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Hi all,

Todays headlines:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020424/180/1g3bl.html

Poll Finds Support for Therapeutic Cloning

Research to Produce Stem Cells, Strong

Opposition to Goverment Ban on Research

Wed Apr 24,10:06 AM ET

To: National Desk, Science and Medical

reporters

Contact: Kimbrough, Maggie

Goldberg, both for the Coalition for

the Advancement of Medical Research

WASHINGTON, April 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A poll

commissioned by the Coalition for the

Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) shows

more than two thirds of Americans support

therapeutic cloning research to produce stem

cells for treating life-threatening diseases and want the

government to allow it to proceed. Less than 30

percent polled want to outlaw the research. In the

new poll, conducted from April 18 to April 21,

68 percent of those surveyed said they favored the

government allowing scientists to do therapeutic

cloning research, while only 26 percent opposed it

(the remaining 6 percent of respondents answered

'don't know'). The poll surveyed 1,022 adult

Americans and was conducted by Opinion Research

Corporation International.

" The poll shows clearly that the more the

American people know about this vital research, the more

strongly they oppose government efforts to ban

it, " said Manganiello, President of CAMR.

People were asked simply whether they supported

or opposed a government ban on therapeutic

cloning research to produce stem cells to treat

disease. More than half, 52 percent, said they opposed

a ban. Support for therapeutic cloning research

grew dramatically, reaching 68 percent when

questioners were given a list of diseases --

diabetes, Parkinson's disease (news - web sites) and spinal

cord injury -- that could be treated with stem

cells produced by the research.

Of the 1,022 Americans responding, men were more

likely than women to favor therapeutic cloning

research (71 percent to 65 percent). And

Americans who had at least a college degree were more

likely to favor the research than those with a

high school degree (73 percent to 64 percent). The poll

has a margin of error of plus or minus 3

percent.

The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical

Research (CAMR), is comprised of

nationally-recognized patient organizations,

universities, scientific societies, foundations, and individuals

with life-threatening illnesses and disorders,

advocating for the advancement of breakthrough research

and technologies in regenerative medicine -

including stem cell research and somatic cell nuclear

transfer - in order to cure disease and

alleviate suffering. For more information on CAMR, visit the

website: www.camradvocacy.org.

http://www.usnewswire.com/