Article about stem cell research

July 11, 2003

Thank you, Torsten,

Love to all in your family,

n Rojas

July 11, 2003

Reuters

Wednesday, June 18, 2003; Page A04

CHICAGO, June 17 -- The American Medical Association backed the use

of cloning for research purposes but not to create another human

being.

The group's governing house of delegates passed a resolution today

offering guidelines to doctors who support therapeutic cloning and

who want to participate in harvesting embryonic stem cells for

research.

" This is really giving guidance to physicians on the science and the

ethics. We can't remain silent, " said S. Goldrich, incoming

chairman of the group's ethics committee, which wrote the resolution.

The group, meeting here this week, sought to make clear the

distinction between its support for cloning for stem cell research

and its opposition to cloning to produce a copy of a human being.

Therapeutic cloning involves transferring DNA to create a cluster of

embryonic cells to harvest stem cells -- which are cells that have

the potential to regenerate any tissue or organ in the body.

Existing federal policy bans U.S. government funding for research

using therapeutic cloning, and the House of Representatives voted for

a ban on all forms of human cloning -- including therapeutic cloning -

- for the second time earlier this year.

President Bush, who permitted government funding for research on stem

cell lines existing on Aug. 9, 2001, supports the House bill banning

all forms of cloning. The Senate has not acted on similar legislation.

July 14, 2003

That is interesting. It seems that most people don't understand our

situation with our kids. I can agree for research. The only thing we have

to do here is convince the government of what the research will do for us.

IT seems that they just don't really understand our causes and what the

research can do. Thanks for sharing.

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