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…
Read More›by Ann A. Kiessling, PhD, Scott. C. Anderson Human Embryonic Stem Cells An Introduction to the Science and Therapeutic Potential by Ann A. Kiessling, PhD, Scott. C. Anderson Written by Dr. Ann Kiessling, founder of the Bedford esearch Foundation. Founded in 1996, BRF has been working on this critical research since 2001. The first book…