petition for stem cell research/can delete if you wish

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Senator Feinstein has launched an online petition to ask President Bush to expand his policy on embryonic stem cell research, which has the potential to help more than 100 million Americans who have illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis aswell, as spinal cord injuries. Below is a copy of the press release.You can show your support for this vital research by signing the petition and also asking other people who share your concerns to sign it too. The petition can be found at: http://feinstein.senate.gov/stemcell.html(Note: scroll down below the letter to President Bush to find the sign up form)Senator Feinstein Launches Embryonic Stem Cell Research PetitionWashington, DC - US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today kicked off adrive to collect signatures online for a petition to be sent to President Bush asking that he expand the Administration's policy on embryonic stem cell research."An overwhelming majority of Americans support embryonic stem cell research and it is time that the White House take note of their concerns," Senator Feinstein said. "By gathering signatures for this petition, we are sending a clear signal that it is important to many people that the full potential of this research be explored and we intend to make ourselves heard by this Administration."The petition is at Senator Feinstein's! website: http://feinstein.senate.gov/stemcell.htmlEmbryonic stem cell research has the potential to help more than 100 millionAmericans who have illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis as well as spinal cord injuries.The Bush Administration has limited Federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells to those that had been derived as of August 9, 2001, when the policy was announced. At that time there were 78 stem cell lines available to researchers. Today, the number of stem cell lines has dropped to 19.Embryonic stem cell research is supported by 40 Nobel Laureates, 142 patientgroups, academic institutions, scientists and caregivers and 264 members of Congress.