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av VERN HUMPHREY
Ärende: Edwards
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-=> Quoting Vern Humphrey to Alan Hess <=-

 AH>JB>>Edwards Stem Cell Vision: 'We will stop juvenile diabetes,
 AH>JB>>Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other debilitating diseases... When
 AH>JB>>John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going
 AH>JB>>get up out of that wheelchair and wa again.' Edwards made the
 AH>JB>>unprecedented campaign promises during 30-minute speech at Newton
 AH>JB>>High School gym in Newton, Iowa...
 
 AH>I read on the web that this quote was edited.  This, supposedly, is what
 AH>Edwards actually said.  I didn't hear Edwards, so I can't say which quote
is
 AH>accurate - the below is only for info.  If Edwards did say it as Jeff's
post
 AH>shows, he obviously went too far.  Even with research totally unfettered by
 AH>government (which isn't likely), finding a cure for SCI will take longer
tha
 AH>four or eight year Kerry presidency.
 
 AH>Edwards:
 
 AH>Christopher Reeve just passed away. And America just lost a great champion
f
 AH>this cause. Somebody who is a powerful voice for the need to do stem cell
 AH>research and change the lives of people like him, who have gone through the
 AH>tragedy. Well, if we can do the work that we can do in this country -- the
w
 AH>we will do when John Kerry is president -- people like Christopher Reeve
are
 AH>going to walk. Get up out of that wheelchair and walk again.

 VH> Note the phrase "stem cell research."  That's correct -- but ADULT
 VH> stem cell research is the area that shows promise here.
 
 AH>VH> Edwards should know that Alzheimer's is not likely to be cured by
 AH>VH> stem cell research.
 
 AH>Nancy Reagan thinks it might.  So do some scientists.  Without more
research
 AH>we won't know.

 VH> Nancy Reagan is wrong -- tell the the scientists who believe
 VH> Alzheimer's can be cured with stem cells.

 VH> That's like saying a broken leg can be cured with stem cells.
 
 AH>VH> He should also know that there is plenty of stem cell research
 AH>VH> going on, and the most promising field is adult stem cells, not
 AH>VH> embryonic stem cells.
 
 AH>Embryonic stem cells have the most potential.  More research on them is
need
 AH> *adh*

 VH> No, adult stem cells have the most potential.  And we don't have a
 VH> shortage of embryonic stem cells -- we have a shortage of qualified
 VH> researchers.

I've not been aware of the shortage of researchers in that area.  
It's probably more politically-correct to push the embryonic 
stem-cell research idea (helping the pro-abortion people) than to 
discuss an equally important area -- the supply of people to work 
in this area.

... Crime does not pay ... as well as politics

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