Newsweek, By Claudia Kalb Kim Barnett would do anything to help her dad. Already, she’s changed careers. That move came after Barnett noticed her father, who has Parkinson’s, drooling on an airplane in 2001. The disease had hijacked his instinct to swallow—and it devastated Barnett, who worried that outsiders would notice only the symptom, not…
Read More›This landmark letter was signed by 126 stem cell scientists at the International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting in San Francisco. (Download PDF) Dear Senator Hatch, We are a group of U.S. and international scientists who thank you for your leadership in supporting stem cell research. Stem Cell therapy holds the promise of cures…
Read More›WBUR Radio BOSTON (2005-03-31) In the debate on stem cell legislation, there’s been little discussion about the impact on the women who donate eggs for research. Some women’s health advocate argue that the safety of producing multiple eggs can’t be assured. But many doctors say women have much to gain on this new medical frontier.
The Exchange on New Hampshire Public Radio, Laura Knoy October 13, 2004: The science and politics of embryonic stem cell research. A complex, biological, ethical and medical issue has now become political. We’ll find out what’s being said. And, behind all the rhetoric, how much promise this research may – or may not – hold….
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Should the U.S. government support the creation of new lines of embryonic stem cells? The answer to that question is not simple. The rancorous US debate about embryonic stem cells bespeaks a healthy society with genuine concern about each and every member, the tiniest and the sickest. Everyone, on both sides of the debate, wants…
Read More›Should the U.S. government support the creation of new lines of embryonic stem cells? The answer to that question is not simple. The rancorous US debate about embryonic stem cells bespeaks a healthy society with genuine concern about each and every member, the tiniest and the sickest. Everyone, on both sides of the debate, wants…
Read More›Dads Against Diabetes T.V. Telethon 2005 Dads Against Diabetes is in the planning stage the first annual “telethon” for Children with Type I Juvenile Diabetes to be held in Houston, Texas, exclusively for Stem Cell Research. We are planning to bring together local T.V. hosts, top entertainers, corporate sponsors and volunteers to make this a…
LA Times, By Peter Wallsten and James Rainey, Times Staff Writers WASHINGTON — The sleeper issue of stem cell research leapt into the center of the presidential race Monday as Sen. John F. Kerry’s campaign attacked President Bush with renewed vigor for limiting the scope of the work and the White House launched a multifront…
Read More›Dateline NBC & Dr. Kiessling Dateline reporter Josh Mankiewicz interviewed Foundation director, Dr. Ann Kiessling, about why human embryonic stem cell research is so controversial. Dr. Kiessling’s responses were based on the following information: Overview The rancorous US debate about embryonic stem cells bespeaks a healthy society, with genuine, deeply-held concern about each and every being…
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